Remote Product Architect

Summary

Join RELEX Solutions as a Product Architect to bridge the gap between technical and business teams, ensuring clear and actionable product backlogs for the Microspace Platform team.

Requirements

• Minimum of three years of experience in product ownership/management within an agile product development environment
• Experience and knowledge of Microspace planning particularly in Planogramming and Category management
• Strong understanding of technical architecture, particularly with cloud infrastructure, micro-service architecture, and Microsoft technologies including Azure
• Build and maintain the operational roadmap and backlog, and work closely with internal and external stakeholders on all organizational levels to prioritize and align your plans with others
• Ensure that the product backlog is clear and provides sufficient information for development teams to execute their tasks effectively
• Play a key role in aligning technical development with business needs, ensuring that customer requirements are met through the product roadmap
• Maintain a balance between strategic oversight and hands-on involvement in backlog management and sprint planning
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Work with Microspace Platform team to split epics into manageable work items, enabling teams to plan and execute their sprints predictably
• Collaborate with Engineering Manager to refine roadmap items into epics, ensuring clarity and alignment with strategic goals
• Ensure that the definition of ready is met before any work item is added to the team backlog, facilitating smooth development processes
• Work closely with Product Managers, Engineering Directors, and Engineering Managers to develop and refine the product roadmap
• Ensure that customer needs are clearly communicated and considered in all roadmap decisions, balancing technical and business requirements
• Collaborate with tech architects and principals to ensure best practices are followed in the Microspace platform development
• Increase business understanding within the development teams by explaining how customers use the product and why specific features are prioritized
• Support dependency resolution by working with various stakeholders to clarify and address technical and customer needs
• Enable effective sprint planning by creating a workable backlog and communicating the purpose of each work item
• Work with the Engineering Manager and/or teams to split work into actionable items, ensuring that development is aligned with both technical capabilities and business objectives

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Extensive physical and wellbeing support
• Up to 8 weeks of annual leave per year
• A true hybrid-working policy (home and office)