Product Owner /Project manager

Engenious; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Engenious in Warsaw is seeking a seasoned Project Manager with hands-on Product Owner experience to drive end-to-end delivery of AI-enabled initiatives.

You will manage the product backlog, write user stories and acceptance criteria, defend proposals with data, and coordinate cross-functional engineering and business teams.

The ideal candidate communicates effectively, influences stakeholders, negotiates priorities, and thrives in fast-paced environments with ambitious delivery timelines.

Qualifications

• Strong communicator with excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and negotiation skills.
• Able to drive stakeholders, influence decisions, challenge assumptions constructively, and align the team around business goals.
• Highly proactive, ownership-driven, and execution-focused personality.
• Comfortable making difficult decisions and taking responsibility for outcomes.
• Able to turn ambiguous business problems into structured execution plans and product strategies.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking with the ability to propose improvements and defend decisions with clear reasoning.
• Focused on measurable business results, delivery quality, and continuous improvement.
• Comfortable working in dynamic, fast-paced environments with high expectations and aggressive delivery timelines.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product and project delivery from discovery and exploratory phases to production release.
• Prepare and defend product proposals, priorities, and strategic recommendations using data, business reasoning, and customer impact analysis.
• Act as Product Owner by managing the product backlog, defining priorities, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensuring alignment between business goals and engineering execution.
• Gather, structure, validate, and prioritize business and product requirements together with stakeholders and the engineering team.
• Drive stakeholders, lead cross-functional communication, align priorities, and confidently manage challenging discussions and decision-making processes.
• Lead Agile processes, including planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, sprint execution, and delivery tracking.
• Take ownership of critical product and delivery decisions with a strong focus on business impact, execution speed, and delivery quality.
• Build and lead a high-performing team, proactively remove blockers, and ensure accountability for results.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Strong communicator

Facilitation

Negotiation

Decision making

Product strategy

Data analysis

Agile

Execution focus

Ownership mindset

Tools

OpenAI

Anthropic

NotebookLM

Agentic automation

Job description

Engenious is a technology company building next-generation AI products that transform how people work, learn, and create.
We partner with fast-growing startups and global companies to design and scale intelligent systems — from AI-powered applications to full-stack platforms used by millions.
Our team combines deep engineering expertise with product thinking to deliver solutions that are not just technically strong, but genuinely useful.
Location:
Warsaw OR EU.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong communicator with excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and negotiation skills.
• Able to drive stakeholders, influence decisions, challenge assumptions constructively, and align the team around business goals.
• Highly proactive, ownership-driven, and execution-focused personality.
• Comfortable making difficult decisions and taking responsibility for outcomes.
• Able to turn ambiguous business problems into structured execution plans and product strategies.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking with the ability to propose improvements and defend decisions with clear reasoning.
• Focused on measurable business results, delivery quality, and continuous improvement.
• Comfortable working in dynamic, fast-paced environments with high expectations and aggressive delivery timelines.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product and project delivery from discovery and exploratory phases to production release.
• Prepare and defend product proposals, priorities, and strategic recommendations using data, business reasoning, and customer impact analysis.
• Act as Product Owner by managing the product backlog, defining priorities, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensuring alignment between business goals and engineering execution.
• Gather, structure, validate, and prioritize business and product requirements together with stakeholders and the engineering team.
• Drive stakeholders, lead cross-functional communication, align priorities, and confidently manage challenging discussions and decision-making processes.
• Lead Agile processes, including planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, sprint execution, and delivery tracking.
• Take ownership of critical product and delivery decisions with a strong focus on business impact, execution speed, and delivery quality.
• Build and lead a high-performing team, proactively remove blockers, and ensure accountability for results.

Experience

• English C1
• 6+ years of experience as a Project Manager in software development environments.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience as a Product Owner.
• Practical daily experience using AI tools such as OpenAI, Anthropic, NotebookLM, and agentic automation solutions in delivery, documentation, analysis, and operational efficiency areas.
• Experience working in FinTech / LegalTech or other regulated industries.
• Strong experience managing cross-functional engineering and product functions.
• Experience leading discovery phases, requirement gathering, product planning, and delivery execution.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with ownership of backlog management and prioritization processes.
• Experience driving fast-paced delivery while balancing business priorities, technical constraints, and product quality.