TECHNICAL PRODUCT OWNER

Location: Munich or Berlin - Hybrid 
Salary: 75-95K

Language: English (must), German (must)

About IU Group
IU Group are one of Europe's largest university groups (headquartered in Germany) that offers distance learning to over 100,000 students. They believe in education for everyone and that everyone should have the opportunity to grow on their individual learning journey.

About the Role

AI holds the potential to further elevate and refine personalization for educational purposes. Our aim is to integrate this technology for both 1:1 tutoring and a personalized approach across the entire customer journey.

One example of this is our AI teaching bot, Syntea, which is revolutionizing the learning experience

https://www.iu.org/how-online-studies-work/syntea/

Your Responsibilities

• As a product owner, your goal is to work with the product manager to translate our product vision into an actionable backlog (user stories and tickets), supporting the engineering team to achieve their development milestones.
• Prioritize and refine features, user stories, and tasks to ensure that the team is focused on delivering value to our users with each iteration.
• Facilitate agile processes and team ceremonies, fostering a collaborative and results-driven development environment.
• Monitor progress and adapt work plans to meet changing needs and requirements, always keeping the end-user experience in mind.
• You will support the QA process by testing builds and reporting any issues

Who you are

• You are already a product owner, or delivery manager
• You view the next step in your career as product management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical team members, facilitating a shared understanding of project goals and progress.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make decisions that balance the needs of the business with technical feasibility.
• Organized and detail-oriented, with the capacity to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Eagerness to learn and apply agile methodologies, with a focus on delivering iterative value and responding to feedback.
• Fluent in English, with excellent communication skills; proficiency in German is a plus.

Additional Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Design your ideal career and pathway: Explosive growth enables great opportunities. Tell us your dream career, and we will help you make it a reality.
• Employer's allowance for occupational pension plan in the amount of 27,00 per month (by choice, not mandatory)
• Subsidization of university studies at the IU International University (technical studies up to 100% from the first day of employment, non-tech studies at least 50% after 12 months of employment)
• Family & Friends discount for university studies at IU International University
• Discount on Deutschlandticket for just 7,35 per month
• 30 days of annual vacation for all employees