Are you an innovative and ambitious professional eager to excel in a dynamic environment? Join XTEL, a leader in providing advanced, AI-driven solutions to consumer goods companies. Our unique combination of cutting-edge technology, industry expertise, and data management accelerates profitable revenue growth and value realization.
As a Product Owner at XTEL, you will work with our agile teams to design, build, and deliver our products. You play a key role in translating and delivering our customers' business requirements into production software.
You are the go-to person for your product area.
Are we a phenomenal fit? We are looking for someone who: Is with a can-do attitude – whether it's sorting out a knotty problem or calming a stressed-out collaborator, can you look on the forward-thinking side? Is original – we love to hear ideas on how we can be doing things differently so that we can all be more engaged and successful with our clients. Makes and takes opportunities – are you the kind of person who will step up and volunteer to take something on, even if it's outside of your comfort zone? Takes ownership for the team! You use your strengths to help us grow together. Has an open mind – we favor constructive feedback given in a kind way and appreciate the same in return. Is a fantastic communicator – you've got top-notch written and verbal skills in English and know how to put them to great use in everyday stakeholder management. Our Product Owner will: Work closely with the other product owners and engineering team to help design solutions for business use cases and provide input for the product roadmap. Ensure your scrum team(s) have enough business context for the solutions to be built and feel comfortable taking ownership of our solutions. Gather requirements, define and communicate backlog based on customer outcomes. Specify features and write user stories in terms of outcomes and user flows, aided by visual tools where appropriate, and with clear acceptance criteria. Represent the targeted end users in backlog grooming sessions and ensure that complex features are appropriately scoped and broken down in the backlog. Work closely with other product owners to ensure your solutions are aligned. Work closely with the product design team to design effective end-to-end user experiences. Work closely with product architects to prioritize and clarify business value of technical enablers on the backlog for your module. Work with the scrum team to adjust where required through scope adjustment or expectation management. Build close relationships and rapport with the scrum teams. Champion incremental improvement in processes and foster an environment that encourages all team members to contribute. Provide support (i.e. last level of support) to the other PO teams when requested, and in alignment with the priorities agreed with the Product manager. A great candidate will have: 2-5 years of experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role in a software company. Experience in Trade Promo Management, pricing, promotions, or revenue optimization. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Good English mandatory. Ability to convey complex concepts to various stakeholders. You rather ask "why" than "how" and "what". These are a plus: Have affinity with design thinking/user-centered design techniques including methods in user research, usability assessment, interaction design, and visual user interface design. Familiarity in Product Management tools. Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent certification. Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field. Familiarity with SaaS platforms and agile methodologies. Experienced in gathering and validating functional requirements and user needs with various stakeholders (internally and externally). Data Analysis / Economic Analysis / Financial Analysis. Strong orientation towards understanding and meeting customer needs. Ability to align product strategy with business objectives. Ability to constructively explore, inquire, challenge stakeholder ideas. What will you get: Challenging position in a fast-growing AI-driven revenue management company. Being a part of a diverse and international team with a strong ownership and can-do mentality. The opportunity to meaningfully contribute to the continued growth and development of the organization. A cross-functional role that spans across geographies and departments in the company. Flexible working with the possibility of hybrid work (the company HQ is based in Bologna). We as a team have a passion for learning and growing to be the best version of ourselves. Do you have strengths you can share? If so, we'd love to hear from you. We appreciate that everyone has different backgrounds and experience, so if you don't meet all the criteria above, please don't be deterred from applying. We could be just what you are looking for!
Please note that this job description provides a general overview of the responsibilities and qualifications required. It is not an exhaustive list, but we believe it captures the essence of this exciting role.
XTEL is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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