Product Owner

Affinity; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & certifications

Healthy work-life balance

Benefits package

Job summary

Affinity is seeking a Product Owner to drive agile delivery across international projects. You will translate business requirements into epics and user stories, manage and prioritize the backlog, and collaborate with multiple teams to plan and deliver in a fast-changing environment.

In this role, you’ll coordinate UAT and testing programs, ensure clear acceptance criteria, and communicate effectively in English with stakeholders. A hybrid work model across Porto offices is offered.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner in agile Scrum environments.
• Ability to translate business requirements into clear epics and user stories.
• Experience prioritizing a product backlog across multiple sprints for one or more teams.
• Capable of planning and estimating deliverables in high-change environments.
• Coordinate UAT, alpha/beta testing and bug triage with development teams.
• Strong written and spoken English communication and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Own and refine the product backlog and epics across sprint cycles.
• Translate business needs into well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize work and forecast delivery.
• Plan, estimate and track deliverables in fast-changing projects.
• Coordinate testing activities (UAT, beta) and prioritize bugs with developers.

Skills

Product Owner

Agile Scrum

Backlog management

User stories

UAT coordination

English communication

Technical awareness

Job description

Our mission is to be a meaningful part of our people's careers. As we grow, so does our determination to offer the best experience to our employees and clients and that’s exactly what drives us. We are a Portuguese technology consulting company with offices in Lisbon, Porto and Óbidos, and representations in Brazil and Tunisia. We have over 12 years of market expertise, and today we are a universe of around 400 people working on-site, remotely or in hybrid mode in projects across 20+ countries.

We believe that great people make successful companies, and that’s why we stand for the appreciation, recognition and growth of our professionals.

We don’t want to be just another line on your CV and we want you to live a Lifetime Experience with us. We invest in training and certifications that confirm your real progression, in promoting a healthy work-life balance, and in offering benefits that impact your personal life and career.

#welcometoyourfuture

What we’re looking for:

• 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner, working within agile Scrum methodology (Certified Scrum Product Owner is a plus);
• Proven track record translating business requirements into clear, unambiguous epics and user stories;
• Experience managing and prioritizing a product backlog across multiple sprints for one or several development teams;
• Demonstrable ability to plan and estimate deliverables in a high-change, multi-discipline environment;
• Skilled in coordinating UAT, alpha/beta testing programs and bug prioritization with development teams;
• Any technical knowledge (architecture, programming, networks, protocols, system failure handling) is a plus;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities;
• #Affinity Creating close and empathetic relationships with colleagues, clients and candidates (and not just with technologies, languages and platforms). Team spirit and good vibes;
• #Ambition Wanting to do more and better. A drive to exceed expectations and evolve personally and professionally;
• #Action Energy to make things happen. Showing proactiveness and initiative;
• #Learning Willingness to grow individually and collectively and to become an expert in the tech market;
• #Assertiveness Transparent and honest communication, always with constructive feedback.

Your #LifetimeExperience

• Taking part in national and international projects in a company based on personal relationships, simplicity and efficiency, with a disruptive approach to the tech market;
• Accessing a career and training plan tailored to your performance and interests;
• Being part of a welcoming, trustworthy, respectful and informal environment;
• Joining our Affinity Communities (sports, tech, hobbies, etc.) and actively participating in social and environmental responsibility projects;
• Taking advantage of a range of benefits, partnerships, discounts, events and internal dynamics.

Beyond your professional satisfaction, we want to offer you memorable moments of leisure and connection, worthy of an Affinity experience.