Product Owner

At Bede, our Product Owners (POs) play a key role in maximising the value delivered by our Product Engineering teams. You’ll be embedded in a Tribe, working closely with other POs and Product Managers. You’ll take full ownership of your product area, building expert knowledge, understanding customer and end-user needs, and driving continuous improvements. If you enjoy owning problems end-to-end and working closely with engineers to turn insight into impact, this is the role for you.

This is a hybrid role that requires you to be in our Sofia office two days a week. Please apply only if you’re comfortable with this arrangement.

What you’ll be doing

Vision

• Own, maintain, and prioritise the Tribe and Team backlogs in line with the strategic direction set by Tribe Leaders.
• Contribute to the Bede Product Roadmap for your product area.

Execution

• Play a key role throughout the Bede Software Development Life Cycle within your Tribe.
• Work closely with Product Managers to understand customer needs and business strategy.
• Engage with stakeholders to identify and capture problem statements and objectives.
• Represent the voice of the stakeholder (whether a client or Bede sponsor).
• Translate high-level objectives into clear, detailed user stories with acceptance criteria and see them through to execution.
• Take full accountability for product quality and sign off features at the end of each sprint.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to produce sprint reports and project delivery dates for small to mid-scale projects (large-scale projects will have a dedicated Project Manager).
• Support defect triage for internal and external issues.

Product Knowledge

• Be the subject matter expert for your Tribe’s product area.
• Own and maintain product documentation, ensuring gaps are filled and kept up to date.
• Create and contribute to platform release notes and feature documentation.

Attitude

• Build and maintain positive relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement practices within your Tribe.
• Gather feedback from customers and stakeholders to inform future iterations and drive continuous product improvements.
• Bring curiosity and drive to become an expert in your product area.

What we are looking for

• Experience working in a technology environment, with hands-on professional experience as a Product Owner or a similar role.
• Strong experience in Agile development (Scrum, SAFe, or other Agile framework qualifications would be a bonus).
• Excellent communication skills, with confident use of English (both written and verbal) to engage effectively with technical teams, stakeholders, and clients.
• A proven track record in software development with full end-to-end project lifecycle experience.
• Solid understanding of web-based systems development.
• Customer-focused, with the ability to identify and clearly articulate product requirements.
• Strong analytical, planning, problem-solving, and organisational skills.

What we can offer you

Here at Bede, we offer a great benefits package and a competitive salary as you would expect from a forward-thinking and people-centric organisation. What sets us apart is our desire to look after our people in the best way we can and to ensure we are offering the best to our colleagues by asking for feedback, so you’ll be pleased to know our benefits package is always being reviewed.

• A friendly, flexible and trust-based approach to working
• 25 days annual leave and additional paid ‘Bede’ holidays throughout the year and at Christmas
• Premium Private Healthcare and Dental care with Uniqa, from day 1!
• Innovation time – Engineers have regular opportunities to spend time developing skills and innovating.
• Flexi-Funds – A monthly bonus of 115 BGN to support bills and essential expenses your way!
• Food vouchers – 120 BGN per month
• Lots of social events – inside and outside of the working day
• A great office life! Free snacks and refreshments in the office every day
• Bede swag – from Zoodies to t-shirts and even socks!
• Access to Calm app – the #1 app for meditation and sleep
• Referral Programme – help us grow our team with like-minded individuals and be rewarded the equivalent of £3000 in BG Lev (pre-tax)

By applying for this position, please also state what your salary expectations are indicating them in the Message/Motivation letter to the company field.