Scrum Product Owner

Published: 2024-10-14

Department
FOSS Software Services
Nils Foss Allé 1
3400 Hillerød

Contact
Riccardo Romano

Country
Denmark

At FOSS, we are driven by a strong sense of purpose, and we hope you are too. A fast-growing world population means that the global food production will have to increase by 60% by 2050 to meet demand. We want to come up with smarter ways to make the best use of agricultural resources, and to help eliminate food waste. If that sounds like something you would like to get out of bed for every Monday morning, then read on.

The job
We are looking for a Product Owner for our FossConnect platform (FCO). FCO plays a key role in FOSS as it is the connectivity platform between FOSS analytical instruments (hardware) and our software solutions. FCO is part of IQX, our recently launched Software-as-a-Service platform serving companies in the food and feed industries. Through IQX, FCO helps offering our customers benefits such as instrument remote management and monitoring.

The position is based at our headquarters in Hillerød, where many of the product stakeholders are also based: R&D, IQX Operations and the other products POs. As the FCO development team is based in Warsaw, you should expect some travelling of about 3-4 times a year. You will be reporting to the Product Portfolio Manager and joining the Product Owners team. As PO you will also be part of the FOSS Connect scrum team which includes developers, and testers. The team has been already working together for 3 years.

Primary tasks

• Owning the product backlog for the FossConnect platform
• Regularly align with the product stakeholders (R&D, Operations, other POs) to inform decisions on work items value and priority
• Meeting regularly with the FossConnect development team during sprint planning, review and retrospectives
• Update and implement the product strategy and long-term roadmap

Qualifications

• You have a background as software engineer, computer science or IT
• Minimum 2-3 years of work experience as a Product Owner
• Previous experience in working with connectivity platforms will be considered a plus
• Experience with Microsoft Azure
• Familiar with Azure DevOps
• Since FOSS is a global organization, it is a prerequisite that you are fluent in English

Personal skills

• Strong communication skills to ensure product goals are clearly understood by the team and organization
• Stakeholder management to ensure a successful collaboration and expectation management with the many product stakeholders

We offer
The opportunity to join a very dynamic and growth-oriented division within FOSS. IQX and its Software-as-a-Service model is a key strategic initiative to complement the analytical instruments business pillar. As a Product Owner you will be accountable and empowered to take the strategic decisions for the product. FOSS has been committed to innovation for more than 60 years, so this is the place if you would like to make a difference in the food and feed value chains.

Application
Send your application by using the link below. Note that we only receive applications via the link. We conduct interviews on a regular basis, so we recommend that you apply as soon as possible. For further information regarding the job, please do not hesitate to contact Riccardo Romano at [email protected].

More info about IQX: https://iqx.net

All applications for vacant positions will be welcomed and will be considered on the relative merits of the applicant against the role profile for the position regardless of nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, parental responsibilities, age, religion, or belief. FOSS is committed to maintaining an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. You can help us sustain an unbiased recruitment process by not including photo or age in your application.

FOSS
Today, more than 8 billion people around the world are dependent on nutritional food. Tons of food being produced in a million different ways and under varying conditions, creating challenges all the way from field to fork. One of them, obviously, being the effects it has on climate change.
FOSS helps the world’s 100 biggest food companies and more than 40,000 others around the world navigate exactly that with intelligent, data-driven and innovative analytical solutions. We are making sustainability a better business and we’re doing so as global market leader in our field – improving food quality, minimizing food waste, ensuring food safety, and securing fair payment.

Join a pioneering and innovative company in the food and agriculture industry. A company on a mission, with offices all around the world and 1,700 talented colleagues from more than 32 different countries.