IT Product Owner Purchase (m/f/d) (DE)

Bluebeam, Inc.; Delaware; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluebeam, Inc. seeks an IT Product Owner Purchase to lead the designated Purchasing platforms, guiding requirements to technical solutions and aligning with global harmonization. You will manage roadmaps, vendor relations, and BI integration while owning user stories in an Agile environment.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Purchasing, Finance, and IT teams, ensuring SLAs, data quality, and cost-efficient platform usage across regions.

Qualifications

• Several years of hands-on experience in software development, systems engineering, or IT operations.
• Broad knowledge across software architecture and design, cloud platforms, infrastructure, databases, networking, security, and integration
• Experience in leading and managing projects to ensure successful outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management, consulting, and change management skills
• Proven experience in purchase processes, Coupa or similar tools.
• Fluent German and English language knowledge

Responsibilities

• Serve as a single IT point of contact for GPO Purchasing and local purchasing stakeholders for the designated Purchasing platform(s).
• Own the IT application lifecycle of the Purchasing platform, including roadmap, releases, and technical debt management.
• Translate business requirements and process changes into epics, features and user stories, including clear acceptance criteria.
• Manage and prioritize the IT demand pipeline and product backlog in collaboration with Lean Portfolio Management, business counterparts, and other Product Owners.
• Ensure harmonized global system setup aligned with Purchasing GPO guidelines and end-to-end process design, including integration with FiCO where relevant.
• Coordinate and manage IT vendors and implementation partners for enhancements, projects, and problem resolution, including 3rd level support.
• Ensure applications operate according to agreed SLAs, including monitoring, incident and problem management, and capacity/performance to follow up.
• Monitor and manage technical interfaces between Purchasing, Finance and other connected systems, ensuring data quality and stable integrations.
• Administer the system (user and role management, configurations, small enhancements, regression checks) in line with IT security and compliance standards.
• Support platform rollout activities (country/wave deployments), including cutover coordination, interface readiness, and hyper care.
• Plan and coordinate end user training, release communication and change impact assessments together with business key users and GPO Purchasing.
• Optimize license usage and environment footprint to ensure cost-efficient use of the platform and related services.
• Work according to IT standards, policies, processes (e.g. ITSM, security, architecture, Lean Portfolio Management, and agile ceremonies).
• Collect and analyze feedback and usage data to drive continuous improvement and innovation (e.g. new modules, AI capabilities, automation).

Skills

IT operations

Software architecture

Cloud platforms

Security & networking

Project leadership

Purchase processes

Stakeholder management

English & German

Job description

The Nemetschek Group is a pioneer for the digital transformation in the AEC/O industry and focuses on the use of open standards (OPEN BIM). As one of the world's leading groups in this industry, the Nemetschek Group increases the quality in the construction process with its intelligent software solutions and improves the digital workflow of all those involved in the process. As a result, buildings can be planned, built, and operated more efficiently, sustainably and with less impact on resources.

The IT Product Owner Purchase is responsible for acting as the primary point of contact for designated IT systems, ensuring these systems effectively support business needs and objectives. This role involves translating business requirements into technical solutions, managing relationships with system vendors, and overseeing the implementation and optimization of systems across the organization. The IT Product Owner Purchase is crucial in supporting global system harmonization, optimizing license usage, and contributing to the strategic development of the IT systems roadmap. In an agile context, he owns user stories.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a single IT point of contact for GPO Purchasing and local purchasing stakeholders for the designated Purchasing platform(s).
• Own the IT application lifecycle of the Purchasing platform, including roadmap, releases, and technical debt management.
• Translate business requirements and process changes into epics, features and user stories, including clear acceptance criteria.
• Manage and prioritize the IT demand pipeline and product backlog in collaboration with Lean Portfolio Management, business counterparts, and other Product Owners.
• Ensure harmonized global system setup aligned with Purchasing GPO guidelines and end-to-end process design, including integration with FiCO where relevant.
• Coordinate and manage IT vendors and implementation partners for enhancements, projects, and problem resolution, including 3rd level support.
• Ensure applications operate according to agreed SLAs, including monitoring, incident and problem management, and capacity/performance to follow up.
• Monitor and manage technical interfaces between Purchasing, Finance and other connected systems, ensuring data quality and stable integrations.
• Administer the system (user and role management, configurations, small enhancements, regression checks) in line with IT security and compliance standards.
• Support platform rollout activities (country/wave deployments), including cutover coordination, interface readiness, and hyper care.
• Plan and coordinate end user training, release communication and change impact assessments together with business key users and GPO Purchasing.
• Optimize license usage and environment footprint to ensure cost-efficient use of the platform and related services.
• Work according to IT standards, policies, processes (e.g. ITSM, security, architecture, Lean Portfolio Management, and agile ceremonies).
• Collect and analyze feedback and usage data to drive continuous improvement and innovation (e.g. new modules, AI capabilities, automation).

Qualifications:

• Several years of hands-on experience in software development, systems engineering, or IT operations.
• Broad knowledge across software architecture and design, cloud platforms, infrastructure, databases, networking, security, and integration
• Experience in leading and managing projects to ensure successful outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management, consulting, and change management skills
• Proven experience in purchase processes, Coupa or similar tools.
• Fluent German and English language knowledge

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