Hybrid Product Owner

at quintessence consulting GmbH

• Job title: Product Owner
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hannover, Germany

About the role

• Product Owner driving product vision to deliver value for international airline and tourism companies. Collaborate with Scrum teams and stakeholders to optimize product backlog and solutions.

Responsibilities

• As a Product Owner, you are the driving force behind our product vision.
• You shape, prioritize and refine our product backlog to ensure we deliver the greatest value to our customers.
• You work closely with our Scrum team, stakeholders and customers — always keeping the big picture in mind.
• You design and take responsibility for the functional development of our products together with your colleagues, guiding them toward our strategic goals.
• You support and accompany our teams from conception and planning through implementation and operation of our excellent products and their processes.
• You plan and communicate major product developments via roadmaps.
• You are the first point of contact for our customers when urgent challenges arise, ensuring solutions are implemented quickly and sustainably.
• You align stakeholder interests with those of our teams: you build bridges to other departments with varying levels of expertise, create networks and achieve a high degree of alignment and commitment from all parties involved.
• You ensure crystal-clear priorities in your backlogs by making well-founded decisions and effectively using our PMO services to maximize efficiency.
• You establish and use KPI-based early warning systems to keep costs and product schedules continually in view.
• You proactively identify risks and ensure transparent decisions and sustainable success through clear communication.
• Your goal is to maximize your teams’ value contribution — you balance topics, clarify, coordinate, prioritize, remove blockers and celebrate successes with the teams.

Requirements

• Industry insider: Ideally you have experience in the tourism or related industries and a strong ability to quickly immerse yourself in and become passionate about complex domains.
• Strategic compass: You always keep a forward-looking perspective, combined with the ability to develop a clear product vision and translate strategic goals into operational plans.
• Dialogue conductor: As an effective communicator you orchestrate exchanges between diverse stakeholders and teams and build bridges to create alignment.
• Insight seeker: Your relentless curiosity drives you to proactively ask the right questions and develop deep understanding of complex technical and business challenges.
• Innovation enthusiast: You are passionate about dynamic IT developments and enjoy exploring and implementing innovative solutions without being deterred by technical hurdles.
• Effective problem solver: You use sharp analytical skills and logical thinking to address challenges in product development and design sustainable solutions that meet our customers’ needs.
• Master of priorities: You excel at weighing options and making well-founded decisions. Your focus creates clear priorities.
• Agile mindset: Your deep understanding of and passion for agile principles and Scrum enable you to inspire teams and actively shape a culture of continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Innovative work environment: Large, bright, modern office spaces that provide room for creative ideas.
• Flexible working models: Self-determined split between office and remote work and flexible working hours for optimal flexibility.
• Well-equipped workstations: Full equipment with the choice between Windows and Apple.
• Attractive benefits: Holiday pay, company pension plan, company bike (Jobrad) and access to a leading local sports and martial arts school.
• Pleasant workplace amenities: Specialty coffee, fresh fruit and beverages, a fully equipped kitchen and shared meals for a relaxed atmosphere.