Product Owner – Energy Platform

Description

In order to support our activities in the energy sector, we are currently looking for an enthusiastic Product Owner to join our team in Brussels to help us develop innovation products for clean energy. If you are passionate and inspired to deliver digital products that will disrupt energy market, we want to hear from you!

As a Product Owner will be direct ly responsible for ensuring prioritisation and successful execution of EMAX products' roadmap. You will work closely with colleagues in the business team on vision and strategy, as well as with the IT team to build up the platform. Your responsibilities will include: creating high - quality user stories, developing the products in line with KPIs through constant iterations, defining acceptance criteria and conducting in - depth analysis to understand customer needs. You will work collaboratively with stakeholders, developers and designers to ensure user experience is exceptional and consistent.

Some products developed by EMAX are part of the Horizon 2020 INTERRFACE and FLEXI-GRID projects . Product delivery tasks will require research, stakeholder discussions, report submissions, knowledge dissemination and collaboration with project partners.

Working time will be distributed between product development and the EU project delivery (60:40). Starting date: as soon as possible.
Key Responsibilitys
  • Defining product vision, roadmap and providing direction to the team and stakeholders throughout the project
  • Articulating product & services roadmap into backlog of detailed technical requirements, leading and facilitating the development team’s work, prioritizing product backlog, applying agile/scrum workflow s to design visually compelling and highly usable digital solutions for energy
  • Conducting product-market fit validation, identifying customer touchpoints, discovering beta-users’ feedback on user flows, identifying need for change, tracking OKRs, organising demos for stakeholders
  • Taking an active role in mitigating issues impacting the team for the completion of release/sprint
  • Competition mapping and making recommendations on differentiated product requirements and positioning
Qualifications
  • Master’s in energy, computer science, IT , Business or similar relevant field
  • 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner, or strong related experience
  • Some experience working on renewable energy creating cool tech is a strong plus (e.g. solar panels, electric vehicles, heat pumps, DSR, IoT
  • Solid understanding of technical delivery processes, including mobile, web, back-end, design, etc.
  • Experience in a gile project management and methodologies (including scrum)
  • Experience with Jira or other software project development tool
  • Exceptional communication skills, both oral and in writing
  • You enjoy engaging with problems. What we’re building is complex. You’ll need to propose practical and creative solutions
  • You are self-motivated with the ability to manage diverse relationships, comfortable to adapt in fast - moving environment and changing priorities
  • Open minded, multi-culture, innovative and willing to learn
  • Fluency in English, Knowledge of Dutch or French is an advantage
Benefits
  • Opportunities to work on innovative and technically challenge products
  • Work with an international and motivated team
  • Flexible work environment and schedule
  • Competitive salary package in line with your level of experience
Contact for candidate submission
Please address your interests consisting of a cover letter and curriculum vitae to: thong.vuvan@emaxgroup.eu