Product Owner [Spain]

We are looking for a skilled Product Owner to join us and visit our office in Valencia, Spain!

✅ Key responsibilities:

✔️ Manage Product Backlog: Formulating the list of backlog items and prioritizing them as per the critical business objectives;

✔️ Define Sprint Objectives: The product owner defines the suggested sprint objective, which will serve as a base to determine the sprint goal;

✔️ Review and approve the work done by the development team: The product owner inspects the product increment made by the development team in each iteration, from design preparation to production release verification;

✔️ Provide effective communication to the stakeholders of the project: The Product Owner is the central communicator between the development team and the stakeholders; they need to be clear and concise communicators to ensure there is approval of the stakeholders for all major decisions and strategies;

✔️ Backlog Refinement: Ability to prioritize, enhance, and finalize the items with the team before the sprint planning;

✔️ Create and Maintain Change Requests Associated with the Product: Predominantly an Operational task. The Product Owner will gather and prioritize operational changes and include them within the Product Backlog for future sprint iteration;

✔️ Define Acceptance Criteria for their Product: The Product Owner must know what they want their product features to achieve. Having strongly defined acceptance criteria is vital to ensure that the Product performs to the expected standard. A/C's should always be confirmed with Stakeholders and will be used as a baseline for QA to test against;

✔️ Gather Functional and Non-Functional Requirements: The Product Owner will ensure that all requirements are gathered and that they meet the Product Manager's expectations;

✔️ Maintain Requirements: Requirements may be adjusted during the project lifecycle; this is to be expected in a dynamic environment such as ours.
If a requirement is adjusted, then this must be reflected at the appropriate level (Epic, Story);

✔️ Verify Requirements: Once the requirements, functional and non-functional, have been gathered from the stakeholders, the Product Owner will confirm and agree that the requirements are fit for purpose and use;

✔️ Create and Maintain Epics, Stories, Use and Edge Cases: Although the creation of these artifacts may be done by another team, the Product Owner holds accountability for the quality of their content;

✔️ Participate in OKR planning: Working closely with stakeholders and participating in quarterly OKR planning for the product, including estimating their achievement.

✅Requirements:

✔️ At least 3 years as a Product Owner or similar role (Business Analyst, System Analyst);

✔️ Technical Understanding:
Solid knowledge of:

• Requirements lifecycle & backlog management;

• Product architecture & development;

• Scrum / Agile methodologies;

• UX principles;

• Basic coding or design experience - nice to have, but not mandatory;

• Mobile app product - nice to have, but not mandatory.

✔️ Soft Skills:

• Communication: Excellent English and the ability to clearly convey product vision, report insights, and align teams;

• Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving skills — able to collect data, identify issues, and make sound decisions fast;

• Decision-Making: Confident in evaluating options and implementing solutions that drive product success;

• Organization: Skilled at managing processes, leading efficient meetings, and keeping teams aligned;

• Leadership: Inspire and guide cross-functional teams (without direct management);

• Conflict Resolution: Mediate issues calmly and constructively to maintain progress and collaboration.

✔️ Certification:
PSPO Level 1 or equivalent — a plus, not a must.