Senior Product Owner

Employment: Full-time Experience: Mid-Senior level Education: Master's Degree Who are we: We are a vibrant tech company that augments and empowers technical teams for both international and Greek clients. What sets us apart is our unique blend of coaching, continuous learning, and innovation, forming an ecosystem where professionals don’t just contribute, they grow. By joining Agile Actors , you don’t just work on cutting-edge solutions: You become part of diverse, dynamic teams where every step is a new career milestone. Our tech professionals augment teams that are global leaders in their domains, such as Austrian Post, Red Hat, Swissquote, and others. We are firm believers that work should be more than just a job: It should be a place where people thrive. That’s why we’re proud to be officially certified as a Great Place to Work 2026 , a recognition that reflects our commitment to creating an environment where talent , passion , and growth flourish. Our values Having a purpose Being adventurous Being Agile Respect and Empower Authenticity and Trust Evolving through our clients Who will succeed in this role: We are looking for a Product Owner to join our team and help shape how AI-powered and agentic ways of working transform product delivery. Our client is a leading European provider of postal, logistics, and parcel delivery services, with an extensive international presence and a strong focus on digital transformation, innovation, and sustainable solutions. Through its diverse portfolio of services, the organization connects businesses and consumers across multiple markets, continuously evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing digital landscape. As a Product Owner, you will own the team's product backlog and translate business needs into clear, prioritized, and delivery-ready requirements. Working closely with business stakeholders, engineering colleagues, and the Principal Product Owner, you will ensure that the team focuses on delivering meaningful business value. You will combine strong product ownership fundamentals with an openness to AI-assisted product management. From refining requirements and acceptance criteria to analyzing feedback and improving backlog prioritization, you will explore how agentic capabilities can make product management more effective. Beyond backlog management, you will contribute to the team's effectiveness by maintaining clear priorities, facilitating collaboration, removing delivery impediments, and using performance insights to identify opportunities for improvement. This is an opportunity for a Product Owner who enjoys working at the intersection of business and technology and is eager to evolve their practices as AI changes the way products are built and delivered. Responsibilities: Product ownership and backlog management - Own and continuously refine the team's product backlog, ensuring that items are prioritized according to business value, stakeholder needs, and agreed product direction. - Translate business demand into clear, actionable, and delivery-ready requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. - Collaborate with engineering colleagues to clarify requirements, resolve functional questions, and ensure that backlog items are sufficiently understood before implementation. - Maintain a sufficiently refined backlog to support continuous delivery and minimize avoidable delays caused by unclear or incomplete requirements. - Reprioritize backlog items based on stakeholder feedback, emerging business needs, delivered value, and changing dependencies. - Ensure that the team understands the business context, expected outcomes, and value behind its work. Stakeholder collaboration and value delivery - Act as the primary product-level interface between the team and its business stakeholders. - Clarify business needs, reconcile stakeholder feedback, and ensure that requirements reflect agreed priorities. - Collaborate with the Principal Product Owner to maintain alignment with product direction and priorities. - Work with engineering colleagues to understand technical constraints, dependencies, and implementation options. - Track product outcomes and team-level value delivery, using feedback and available metrics to identify improvement opportunities. - Escalate business priority conflicts and cross-team decisions to the Principal Product Owner. AI-assisted product management - Apply AI-assisted and agentic ways of working to backlog refinement, requirements analysis, user story preparation, and prioritization. - Explore opportunities to use AI to improve the clarity, consistency, and readiness of product requirements. - Use AI-supported analysis to help identify dependencies, gaps, risks, and opportunities across the backlog. - Critically review AI-generated requirements and recommendations, ensuring that they reflect actual business needs and remain accurate, relevant, and actionable. - Experiment with new tools and approaches to improve product management effectiveness while maintaining appropriate human judgement and accountability. - Share feedback and improvement opportunities to support the continuous evolution of agentic product management practices. Team effectiveness and continuous improvement - Facilitate team ceremonies and collaboration to support effective planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and continuous improvement. - Maintain clear priorities and ensure that the team has the context and information needed to work autonomously. - Identify and help remove impediments affecting backlog readiness, collaboration, or the team's ability to deliver. - Maintain an end-to-end view of team performance, including product outcomes, delivery metrics, and quality indicators. - Use performance insights to inform product prioritization, identify improvement opportunities, and support sustainable delivery. - Collaborate with the Principal Engineer and Delivery Manager to understand performance issues and address improvement opportunities within their respective areas of responsibility. - Contribute to team cohesion, autonomy, and continuous improvement without assuming formal people-management responsibilities. Requirements - Professional experience as a Product Owner, IT Business Analyst, or in a comparable product-oriented role within a software development environment. - Experience managing and prioritizing product backlogs, translating business needs into requirements, and defining acceptance criteria. - Strong understanding of Agile product delivery practices and collaboration within cross-functional teams. - Experience working closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to clarify requirements and resolve competing priorities. - The ability to balance business value, stakeholder expectations, technical constraints, and delivery considerations. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use feedback and performance information to support prioritization decisions. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain requirements and business objectives clearly. - A proactive mindset, willingness to learn, and openness to adopting AI-assisted product management practices. Nice to have : - Experience using AI tools to support requirements engineering, backlog refinement, or product analysis. - Familiarity with agentic AI capabilities and their potential application to product management and software delivery. - Experience working with engineering teams delivering complex software solutions. - Familiarity with product metrics, business value measurement, and outcome-oriented product management. - Experience with backlog management and collaboration tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps. You do not need to be an AI expert to succeed in this role. Strong product ownership fundamentals, sound judgement, and a willingness to experiment with AI-assisted ways of working are more important than extensive prior experience with agentic AI. Why join Agile Actors? At Agile Actors, we invest in our people and their professional development. You'll have the opportunity to: - Work with modern AI-assisted and agentic product delivery practices. - Collaborate with experienced product and engineering professionals. - Contribute to meaningful projects for leading organizations. - Develop your product management capabilities through coaching, feedback, and continuous learning. - Explore emerging technologies and help shape how AI changes the way teams deliver value. - Grow in an environment that values initiative, collaboration, and professional development. Benefits Compensation Benefits Tailored Remuneration Package that recognizes your expertise with a competitive salary Private Health Care Insurance to ensure your physical well-being. Ticket Restaurant Card Psychological Support through a professional helpline for you and your family, with 5 free sessions included to promote mental well-being. Developmental Benefits Internal Coaching Program empowers your growth, with experienced coaches supporting both technical and soft skills development. Personal Development Plan tailored with your coach to align with your career aspirations. 360° Continuous Feedback Model to keep your skills and performance aligned with your goals. Unlimited Training & Learning resources to cover all aspects of your professional growth, including access to various online platforms such as Udemy, Coursera, and Pluralsight from day one. Career Development Pathways that offer mentoring, leadership programs, and opportunities to enhance both technical and leadership skills. Chapters (Internal Communities) for sharing knowledge, mentoring, and shaping technology’s future. Diverse Customer Ecosystem that offers dynamic opportunities for career growth and development. Onboarding Buddy to support and guide you from day one. Working model Flexible Working conditions tailored to your assigned account. Work-Life Balance with a culture that promotes flexibility and sustainability. By clicking "Apply" for this Job, you agree that you have read and accepted our terms relating to job applicants and that you provide your consent for the processing of your personal data for the purposes described therein.