Product Owner

Mercedes-Benz Malaysia; Puchong; Hybrid; MYR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Tech Malaysia (MBTMY) is seeking an experienced Product Owner to lead strategy, development, and delivery of mobile applications. You will collaborate with engineering teams to maximize business and customer value while ensuring security, performance, and quality.

Ideal candidates bring 7–10 years of product ownership or related experience, strong technical understanding of mobile architectures, APIs, and SDLC, and solid stakeholder management and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering or related field.
• 7–10 years of experience in Product Ownership/Management or related areas.
• Proven experience delivering mobile applications in production.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, roadmap, and lifecycle for mobile apps.
• Gather, analyze, and prioritize business, customer, and technical requirements.
• Translate needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlogs.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Facilitation

Presentation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

APIs

SDLC

Job description

Mercedes-Benz Tech Malaysia (MBTMY), established in 2003, is a global technology hub within the Mercedes-Benz Group. We play a key role in the company’s digital transformation by delivering innovative digital solutions across the entire value chain.

With over 300 technology professionals, MBTMY contributes to a wide range of areas including software engineering, data and analytics, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, DevOps and artificial intelligence. From enhancing in-car digital experiences to improving global vehicle sales platforms and advancing AI and security initiatives, our teams help drive high-impact technology solutions for Mercedes-Benz worldwide. Our culture is built on agility, collaboration and continuous learning.

We provide an environment where innovation can flourish, supported by strong technical leadership, cross-functional teamwork and a shared commitment to quality and excellence. We also offer flexible hybrid work arrangements, allowing team members to balance remote work with in-person collaboration at our vibrant Wisma Mercedes-Benz office in Puchong. A space designed to inspire creativity, innovation and meaningful connection.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Product Owner to lead the strategy, development, delivery, and continuous enhancement of mobile applications. The ideal candidate combines strong product ownership capabilities with a solid technical background in mobile application development, enabling effective collaboration with engineering teams while driving business and customer value.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the product vision, roadmap, and lifecycle for mobile applications.
• Gather, analyze, and prioritize business, customer, and technical requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, product backlogs, and functional requirements.
• Define product objectives, success metrics, KPIs, and expected business outcomes.
• Drive product planning, release management, feature prioritization, and continuous improvement.
• Lead end-to-end mobile product development from discovery through production release and optimization.
• Ensure adherence to mobile development best practices, usability standards, platform guidelines, security, performance, and quality expectations.
• Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams on scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions.
• Validate requirements against technical feasibility, user needs, delivery constraints, and business value.
• Monitor product performance and user feedback to identify enhancement opportunities.

Stakeholder Management & Agile Delivery

• Act as the key liaison across business, development, UX/UI, operations, and external partners.
• Facilitate workshops and alignment sessions with local and global stakeholders.
• Manage expectations, priorities, dependencies, risks, and delivery timelines.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog and support Agile ceremonies.
• Balance business needs, customer expectations, technical constraints, and delivery timelines.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 7-10 years of relevant experience in Product Ownership, Product Management, Business Analysis, Software Delivery, or related areas.
• Proven experience managing and delivering mobile application products.
• Demonstrable evidence of previously launched, managed, or enhanced mobile applications in production. A portfolio, case study, or equivalent proof may be requested.
• Strong technical understanding of mobile architecture, development lifecycle, APIs, integration, security, performance, and release processes.
• Good knowledge of iOS and Android ecosystems and mobile application best practices.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional and globally distributed teams.

Preferred

• Agile Product Owner certification such as PSPO, CSPO, SAFe PO/PM, or equivalent.
• Experience within automotive, mobility solutions, connected services, or customer-facing digital products.
• Experience managing enterprise-scale digital products or mobile platforms.

Product Management

• Product roadmaps
• Backlog prioritization
• Business analysis

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Strategic thinking
• Workshop facilitation
• Negotiation
• Decision-making

Technical

• iOS and Android ecosystems
• APIs and integrations
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Performance optimization
• Release management processes

Additional Requirements

• Willing to travel for business when required.
• Comfortable collaborating across international time zones, particularly Germany.
• Flexible to support occasional extended working hours for Germany time-zone collaboration, critical releases, workshops, or project milestones.