Product Owner

City: Sofia

Who we are

flatexDEGIRO operates one of the leading and fastest growing online brokerage platforms in Europe. Based on modern, in-house state-of-the-art technology, we offer our customers of the flatex and DEGIRO brands a wide range of independent products with execution on top exchanges. Our technological edge, high efficiency and strong economies of scale enable us to continuously improve our service offering for clients and set leading standards in terms of product, price and platform quality.

With around 3 million customer accounts and around 57 million securities transactions processed in 2023, flatexDEGIRO is one of the largest retail online brokers in Europe. In times of bank consolidation, low real interest rates and digitalization, flatexDEGIRO is ideally positioned for further growth. Further information can be found at https://www.flatexdegiro.com/en.

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This is what you'll do

Create User Stories: Capture business requirements to guide the development team in implementing new or changed functionalities of our banking platform.
Team Collaboration: Facilitate and participate in articipate in regular meetings with your team to refine requirements, stay informed about progress, and identify any impediments or improvement opportunities.
Backlog Management: Act as the link between Business and IT, managing the team's backlog and providing visibility on progress and outstanding impediments.
Higher-Level Planning: Participate in higher-level planning across the department to ensure alignment and strategic direction.
Translate Business Needs: Convert complex business needs into clear, actionable items and maintain a prioritized backlog.
Team Culture: Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture, ensuring balance between technical excellence and timely delivery.
Liaison Role: Act as the primary liaison between key stakeholders, including business departments, IT departments, and senior management.
Communication Facilitation: Facilitate communication between business and technical teams to ensure alignment on objectives and deliverables.
Process Improvement: Help establish product development processes to enhance efficiency, predictability, and quality.
Performance Tracking: Measure product/team success through KPIs and track progress of initiatives to ensure commitments are met.

You bring us these skills

At least 3+ years of proven relevant experience as Product Owner/ Business Analyst/ Product Manager
Technical knowledge so that you are able to understand our IT landscape and the applications form a high level point of view (Kubernetes, Docker)
Domain knowledge in fintech and/or financial markets is a plus.
Experience in managing a team’s backlog – structuring the backlog, refining requirements, coordinating and facilitating estimations and capacity of the team
Ability to work in a team, establish structure if necessary and make sure the team can always count on you
Proficiency in spoken and written English (Bulgarian, Dutch or German are a plus)
You are a pragmatic person and don't like to overcomplicate things

Interested? This is what we offer you:

Promise of a good work-life balance
30 days paid leave
Personal and professional development with access to relevant courses
Opportunities for career development
Additional health insurance Luxe package (covering children under 18, dental and vision care)
Best Doctors’ health insurance providing access to the best medical treatment worldwide
A challenging full-time job in an international and fast-growing company;
A competitive salary
Food vouchers
The opportunity to participate in a new, enthusiastic team of likeminded professionals

To make your life easier

You get the freedom to work flexible. Meaning you don't have to work in our office every day, but we like it if you do of course! It's fun to come in and mingle with your colleagues. There is also fruit, good coffee, drinks & snacks every day. Our beautiful and modern office is located in the iconic Millennium Center Building at the heart of Sofia that is conveniently next to Nation Palace of Culture (NDK) station.
To make working from home comfortable we offer a 50 BGN internet allowance, provide a company laptop and many options to make your work@home comfortable, such as a chair, screen and headphones. And last but not least: a fully covered Sports card we provide is an easy way to get into shape!

Want to invite your friends to work for us as well? A generous referral bonus will be yours if they get hired, so spread the word once you start.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or any other legally protected status. flatexDEGIRO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

flatexDEGIRO Sofia Branch
Petar Patev
Corporate Recruiter

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