Senior Tech Product Owner

Mindera; Portugal; Remote; EUR 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Flexible working hours

Open holidays

Profit distribution

Mindera Annual Trip

Training & conferences

Child Care vouchers

Job summary

Mindera is seeking a Senior Product Owner with a strong technical background to lead agile teams and drive product delivery. You will gather requirements across the SDLC, liaise with clients and stakeholders, and influence product strategy while navigating multiple time zones.

A background in software engineering and experience with international projects are highly valued. You will mentor teams, manage backlogs, and translate features into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise experience supporting Agile development teams.
• Proven track record of management skills in conflict resolution, multi-reporting, backlog planning and backlog management.
• Software engineering background with ability to speak in technical jargon.
• Proven ability to analyse product use cases and requirements from the SDLC perspective.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and working with international/remote teams.
• Strong and effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Mentor the team as an Agile advocate and drive continuous improvement.
• Manage conflicts and impediments, coaching the team on resolution.
• Keep all stakeholders up to date on progress and deliverables with open communication.
• Provide clear reports with different specifications for various audiences.
• Use technical/coding experience to triage development and QA tickets by priority.
• Own and supervise product backlog, story writing, roadmap and dependencies.
• Translate features into well-defined requirements: features, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with development, architects, and stakeholders to set release schedules and scope.
• Ensure delivery aligns with the plan and expectations.
• Influence the product vision and decompose it into incremental deliverables.
• Assist in spotting market opportunities and plan end-to-end product development lifecycle.

Skills

Agile leadership

Conflict resolution

Backlog management

Stakeholder communication

Engineering teamwork

Remote teams

Job description

Here at Mindera, we are building a world-class team and would love for you to join us. As a Senior Product Owner with a strong technical background, you will use your experience with Agile methodologies and your deep understanding of the SDLC to lead a team of developers crafting solutions. Working with our team, you will be involved in the product life cycle, gathering and refining playable requirements, defining, working closely with the development and business; and leveraging solid communication with the stakeholders to guarantee constant progress and alignment. We are looking for Product Owner who have experience working with development teams and can be the first point of contact for clients and business stakeholders. We value empathy, self-organization, and a positive attitude. If you are approachable, communicate clearly, and believe that team fit is just as important as your product expertise, you'll feel right at home here. At Mindera, we encourage the use of AI to assist with product management, analysis, documentation, and related tasks. We find that a person's product thinking, decision-making, and collaboration skills have the biggest impact on long-term successful delivery, with or without AI. Our goal during the interview process is to understand your knowledge, problem-solving abilities, and product mindset. If you need to, or plan to use AI during the interview process, please be transparent with us to avoid misunderstandings that could impact your chances of securing the role or your success at Mindera. Expected travelling time (UK and USA): 0%-15%, varies according to project/client. You will be working with teams across different time zones and locations. 8+ years of enterprise experience supporting Agile development teams Proven track record of management skills in areas such as conflict resolution, multi-reporting, roadmap planning and backlog management. A software engineering background with the ability to comfortably speak in technical jargon Proven ability to analyse product use cases and requirements from all points of the SDLC, including the architecture, development, testing, and deployment phases (Note: you will not be required to provide architectural or coding solutions, but you must be comfortable participating in discussions about these topics and influencing and providing input from a business and client requirements standpoint) Proven experience leading engineering teams Experience with international projects and remote teams across multiple locations. Effective communication skills

What you will be doing:

• Mentor the team as an Agile advocate and continuous improvement processes


• Manage conflicts and impediments if/as they arise and coach the team on managing them


• Ensure all stakeholders are up to date on the team's progress and deliverables status by maintaining an open and honest communications


• Provide clear reports with different specifications for different audiences


• Leverage your prior technical/coding experience to triage development and QA tickets based on business and customer priorities


• Own and supervise the product backlog, story writing, project roadmap and dependencies


• Translate the product features into well-defined product requirements including features, epics, user stories and acceptance criteria


• Work with development teams, software architects and business stakeholders to collaborate, set and communicate release schedules, dates and scope


• Ensuring your team's delivery against the agreed plan


• Influencing the product vision definition and break it into smaller and incremental deliverables


• Assist in the identification of market opportunities Planning and executing the end-to-end product development lifecycle

The Things We Really Care About:

• Health Insurance, because health comes first


• Flexible working hours


• Open holidays, take the time you need for yourself


• Profit distribution for everyone


• Mindera Annual Trip, Sports, and sharing groups to connect and have fun!


• Training & conferences, create your own training plan


• Child Care vouchers

Other Good Things:

• Choose Laptop & Peripherals that best suit your needs


• Hotspot with unlimited usage (PT), for work or Netflix

We have amazing offices in Porto, Aveiro, and Coimbra if you want to physically connect with minders. Remote from Portugal is also an option. Remote from other Countries will depend on your current location and Projects. At the offices, we have a wide range of snacks to keep you fed and healthy Partnerships with local businesses Most of all you get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together in a politics-free environment. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organization attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. Freedom and Responsibility go hand in hand, and we value commitment, feedback, and empathy.

About Mindera

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