Junior Product Owner

Erasys; United States; Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Berlin office

German language classes

Learning budget

Germany Job Ticket contribution

English-speaking team

Job summary

ROMEO in Berlin is seeking a Product Owner to join our Product team and transform priorities into actionable work for development squads. You will work across Product Management, Design, Engineering, QA and BI to drive day-to-day delivery while owning the backlog and refining requirements.

You should have initial Product Owner experience, familiarity with Jira/Confluence, and a passion for LGBTQ+ communities. Hybrid work setup with three days in the Berlin office at Wittenbergplatz is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience shaping product requirements in a delivery-focused role.
• Proven ability to write clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong command of Agile processes and backlog management.

Responsibilities

• Refine product requirements and translate PRDs into epics, stories and tickets.
• Maintain and order the backlog by priorities from product leadership.
• Collaborate with QA, Design, Eng. and BI to define acceptance criteria.
• Ensure release readiness and track analytics requirements for delivery.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Xray

Job description

Your journeyROMEO is the queer company behind the legendary ROMEO dating app, one of Europe’s longest-standing dating platforms for queer communities. We are looking for a Product Owner to join our Product team in Berlin and help shape how ideas and product requirements make their way into the hands of millions of users.

In this delivery-focused role, you will work closely with Product Management, Design, Engineering, QA and BI to turn product priorities into clear, actionable work for our development teams. It is a great opportunity to grow your product skills while taking real ownership of the day-to-day delivery process.

Your typical day

• Support the Product Management team in refining product requirements and translating approved PRDs into implementation-ready epics, user stories and tickets.
• Ensure user stories have clear acceptance criteria and are sufficiently refined before entering development.
• Maintain and order the backlog according to priorities set by product leadership.
• Take part in regular and ad hoc meetings to clarify product requirements with development, design and other delivery teams.
• Support our two-week delivery cycle by ensuring development teams have the information and decisions they need to proceed.
• Identify missing requirements, dependencies, open decisions and blockers early, and escalation them to Product or Delivery.
• Work closely with QA to communicate product and release priorities, clarify acceptance criteria, and support defect triage and release-readiness decisions.
• Support product acceptance and release readiness by checking delivered functionality against agreed requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Support the BI team by translating product questions, KPIs and tracking needs into clear data requirements.
• Ensure agreed analytics requirements are captured as part of delivery, including relevant event tracking before work is considered complete.
• Maintain clear and up-to-date product documentation in Jira and Confluence.

We look for

• You are passionate about building products for LGBTQ+ communities and interested in contributing to the continued development of ROMEO.
• You have initial experience in a Product Owner or similar product delivery role, ideally in a B2C environment. Experience in social, dating or community products is a plus. Being familiar with how our product works is a plus.
• You have experience writing or refining user stories and acceptance criteria.
• You have a good understanding of Agile product development and ideally hands‑on experience with Scrum and/or Kanban.
• You are comfortable working with Jira and Confluence. Experience with Xray is a plus.
• You are organised, detail‑oriented and reliable in following work through to completion.
• You proactively follow up on missing information and drive requirements towards clarity.
• You are based in Berlin or willing to relocate and are happy to work from our Wittenbergplatz office at least three days per week.
• You have excellent written and spoken English skills, ideally at a native or near-native level.

What We Offer

• A hands‑on role working on an established European digital product during a significant phase of product and technology transformation.
• Close collaboration with Product, Design, Engineering, QA and BI,
• Hybrid working (3 days per week in our Berlin office at Wittenbergplatz)
• €40 employer contribution towards the Germany Job Ticket
• EGYM Wellpass (only €20/month employee contribution)
• In‑house German classes
• Annual learning budget (e.g. for conferences, courses, certifications)
• International team, English‑speaking environment