Product Owner Traffic Domain (m/f/d) - #2666487

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Product Owner Traffic Domain (m/f/d)

Company Description

SWARCO is a growing international group with over 5000 employees on all continents.

This position is available in both Berlin, Germany, and Bucharest, Romania.

Challenge

• Lead refinement sessions and sprint planning together with the development team
• Own and define requirements, epics, and user stories with a strong product mindset
• Manage and align with stakeholders across domains (e.g. sales, productmanagement, partners)
• Evaluate and structure incoming requirements, balancing business needs and product vision
• Set and continuously adjust team priorities in line with strategic goals
• Confidently handle mid-sprint changes while maintaining delivery stability
• Take ownership of release planning and communicate timelines transparently
• Provide clear and structured updates to senior management and stakeholders
• Highlight achievements, risks, and trade-offs to ensure transparency and informed decisions
• Collaborate closely with QA to define test scenarios and ensure customer sign-off
• Ensure high-quality, consistent, and understandable product documentation
• Actively incorporate user feedback into product decisions and roadmap planning
• Co-lead the team together with the Team Lead in a close and collaborative setup
  
  

Profile

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or in a comparable role
• Knowledge in Traffic Domain or strong interest in mobility, traffic systems, smart cities, or similar environments
• A bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent
• Strong understanding of Agile principles and hands-on experience managing backlogs and sprints
• Product mindset: You take ownership beyond “just PO tasks” and avoid silo thinking
• Experience working in complex software environments (ideally cloud-based systems)
• Solid technical understanding and affinity (no deep engineering expertise required)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across different levels and regions
• Ability to translate complex, regional requirements into clear and actionable product features
• Assertiveness and strong argumentation skills when prioritizing and making decisions
• Clear customer and user focus in all product decisions
• Proven team player with a collaborative and proactive mindset
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Fluent in English (written and spoken), German is a plus, other languages are appreciated
  
  

Benefits

• A strong team spirit and strong cohesion - confirmed by the last employee survey. Teamwork takes centre stage with us
• SWARCO offers a secure job in a stable industry in an international group
• Benefit from customised training opportunities that promote your professional developmen
• Take advantage of 30 days' holiday and special leave, e.g. for marriage, for example
• Take advantage of our hybrid and flexible working arrangements, which enable both on-site and mobile working, depending on the job
• We offer a 15% contribution to the company pension scheme, far more than the statutory contribution, as well as capital-forming benefit
• Your health is important to us: benefit from (e-)bike leasing and a €160/year contribution to health care and fitness programmes, e.g. via wellhub
• Our offer for your personal well-being includes free, unbureaucratic external advice for professional, private or health-related issues
  
  

#ITS

SWARCO is growing. Grow with us. The online application can be submitted with just a few clicks. We look forward to new talents who will help us shape the mobility of tomorrow.

SWARCO Solution Center GmbH

Storkower Straße 142

10407 Berlin

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