Product Owner

The Hornetsecurity Group is the leading cloud security provider in Europe, which protects the IT infrastructure, digital communication and data of companies and organizations of all sizes. For our Headquarter in Hanover (List) we are looking for a motivated Product Owner (m/f/d) for 40 hours/week to start immediately or as soon as possible.

Your Job

• You act as the primary point of contact between stakeholders and product squads.
• You create and maintain a well-defined product backlog, ensuring it is properly prioritized and ready for sprint planning.
• You triage and prioritize feature requests, improvements, and bug fixes.
• You write clear, detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for product squads.
• You collaborate closely with product squads in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews.
• You make quick, informed decisions to keep development moving forward.
• You ensure delivered features meet quality standards and align with the product vision.
• You collaborate with UX/UI designers to create delightful user experiences.
• You work with other Product Managers and Product Owners to improve product management practices, resolve dependencies, and remove obstacles to feature delivery.
• You create and maintain all product documentation required for the delivery of product features according to the software development lifecycle process.
• You partner with customer-facing teams to ensure smooth product adoption and address user concerns.

Your Profile

• You have a degree in computer science
• You have a first experience as a Product Owner for B2B or B2C software
• You enjoy solving complex problems in a collaborative manner
• Your peers praise you for your organization, attention to detail, autonomy, team spirit and sense of responsibility
• You are keen to expose yourself to new technologies and ideas.
• You are fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• You have already used Atlassian Confluence and Jira.
• You have experience with the Gherkin syntax
• Bonus points if you are fluent in German or French

Your Benefits

• Free space for innovation and independent action in a fast-growing international company.
• Short decision paths and flat hierarchies in an open work atmosphere.
• Extensive Onboarding – we equip you with a welcome kit, 2 days Onboarding Bootcamp, Mentoring Program and regular feedback meetings.
• Temporary Employee Exchange Program – we provide the ability for you to work at our global office locations and explore the world (e.g. Berlin, Madrid, Malta, Montréal, Washington D.C.).
• Home-office-option and flexible working time.
• Unlimited contracts: we’re looking for hornets to grow long-term with us.
• Be-Active Bonus: we’ll keep you healthy with an allowance for your membership in fitness and sports clubs.
• Referral Bonus: we pay 1500€ for each referral who is successfully hired by us!
• Office Dogs are welcome – you don’t have to leave your dog alone at home!
• Team events like Laser Tag, Office Movie Nights, Foodie Fridays and much more – let yourself be surprised!
• And of course free softdrinks, coffee & tea, 30 vacation days per year, fruit baskets, unlimited contracts and no dress-code.