Digital Product Owner - Automotive

Hykmann Global Business Solutions AB; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Hykmann Global Business Solutions AB seeks a Digital Product Owner – Professional Level to translate the digital product roadmap into actionable deliverables. You will manage and prioritise the team backlog, ensuring alignment with strategy, architecture, and SLAs.

Role focuses on cross-functional collaboration, lifecycle management, and delivering high-quality digital products within the automotive aftermarket and digital technology sector.

Qualifications

• Approximately 2–5 years of relevant professional experience in digital product ownership or similar roles.
• Ability to translate product strategy into clear, actionable backlog items for the delivery team.
• Experience prioritising and maintaining product or team backlogs.
• Ability to define clear requirements and ensure backlog items are understood by the delivery team.
• Understanding of product architecture, security requirements, and lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with service management, SLAs, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Structured, proactive planning, prioritisation and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Translate the digital product roadmap into prioritised backlog items and deliverables.
• Manage, organise, and prioritise the team backlog, ensuring it is visible, transparent, and clearly understood.
• Align backlog priorities with the digital product vision, business strategy, and roadmap.
• Ensure digital products and solutions comply with architecture and security requirements throughout their lifecycle.
• Support product development, maintenance, and decommissioning.
• Establish and monitor service-level agreements (SLAs) for solutions managed by the team.
• Coordinate support activities for digital products and services within the team's scope.
• Help secure the right capacity and competencies to meet delivery commitments.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to clarify requirements, manage dependencies, and achieve shared outcomes.
• Independently manage complex tasks and make informed decisions when requirements or priorities are uncertain.

Skills

Backlog management

Digital product ownership

Product management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Doctoral studies

Tools

GDSP

Job description

Hykmann Global Business Solutions AB is looking for a motivated Digital Product Owner – Professional Level for a consulting opportunity within the automotive aftermarket and digital technology sector.

Are you experienced in product backlog management, digital product development, and cross-functional collaboration? Do you enjoy translating product strategy into clear priorities and deliverables while ensuring quality, security, and continuous improvement? This opportunity could be a great fit for you!

About the Role

As a Digital Product Owner, you will help translate the digital product roadmap into actionable deliverables for a stable, cross-functional team. You will be responsible for managing and prioritising the team backlog, ensuring that requirements are clear and transparent, and keeping delivery aligned with the product vision and overall strategy.

The role also includes supporting product lifecycle management, ensuring compliance with architecture and security requirements, monitoring service-level agreements (SLAs), and coordinating the capabilities needed for successful delivery.

• Translate the digital product roadmap into prioritised backlog items and deliverables.
• Manage, organise, and prioritise the team backlog, ensuring it is visible, transparent, and clearly understood.
• Align backlog priorities with the digital product vision, business strategy, and roadmap.
• Ensure digital products and solutions comply with architecture and security requirements throughout their lifecycle.
• Support product development, maintenance, and eventual decommissioning.
• Establish and monitor service-level agreements (SLAs) for solutions managed by the team.
• Coordinate support activities for digital products and services within the team's scope.
• Help secure the right capacity and competencies to meet delivery commitments.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to clarify requirements, manage dependencies, and achieve shared outcomes.
• Independently manage complex tasks and make informed decisions when requirements or priorities are uncertain.

Required Skills & Experience

• Approximately 2–5 years of relevant professional experience in digital product ownership, product management, backlog management, or a similar role.
• Understanding of digital product roadmaps and how to translate strategy into actionable team deliverables.
• Experience prioritising and maintaining product or team backlogs.
• Ability to define clear requirements and ensure that backlog items are understood by the delivery team.
• Understanding of product architecture, security requirements, and lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with service management, support processes, and SLAs.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage complexity, and collaborate effectively across a team.
• A structured, proactive approach to planning, prioritisation, and delivery.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of the Global Diagnostic Platform (GDSP) or similar diagnostic platforms used in automotive aftermarket technology.
• Experience working with automotive aftermarket systems, digital services, or enterprise applications.
• Familiarity with system integrations, technical dependencies, and digital product architecture.
• Experience coordinating support, maintenance, and ongoing development of digital products.
• Experience working in stable, cross-functional product teams.

Who Should Apply?

We are looking for a collaborative and delivery-focused professional who can connect product strategy with day-to-day execution. You should be comfortable balancing competing priorities, ensuring the team understands what needs to be delivered, and taking accountability for outcomes that depend on collaboration across multiple team members.

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