Description
As a Technical Product Owner, you will step into projects when the vision is set and it's time to help clients with their next step: fast and sustainable execution.
You will be the key link between the client and the teams provided, ensuring that their business goals are clearly defined and understood.
Your responsibilities include:
- Contributing to the development, documentation, and understanding of project scope, objectives, and technical feasibility involving all relevant stakeholders
- Collaborating with internal teams to solve, develop, and implement digital projects
- Owning and maintaining the product backlog, keeping it well-structured, prioritized, and aligned with the client's business goals and roadmap
- Translating client business processes and requirements into actionable development work, and challenging requirements where a simpler or more robust solution exists
- Preparing and leading refinement sessions with the development team, breaking epics down into well-defined user stories with clear acceptance criteria
- Writing and maintaining technical specifications, including functional requirements, integrations, data flows, and API behavior, together with developers and architects
- Assessing technical feasibility and flagging dependencies, risks, and technical debt early, so the team can make informed trade-offs
- Participating in test case definition and user acceptance testing together with QA teams
- Identifying and reporting on common sources of technical issues or questions and making recommendations to product teams
- Staying on the lookout for ways to improve monitoring, discovering issues, and delivering better value to the customer
- Balancing priorities between new features, bug fixes, technical improvements, and maintenance, and clearly explaining those choices to the client and the team
- Keeping stakeholders informed on progress, scope changes, and upcoming releases
- Guarding the project's scope together with project management
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- 5+ years of experience, preferably in a digital agency or client-facing environment
- Strong communication and business writing skills
- Advanced knowledge of project management and agile methodologies
- Ability to interact across a range of stakeholders, from business executives to creatives, engineers, managers, SMEs, and vendors
- Great organizer, facilitator, and collaborator
- Working knowledge in the use of JIRA/Confluence
- Fluency in English, with Dutch being a plus
- IREB® Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering Foundation Level is a plus
We offer:
- A flexible, hybrid working policy (2-3 days from the office, depending on location) and the opportunity to work from abroad for 13 weeks a year
- 24 vacation days per year and the possibility to buy an unlimited number of extra vacation days
- DEPT®/YOU Learning Menu and DEPT®/YOU Special Programs
- Contribution to health through the OpenUp platform, gym and wellness discounts, and healthy lunches at the office
- Reputation for doing good as a Certified B Corp® since 2021
- Opportunity to work with awesome clients of all sizes and across all industries
- Opportunity for possibility and development with training, development, and certifications
- Global annual DEPT® Cares Month