Technical Product Owner

**_This is us_**

At Avenga, we believe that human creativity empowers technology that matters. Operating globally, our 6000+ specialists provide a full spectrum of services, including business and tech advisory, enterprise solutions, CX, UX and Ul design, managed services, product development, and software development.

**_ This is the job_**

Avenga is looking for a skilled Technical Product Owner to join our team full-time. Our client is a leading multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence in Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus, and Italy. They build better lotteries that return more to good causes by focusing on innovation, technology, efficiency, and safety across a growing casual gaming entertainment portfolio. The client’s purpose is to make play better for all and their mission is to be a trusted and proactive guardian of all that is good in lotteries and casual gaming entertainment.

**_ This is the team_**

As a Product Owner will drive strategic business initiatives by analyzing complex business processes, eliciting requirements, and translating them into actionable solutions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to facilitate change, optimize processes, and ensure our business solutions meet both operational and strategic goals.

**_This is you_**
- 4+ years of experience in BA/Product-related positions
- Strong background in Agile methodologies
- Skilled in backlog management, including writing user stories, epics, and assisting with prioritization and planning
- Ability to assert product direction and manage stakeholder conflicts effectively;
- Background in project delivery, including elements of project management
- Ability to plan and coordinate work for the scrum team, focusing on technical deliverables along with in-depth business requirements gathering
- Solid understanding of infrastructure and platform domains (practical experience with AWS Cloud (Management Console and services); Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC); general monitoring and logging tools)
- Experience supporting or leading initiatives in Business Intelligence and Big Data environments
- Strong awareness of data-driven platforms and data analysis practices
- Solid knowledge in software architectures and processes related to software delivery. Not expected to serve as an architect but must be technically savvy and familiar with engineering workflows

Nice-to-have skills:

- Understanding of AI-related technologies
- Familiarity with data science concepts or hands-on experience

**_This is your role_**
- Work with the stakeholders and product managers to analyze data and align product roadmap to strategic goals
- Act as an ambassador for the product internally and externally, and as the primary technical contact for queries related to the product
- Possess a fundamental understanding of end to end customer experience integration and dependencies
- Work closely with key roles such as Tech Leads and Delivery Managers to ensure requirements clarity and technical excellence
- Develop scope documents and define Epics/User Stories that guide our CLS Software Development teams
- 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
- Define priorities for short-term delivery within sprints and also for longer-term delivery along with Product Managers and stakeholders
- Ensure that dependencies, risks, and stakeholders’ expectations are identified and managed
- Develop appropriately detailed specifications for product features so that they are clearly understood by the development team
- Develop and maintain an appropriately prioritized backlog of user stories for implementation
- Run refinement sessions with the development teams in order to articulate delivery goals, provide details and refine stories

**_ What awaits you at Avenga?_