Product Owner

Xebia is a global AI-first, digital transformation, and engineering partner. With over 25 years of experience and a team of 5,000 professionals across 16 countries, we help organizations design and build scalable products, platforms, and data-driven solutions. 

We specialize in Artificial Intelligence, Data and Cloud, Intelligent Automation, and Digital Products, combining deep technical expertise with a strong focus on engineering excellence and a people-first culture.  

In the CEE region, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 experts delivering modern applications, data platforms, and AI solutions for clients such as Millennium, ING, Play, Edenred, Arabian Drilling, FedEx, Leroy Merlin, Truecaller, Volotea, Schmitz Cargobull, and many, many more.

You will be:

• managing and prioritizing product requirements for a development team within the Retail Pricing domain, based on business and user needs,
• taking ownership of a product or product area across the product lifecycle – from understanding the problem and defining requirements to supporting delivery and adoption,
• working with stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into clear, structured and actionable product requirements, including user stories and acceptance criteria, 
• working with pricing-related topics, including macro and micro pricing, elasticity and cross-elasticity,
• using Product Discovery methods and tools to better understand problems and identify the value the product should deliver,
• contributing to product roadmap creation, setting priorities together with stakeholders and identifying dependencies and delivery risks,
• shaping the roadmap around problems and outcomes rather than predefined functionalities,
• translating the product vision into clear product goals and proposing short- and medium-term objectives and relevant metrics,
• understanding the business and user value of the product and taking it into account when making product decisions,
• working directly with business stakeholders, clients and/or end-user representatives,
• presenting the product and its development plan to users and consulting release plans with the client,
• working closely with the development team, supporting sprint planning and independently leading refinement and review sessions,
• organizing and facilitating meetings with stakeholders,
• representing the business objectives of the product towards the team and stakeholders and gradually building greater ownership and autonomy within the product,
• collaborating effectively in a nearshore delivery setup.

Your profile:

• experience as a Product Owner or in a similar product-focused role,
• experience taking ownership of a product or product area across the product lifecycle, from understanding the problem and defining requirements to supporting delivery and adoption,
• experience in independently managing requirements and priorities for a development team,
• ability to translate business and user needs into clear, structured and actionable product requirements, including user stories and acceptance criteria,
• practical knowledge of Product Discovery and prioritization methods,
• experience contributing to product roadmaps, identifying dependencies and delivery risks, and working with product goals and metrics,
• good understanding of business and user value and the ability to apply it when making product decisions,
• experience working directly with business stakeholders, clients and/or end users,
• experience working closely with development teams, including sprint planning, refinement and review,
• a technically minded profile, with the ability to understand technical concepts and work effectively with development teams,
• ability to communicate product goals, priorities and development plans clearly to different stakeholders,
• confidence in organizing and facilitating stakeholder meetings,
• independence and ownership appropriate for managing a product scope within a development team,
• fluent English,
• practical experience using AI-powered assistants (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot Chat, or similar) to improve productivity, quality, or decision-making in analysis and software delivery.

Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.

Nice to have:

• experience in the Retail Pricing domain, particularly with macro and micro pricing, elasticity and cross-elasticity,
• experience applying GenAI in a more structured way within the SDLC, including defined workflows, prompt patterns, or tool integrations embedded into daily analytical and documentation work,
• interest in and familiarity with emerging AI-driven practices (e.g. automation of analysis tasks, AI-supported documentation, or workflow optimization), with a willingness to explore and experiment beyond standard approaches.

Recruitment Process:

CV review – HR call – Interview – Client Interview – Decision