We currently have a vacancy for a Senior IT Product Owner fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will be based in Brussels, Belgium. The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.
Your tasks
* Develop an in-depth knowledge of goals and desired objectives of the project/product;
* Manage the product backlog with continuous updates based on business feedback and priorities;
* Ensure that short and long term priorities are well known and firmly committed by the business;
* Create user stories and tasks for the development team;
* Communicate the product vision, requirements and priorities to the team during sprint plannings and reviews;
* Verify that the developed product meets the business needs by cooperating with project managers and business analysts;
* Participate in acceptance of the product by the business (reviewing deliverables at each cycle);
* Guarantee existence of complete and adequate documentation for the product (user instructions, specifications, technical information). Participate in its drafting.
Requirements
* University degree in IT combined with relevant IT professional experience of 17 years;
* Proven track record of managing and prioritising a complex product backlog, defining product roadmaps, and delivering incremental value in short iterations;
* Experience working on IT systems that support public administration, regulatory compliance, or policy implementation (e.g. reporting obligations, licensing or permitting systems, registries);
* Proven ability to work with legal texts and delegated/implementing acts to derive clear system requirements;
* Ability to specify and validate conceptual API designs (REST/JSON or equivalent) and to ensure that API capabilities support business and legal needs;
* Experience managing products in an ecosystem where GUI front‑ends and machine‑to‑machine interfaces must remain aligned;
* Experience with products deployed on public cloud environments and using managed services (e.g. database, object storage, logging/monitoring, etc.);
* Understanding of operational constraints and opportunities in using centralised corporate solutions and/or cloud‑based solutions (availability, observability, security, cost implications) and ability to factor these into product decisions;
* Familiarity (conceptual, not necessarily hands‑on) with technologies similar to those in the current stack (e.g. Java EE / WebLogic, Oracle databases, S3‑like storage, Elasticsearch, Angular‑based front‑ends);
* Strong experience in facilitating workshops and requirement‑gathering sessions with heterogeneous stakeholders (e.g., policy units, IT, Member States, external partners);
* Knowledge of DevSecOps principles;
* Product Owner / Agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I/II), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager or equivalent is required;
* Excellent command of the English language.
Benefits
If you are seeking a career in an exciting and dynamic company, where you will offer your services as part of a team of a major European Institution, operating in an international, multilingual and multicultural environment where you can expect real chances to make a difference, please send us your detailed CV in English, quoting reference: (19707/03/26).
We offer a competitive remuneration (either on contract basis or remuneration with full benefits package), based on qualifications and experience. All applications will be treated as confidential.
You may also consider all our other open vacancies by visiting the career section of our web site (www.eurodyn.com) and follow us on Twitter (@EURODYN_Careers) and LinkedIn.
EUROPEAN DYNAMICS ( www.eurodyn.com )is a leading Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operating internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong-Kong, Valetta, etc). The company employs over 1000 engineers, IT experts and consultants (around 3% PhD, 36% MSc and 53% BSc or equivalent). We design and develop software applications using state-of-the-art technology. The group generates annual revenues in the range of EURO 40 million, with an EBITDA in the range of 20%. The value of our contract portfolio exceeds EURO 250 million. EUROPEAN DYNAMICS is a renowned supplier of IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations and multinational companies, research and academic institutes.
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