Product Owner with German - Academy

Company Description

Accesa is a leading technology company headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, with offices in Oradea, Bucharest, Timisoara and Munich and 19 years of experience in turning business challenges into opportunities and growth.

A value-driven organisation, it has established itself as a partner of choice for major brands in Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, and Banking. It covers the complete digital evolution journey of its customers, from ideation and requirements setup to software development and managed services solutions.

With more than 1,200 IT professionals, Accesa also has a fast-growing footprint, establishing itself as an employer of choice for IT professionals who are passionate about problem-solving through technology. Coming together in strong tech teams with a customer-centric approach, they enable businesses to grow, delivering value for our clients, partners, industry, and community.

Job Description

The academy program will have an 8-hour/day format - giving you time to dive into the Accesa culture, learn from our experienced colleagues, and discover our communities. The academy will take place remotely, with potential hybrid sessions (not mandatory).

During our program, you will gain both theorical knowledge and hands-on experience required for a career as a Product Owner. Dedicated mentors will guide you and help you learn the necessary competencies:

• Learn to work with Agile methodology and processes
• Be the liaison person between the customer and the implementation team
• Identify business needs and high-level project scope, including risk raising
• Engage in clarifying, documenting requirements, but also in the business process modelling as part of the requirements/stakeholder management
• Plan and refine the product backlog with a focus on delivering valuable increments, considering all three perspectives - user, business and technical
• Write user stories, contribute to milestones as needed, and ensure that the acceptance criteria represent how the customer will test the product
• Monitor and control project scope/alignment with business goals and roadmap

What can you expect:

• Hands-on working on real projects
• Online courses, workshops, and self-study, having customized activities designed to improve your practical skills
• Receive guidance and mentorship from experienced professionals.
• Your mentors will provide feedback on your work, offer advice, and support your development
• You will be able to apply the knowledge learned to progress in your career as a Product Owner
• Learn to design, discuss, clarify project requirements
• Learn to use our internal project management systems (Agile/Scrum methodologies)

Qualifications

Mandatory:

• Passion to learn new skills and curiosity about how to build user friendly IT solutions
• Comfortable to work in a customer facing role
• Communication skills including asking questions and curiosity
• Perseverance to go through all stages of the process to achieve the final goal
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Ability to explain complex functionalities into an easy & understandable manner
• Ability to work on ideas that are vaguely defined in the first step and gradually transform them into clear requirements
• Fluency in English and German language

Is highly appreciated any of the following:

• University degree in Economics, Business, Computer Science or similar
• Work experience in Financial Services or Banking Domain
• Client facing work experience (i.e., Insurance, Quality Assurance, Configuration, Helpdesk, Customer Support, etc.)

Qualifications

Mandatory:

• Passion to learn new skills and curiosity about how to build user friendly IT solutions
• Comfortable to work in a customer facing role
• Communication skills including asking questions and curiosity
• Perseverance to go through all stages of the process to achieve the final goal
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Ability to explain complex functionalities into an easy & understandable manner
• Ability to work on ideas that are vaguely defined in the first step and gradually transform them into clear requirements
• Fluency in English and German language

Is highly appreciated any of the following:

• University degree in Economics, Business, Computer Science or similar
• Work experience in Financial Services or Banking Domain
• Client facing work experience (i.e., Insurance, Quality Assurance, Configuration, Helpdesk, Customer Support, etc.)

Additional Information

At Accesa you can:

Enjoy our holistic benefits program that covers the four pillars that we believe come together to support our wellbeing, covering social, physical, emotional wellbeing, as well as work-life fusion.

• Physical: premium medical package for both our colleagues and their children, dental coverage up to a yearly amount, eyeglasses reimbursement every two years, voucher for sport equipment expenses, in-house personal trainer
• Emotional: individual therapy sessions with a certified psychotherapist, webinars on self-development topics
• Social: virtual activities, sports challenges, special occasions get-togethers
• Work-life fusion: yearly increase in days off, flexible working schedule, birthday, holiday and loyalty gifts for major milestones