About the role
For our client, a leading telecommunications provider in Austria, Qualysoft is seeking an experienced Senior Product Owner (E-Commerce) to take ownership of an existing online shop while building up a new e-commerce shop in parallel, based on a predefined group solution.
Location: Vienna
Start: ASAP
Duration: 9 months
Capacity: 100%
Working model: Hybrid, 2 days per week on site in Vienna
Project language: German and English
Why Join?
This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a business-critical e-commerce product at a leading telecommunications provider, in an international, fast-moving environment with high visibility.
Your Responsibilities
As a key contributor to an international squad, you will own the product on the business side and drive delivery under ambitious timelines with high management attention.
- Take over product ownership of the existing online shop and, in parallel, of the setup of a new e-commerce shop based on the group solution
- Prioritize features, bugs and defects and maintain a transparent, well-structured backlog
- Structure, steer and motivate an international team with a strong focus on India
- Serve as the central point of contact between business departments, development teams and external partners
- Align with internal and external (group-level) stakeholders in large-scale projects
- Collaborate with the local team (German) and the central team (English)
- Proactively drive topics, identify risks early and manage several parallel workstreams
- Communicate decisions, status and trade-offs clearly to stakeholders at all levels, including senior management
Your Profile
- Senior-level experience as a Product Owner (or in a comparable role) in a technical environment
- Strong background in e-commerce
- Experience in large projects with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience working in international, distributed teams (offshore/nearshore, ideally India)
- Proactive, self-driven working style; able to motivate and structure a team
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to stay calm under pressure, internally and externally
- Quick comprehension of complex processes and relationships
- Good technical understanding and comfort in a technical setting (this is a business role, not an IT role)
- Fluent German and English
Nice to Have
- Background in the telecommunications industry
- Experience with group-defined platform solutions and central teams
- Experience in agile environments (Scrum, SAFe)