Senior Product Owner

Insightsoftware; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Product Owner to lead a dynamic team focused on delivering innovative solutions for the DACH region. This role involves collaborating with Product Managers to create a strategic roadmap, managing the product backlog, and ensuring high-quality deliverables. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a deep understanding of Agile methodologies, enabling them to drive product success while fostering a customer-centric approach. Join a forward-thinking company that values collaboration and empowers its teams to make impactful decisions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager.
• In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principles.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers to formulate product vision and strategy.
• Own the product backlog and release planning processes.

Skills

Product Ownership

Agile Methodologies

Bilingual (German and English)

Cross-functional Leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Bachelor's in Engineering

Tools

Agile Tools

Product Management Software

Job description

insightsoftware is a global provider of comprehensive solutions for the Office of the CFO. We believe an actionable business strategy begins and ends with accessible financial data. With solutions across financial planning and analysis (FP&A), accounting, and operations, we transform how teams operate, empowering leaders to make timely and informed decisions. With data at the heart of everything we do, insightsoftware enables automated processes, delivers trusted insights, boosts predictability, and increases productivity. Learn more at insightsoftware.com.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Product Owner to lead a fast-paced team working on our DACH focused Close & Consolidation solution.As a key member of the Product team, you will work closely with Product Managers to transform the strategic product roadmap into a well-defined set of features and then deliver on them successfully from one release to the next. You will interface with customers and internal stakeholders to continuously understand and identify business problems and ensure we are building solutions that meet their needs while delivering with quality and an unrivaled user experience.

The ideal candidate will be highly collaborative with the ability to lead cross-functionally and inspire our teams while remaining focused on results and value creation. The candidate will possess the technical skills to work comfortably with our engineers while balancing a big-picture vision that can be communicated to our leaders.

What will you do?

• Collaborate with Product Managers to formulate our product vision, strategy, and roadmap
• Own the product backlog, balancing conflicting priorities to determine prioritization
• Own the release planning and sprint planning processes, including setting release and sprint goals, and successfully delivering on those goals
• Provide an active role in mitigating risks and issues impacting successful team completion of release and sprint goals
• Ensuring acceptance criteria are met with current release and conducting sprint reviews from a business/customer perspective.
• Producing documentation with Product Managers and Marketing to support development, launch, support, services, and sales and marketing initiatives
• Performing detailed product demonstrations for external and internal audiences to communicate the benefits of the solution
• Serving as a subject matter expert to assist with sales and support as needed

How will you do it?

• Drive & Grit – Operate in a fast-paced environment with a focus and determination to achieve high-quality results
• Strategic Thinker – determine opportunities and threats through comprehensive analysis of current and future trends with the ability to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way
• Product Focus – Translate market and customer feedback into requirements, driving product delivery through an agile release process
• Customer Focused – passionate about creating value for our customers
• Cross-functional leadership – Lead and drive execution across Development, Product Management, Support, and Customer Success

Qualifications

• Bi-lingual, German and English areEssential
• 8+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager
• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field
• In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principals
• Ability to balance conflicting priorities and negotiate a backlog with engineers and leadership
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in Financial Reporting
• Certifications: Agile, Pragmatic Marketing, Scrum Product Owner

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

** At this time insightsoftware is not able to offer sponsorship to candidates who are not eligible to work in the country where the position is located. **

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