IT Product Owner (f/m/x)
TLDR
Maximize value delivery by leading an agile backend team in the rapidly evolving e-mobility ecosystem through effective requirements management and stakeholder collaboration.
Your mission
At IONITY, we are developing digital products that power the e-mobility ecosystem. As an IT Product Owner for an agile backend team, you are responsible for maximizing the value delivered by your agile team within an Agile Release Train (ART).
You work closely with Business Owners, Product Management, System Architects, and other Product Owners to understand the vision and roadmap. You translate Features into well-defined Stories and ensure their successful delivery within Planning Intervals (PIs), contributing to a reliable and value-driven flow across domains.
As an IT Product Owner in a SAFe environment, you:
Strongly influence the evolution of your domain and its technical roadmap
Translate product features into detailed technical user stories for backend services and domain logic
Create, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog, structuring it into incremental releases
Define functional and non-functional acceptance criteria and ensure testability
Provide transparency on scope, status, risks, and dependencies
Coordinate with other Product Owners to identify integration points across domains and ensure product and release coherence
Lead and actively participate in all agile ceremonies
Track progress and address production issues during sprints
Analyze preferences and requests of internal stakeholders
Your profile
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar relevant field
2–5 years of professional experience as IT Product Owner for agile teams
Strong understanding of backend development, APIs, and domain-driven system design
Solid understanding of SAFe (team and program level), including ART ceremonies and PI planning
Strong in requirements analysis, story slicing and prioritization
Quality mindset (“shift left”: considering testability, NFRs, DoR/DoD from the start)
Strong facilitation and communication skills to align business and technical stakeholders
Very good communication skills in English – German is a plus - #LI-Remote
Ability to lead a cross-functional development team
Strong analytical skills combined with a creative, solution-oriented mindset
Motivated to familiarize yourself with new topics
Genuine interest in the e-mobility industry
Prior experience with backend systems or domain-driven development is a plus
IONITY GmbH operates and scales high-power electric vehicle charging networks across 24 European countries, targeting the growing electric mobility market. By focusing on acquiring fleet customers and B2B partnerships, IONITY is committed to ensuring a reliable, sustainable charging infrastructure to facilitate the transition to sustainable mobility.