Senior Product Owner

Summary

Join insightsoftware as a Senior Product Owner to lead a team focused on a Close & Consolidation solution for the DACH region. Collaborate with Product Managers to define the product vision and roadmap, manage the product backlog, and oversee release and sprint planning. You will mitigate risks, ensure acceptance criteria are met, and create documentation. Conduct product demonstrations and serve as a subject matter expert for sales and support. The ideal candidate will be highly collaborative, results-oriented, and possess strong technical skills. This role requires strong cross-functional leadership and the ability to balance conflicting priorities.

Requirements

• Bi-lingual, German and English are Essential
• 8+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager
• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field
• In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principals
• Ability to balance conflicting priorities and negotiate a backlog with engineers and leadership
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers to formulate our product vision, strategy, and roadmap
• Own the product backlog, balancing conflicting priorities to determine prioritization
• Own the release planning and sprint planning processes, including setting release and sprint goals, and successfully delivering on those goals
• Provide an active role in mitigating risks and issues impacting successful team completion of release and sprint goals
• Ensuring acceptance criteria are met with current release and conducting sprint reviews from a business/customer perspective
• Producing documentation with Product Managers and Marketing to support development, launch, support, services, and sales and marketing initiatives
• Performing detailed product demonstrations for external and internal audiences to communicate the benefits of the solution
• Serving as a subject matter expert to assist with sales and support as needed
• Drive & Grit – Operate in a fast-paced environment with a focus and determination to achieve high-quality results
• Strategic Thinker – determine opportunities and threats through comprehensive analysis of current and future trends with the ability to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way
• Product Focus – Translate market and customer feedback into requirements, driving product delivery through an agile release process
• Customer Focused – passionate about creating value for our customers
• Cross-functional leadership – Lead and drive execution across Development, Product Management, Support, and Customer Success

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Financial Reporting
• Certifications: Agile, Pragmatic Marketing, Scrum Product Owner