Technical Product Owner

DEPT®; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy (2-3 office days

Vacation days 24 per year

Learning Menu & Programs

Health & wellness benefits

Job summary

DEPT® is seeking a Technical Product Owner for the Experience & Engineering team in the Netherlands, working in a hybrid setup across Amsterdam/Rotterdam. You bridge client goals with cross-functional teams to deliver fast, sustainable digital experiences and explore new propositions based on data analyses.

You’ll engage with stakeholders, draft agile stories, help prioritize backlogs, and collaborate with QA on acceptance testing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a digital agency or client-facing environment.
• Strong communication and business writing skills.
• Advanced knowledge of project management and agile methodologies.
• Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus.
• Ability to interact with executives, creatives, engineers and vendors.
• Proactive collaboration and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to project scope, objectives and technical feasibility with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal teams to solution, develop and implement digital projects.
• Define and document client business functions and processes; spot opportunities.
• Identify and report common technical issues; advise product teams.
• Improve monitoring and deliver better value to customers.
• Define requirements and write/update agile stories; support backlog prioritization.
• Participate in test case definition and user acceptance testing with QA.

Skills

5+ years exp

Excellent communication

Agile methodologies

English fluent

Dutch a plus

Stakeholder management

Tools

JIRA/Confluence

Job description

Amsterdam/Rotterdam, hybrid

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

Job Purpose

This role is part of our Experience & Engineering team based in the Netherlands. We combine our skills in developing future-ready technical solutions with our expertise in creating beautiful designs to deliver exceptional and engaging digital experiences that build lasting relationships with our clients like Gant, Inter Milan, bol.com and Just Eat Takeaway. As a Technical Product Owner, you step into a project when the vision is set and it’s time to help the client with their next step: fast and sustainable execution. You’ll be the key link between the client and the teams we provide, ensuring that their business goals are clearly defined and understood. And finally, you help clients explore new business propositions and continuously improve their digital efforts based on research and data analyses.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the development, documentation and understanding of the project scope, objectives and technical feasibility involving all relevant stakeholders
• Collaborate with internal teams to solution, develop and implement digital projects;
• Define and documenting the clients business functions and processes while keeping an eye out for any process important opportunities;
• Identify and report on common sources of technical issues or questions and make recommendations to product teams;
• Stay on the lookout for ways to improve monitoring, discover issues and deliver better value to the customer;
• Requirements definition or clarification and writing/updating agile stories;
• Support with backlog preparation and prioritization;
• Participates in test case definition and user acceptance testing together with QA teams.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience; preferably in a digital agency or client-facing environment
• Are passionate, smart and have endless love for digital;
• Strong Communication and business writing skills;
• Advanced knowledge of project management and agile methodologies;
• Ability to interact across a range of stakeholders, from business executives to creatives, engineers, managers, SMEs and vendors;
• Great organizer, facilitator and collaborator;
• Working knowledge in the use of JIRA/Confluence;
• Are fluent in English, Dutch is a plus;
• IREB® Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering Foundation Level is a plus.

WE OFFER

• A flexible, hybrid working policy (2-3 days from the office, depending on location) and the opportunity to work from abroad for 13 weeks a year.
• 24 vacation days per year and the possibility to buy an unlimited number of extra vacation days.
• DEPT®/YOU Learning Menu and DEPT®/YOU Special Programs. Develop your skills with courses and programs tailored to your needs.
• Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform, gym and wellness discounts, and healthy lunches at the office.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.
• You can discover even more employee benefits here.

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA. We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter. At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives. Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us. Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.