Product Owner (German Speaker)
Valencia
Volkswagen Digital Hub – Volkswagen Digital:Hub - Spain /
Perm Contract /
Remote
Volkswagen Group Services is excited to present a fantastic opportunity to join our Volkswagen Digital:Hub in Spain. As part of the global Software Development Centre network in the Volkswagen Group, we constantly seek talented individuals ready to bring their unique skills to our projects.
Our start-up environment is collaborative, innovative, and open to new ideas. We strive to cultivate a work culture that encourages individual growth, team empowerment, and project excellence. We value respect, teamwork, and the common purpose that binds us as a group. If you're ready to thrive in a dynamic start-up environment and be part of our family, supported by one of the largest companies in the world, we invite you to read further.
About the Team and the Hub:
- Our culture is centered around fostering individual growth and team empowerment within a flexible and supportive environment.
- We prioritize respect, teamwork, and inclusivity, recognizing and valuing the unique contributions of each member.
- We embrace a work-life balance philosophy and encourage continuous personal and professional development.
The Role and Key Responsibilities:
- Work together with the business in quick wins (identify best value driven use cases), to develop some micro MVPs during the first stage of the project (this stage also includes the team alignment, understanding & set up of the AI VW existing platform).
- Be a role model of agile working and innovation.
- Assure the agile rituals work productively.
- Prioritise the roadmap while preparing new features for development together with your agile team.
- Plan a bigger MVP for the second stage of the project, as well as a roadmap of next AI developments.
- Present new developments to your colleagues and stakeholders, including creative ways to teach the teams about the use and functionalities of new features.
- Help to create a great atmosphere and strong connection within your team.
- Inspire your team as much as your stakeholders and make sure everybody is aware of the vision and roadmap.
- Play your part in creating a strong feedback culture where everybody feels enabled to provide each other with honest feedback and input
- Collect requirements, perform user research and analyse market needs to create a roadmap and well prepared backlog.
- Break down features into MVPs and release incrementally.
- Communicate clearly the vision, roadmap and releases.
- Be a strong team player and promote our culture of feedback and openness.
- Be a role model of agile working and innovation.
- Convince partners of your ideas, using well prepared arguments.
Requirements:
- Minimum 4 years of experience as a PO or PM.
- Experience shipping successful products, including defining vision, strategy, outcome-driven product roadmaps and creating and managing backlogs.
- Experience working in an Agile environment and scrum methodology.
- Experience articulating and testing product hypotheses.
- Demonstrated ability to influence decision making in different contexts.
- Skilled at defining and prioritising product features.
- Experience collaborating closely with engineers, designers, and business departments.
- Fluent German speaker.
- Fluent English and/or Spanish speaker.
- Nice to have: Technical knowledge or experience.
What we offer:
- Fully remote work capability, with an option to work from our office when needed.
- Access to professional development tools and free language courses.
- Flexible working hours to accommodate personal and professional needs.
- A competitive holiday package and access to a variety of employee discounts.
Join us at Volkswagen Digital:Hub to advance your career in a role where your administrative skills will directly contribute to the success and smooth operation of our innovative projects.
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