Product Owner (m/f/d) - Portugal

About us

Join the European market leader in B2B cloud telephony. NFON founded in 2007 in Germany is offering its services, locally, in 15 European countries. Our business: Transform the business phone industry, thanks to our advanced cloud-based phone system, complete business phone and call center software.

 The opportunities are endless: If you are ready to grow something big, then this is your job!

Your Mission

The technical product ownership and the technical project management entail in detail:
  • You serve as link, to connect product management and our development teams
  • Definition and management of requirements, priorities, tasks, creation of milestones, planning of test, beta phases and releases.
  • Guiding the collaboration of product management and development teams (development, QA, UI/UX) and operations, to reach the best possible goals
  • Coordination and communication of your own projects
  • Preparation of reportings and presentations of those projects to stakeholder within product management

Your profile

To excel in this position, you need to have
  • A technical degree (BA+) in Applied Computer Science in Business or a comparable STEM subject
  • 3+ years of working experience as technical project manager and / or product owner in an international and agile environment
  • The ability to understand complexity, to reduce it data driven and to present it in a condensed format
  • A broad technical understanding about software development, to support your work in general
  • Very good presentation skills
  • Prior experience in cloud and / or VoIP area are desirable
Additionally, you are:
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken)
  • Able to communicate facts and circumstances to different audiences, trenchantly.
  • Communicative, a good listener and do not hesitate to ask questions
  • Able to apply your agile mindset appropriately, without becoming assertive
  • Empathic, you know human nature and enjoy structured thinking

Your Team

You will be part of a team of product owners. You will closely be working together with the development teams and own the work prioritization as well as the backlog. Just as close, you’ll be working together with the product managers and align with them in regard to the roadmap and product planning. As part of the product owner team you’ll be responsible for coordination between all product development teams and for an aligned planning and development across all development teams

Why us?

  • An option to choose the hardware (Laptop or MacBook Pro)
  • Funding of educational training, including English courses
  • An unlimited fixed-term contract with the flexibility of trust-based working hours
  • Cozy and large workplaces with modern equipment in Lisbon (Rua Barata Salgueiro 37)
  • One of the best health Insurance with great coverage (including family members)
  • 25 vacation days
  • Free coffee, fruit baskets and lunch vouchers
  • International atmosphere in a continuously growing company with an open-minded culture and positive communication
  • A motivated, distributed and agile team with lean hierarchies
NFON is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.