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 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 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. - 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 centred 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 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 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 appreciat