Product Owner FirstSale

For the energy-industry billing and market communication system FirstSale, a Product Owner is sought at the Leipzig site. In this role you coordinate the requirements of all users and stakeholders and represent our interests toward the system provider. You continuously adapt the FirstSale system to regulatory and changing needs.

• First point of contact for all users and stakeholders for the integrated market communication and billing software
• Analyze internal, market and regulatory requirements and translate them into implementation concepts, in close coordination with the system provider Klafka & Hinz
• Prioritize requirements with stakeholders and product managers in a quarterly planning process and plan implementation with the system provider and technical IT
• Plan the need for technical resources and align resource planning in the agile environment
• Negotiate implementation plans and take responsibility for delivering system functions on time, on budget and to requirements
• Prepare and closely support test management, technical acceptance and the go-live process, and be the contact for questions in operations as well
• Together with the other Product Owners, ensure end-to-end processes and the functionality of the interfaces between the core systems

• Extensive experience and a successful track record in agile project management / project leadership, ideally with a certification in this area
• At least three years of practical experience in IT / digitalization with a focus on product ownership
• A very structured way of working, prioritizing tasks and topics independently and on time
• Ideally knowledge of the energy industry, especially market communication, energy data management, energy or grid billing and common standard systems (e.g. Klafka and Hinz products such as FirstX or similar)
• Confident practical use of Confluence and Jira
• Understanding of end-to-end processes and the product lifecycle (sales / technical)
• Cross-team coordination and organization as well as informal leadership of stakeholders and project teams
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills in German and English, confident conflict resolution and reliable meeting of deadlines
• Successfully completed degree in economics, business informatics or a comparable qualification