Senior Product Owner

Work Your Magic with us

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans - so do we Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

We are seeking a seasoned technical Product Owner with significant experience in the Data & AI domain to lead the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for our internally built products in Healthcare R&D. This role is crucial in leveraging Data and AI to accelerate and enhance our R&D initiatives, ultimately fostering the discovery and development of new drugs. You will be responsible for defining the product vision, expected business value, and impact, defining and executing the product roadmap and evaluating its impact on the business.

Acting as the primary liaison between R&D end users, business stakeholders as well as the engineering and architecture teams, you will define the product roadmap and ensure seamless integration with other systems and processes within our global R&D Data and AI landscape. This will also require you to engage in user acceptance testing (UAT) to validate the product's functionality, usability, and performance. Furthermore, you will continuously gather feedback from end users and regularly communicate product roadmap updates across the organization. Your proactive approach will be essential in identifying new product growth opportunities, as well as potential risks or roadblocks, and proposing mitigating strategies to ensure successful roadmap delivery.

In addition to these responsibilities, you will champion a product mindset and focus on business value throughout the organization, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Staying up to date with emerging technologies and industry best practices related to data analysis, ML, especially FMs, will be vital in enhancing the effectiveness of the product. You will report to the Head of Product Management in the Healthcare Digital, Data & IT organization.

You will join a multicultural team working in agile methodologies and having high autonomy in decision-making. The role requires office presence at our Darmstadt location 2-3 days per week.

**Who you are**:

- Master´s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role, preferably in developing enterprise data platforms or data-related products.
- Ability to envision long-term product success and craft clear and actionable product roadmaps to achieve the strategic company’s goals.
- Good conceptional understanding of the data and AI ecosystem, data flows and architecture, ML, and FMs.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum and DevOps methodologies and experience in managing backlog items, sprint planning, and sprint reviews.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and a strong sense of ownership.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and prioritize tasks effectively.
- Experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences R&D domain is very beneficial.
- Fluency in English is essential.

**What we offer**:We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress