Product Owner

Product Owner – Job Description

Lidl Customer Platform

About the role

 We are looking for a new Product Owner in Lidl Customer Platform in Barcelona. We are an innovation hub with around 500 teammates, divided in Tribes/Domains and those in Squads. The Store Experience & Product Discovery domain is requiring a new PO for leading a multidisciplinary team of 8-12 members in collaboration with the Squad Tech lead (Dev lead).

Ready to be part of the challenge? 

In this Role, you’ll get to

• Help the team to grow.

• Lead a team as the Product Owner (Scrum).


• Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product.


• Work comfortable with other teams outside the hub without an agile methodology.


• Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on.


• Lead the planning product release plans and set expectations for delivery of new functionalities.


• Work closely with the CPO to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value.


• Follow our competitors and the industry, research and analyze the market, the users, and the roadmap for the product.


• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy.


• Providing vision, road-map, growth opportunities and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project.
  

Required Skills 

• Attention to details.


• Previous experience on managing people.


• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Excellent organizational and time management skills.


• In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles.


• Previous working experience as a Product Owner for 7 years.


• Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills.


• Experience in On-Demand Delivery Platforms / Q-Commerce would be a plus.
  

Extra Points ✅

• Jira, Confluence or other Agile tools.


• Delivery of international projects in English or German.


• Experience in working in Agile Methodologies / Squads organization (Spotify Model).

About us

Who we are 

Lidl Customer Platform was created in 2015 with a vision of the future that foresaw “business and technology forever remaining intertwined”, and a steadfast mission to guide traditional businesses towards digital evolution through their clients, data, commercial strategies and omnichannel communication. Specialising in digital strategy, automation and real-time offer and content customisation, Lidl Customer Platform owes its success and efficiency to the use of cloud computing and the development of data platforms which rely on artificial intelligence for automatic decision-making in largescale consumer and retail markets.

Lidl Customer Platform - Three years later, Lidl has absorbed the company and turned it into their international hub of digitalisation and customer intelligence. Amongst our missions as Lidl’s International Hub, we would highlight the following: The conceptualisation and development of Lidl Plus, a Lidl international relational programme, and its benefit plan, which will offer discounts, exclusive services, agreements with third-party entities and financial services as its fundamental features; The creation of a cloud-based international platform for big data; The development of an international marketing automation platform; The conceptualisation, development and management of business intelligence platforms; The creation of an omnichannel payment platform; The development of advanced analytics and machine learning platforms favouring customer recommendation, foresight and analysis systems; The creation and implementation of an omnichannel, single sign-on strategy to generate business opportunities amongst the group’s diverse range of commercial platforms and services.

Our Mission & Vision

Our Vision as Lidl Customer Platform is to digitalize the Schwarz Group. Lidl Customer Platform provide digital tools to all Schwarz businesses that enables them to understand and connect with the customer to boost their revenues.

Values ⭐️

Do you want to know more about our Culture?

We are Family: Yes, we are colleagues, but we like to have fun while working. As a real family, we suffer in hard times and celebrate together in good times, as equals and with respect.

In fact, we like better the Spanish word Colegas, which includes a sense of friendship.

Passion by Design: Passion is at the very heart of everything we do. Over at HQ, they say this is a because of the sunny Barcelona and our Latin vibes. The reality… it's because we love what we do.

Innovation as a Service: We don’t deliver technology; we deliver creation & transformation. Challenging the status quo is what inspire us because we want to lead the next generation of grocery business.

Make it happen: Every day is an opportunity to make a difference. Do something good today, improve it tomorrow and don’t stop until it’s awesome.

Think Big: Don’t let what is already done draw the boundaries of what’s coming next, this is the only way to go beyond what it is expected.

Perks of being part of our team 

• An awesome team


• Competitive salary 


• Social benefits plan:
  a 225€ monthly allowance for ticket restaurant , transportor kindergarten


• Health & Accident insurance 


• Referral bonus 


• Hybrid remote-office work


• 24 days of holidays per year 


• Flexible schedule ⏰ and no dress code!


• Language lessons: German, English & Spanish‍


• Intensive timetable in July & August


• Continuous learning and development programs 


• Work in one of the top 10 IT hubs in BCN located in Plaza Catalunya 


• Filtered water, biscuits, fresh fruit, wide selection of teas and coffee (Nespresso, what else?)☕️


• 300€ Wellbeing voucher: To do your favorite sport ‍♂️, Dental Medical treatment , Optical care (Purchase of prescription glasses or contact lenses) , psychological support / Mental health therapy sessions ‍♂️ and Hearing aids 
  

Join the challenge!

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