Senior Product Owner

Work closely with the business and the Product Team!

We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Owner who will join our Product Team to maximize product value for stakeholders within the given budget by ensuring effective prioritization, backlog management, and alignment with business goals and strategy.

If you are a team-player who loves to work closely with clients and translate business needs into technical specifications, it might be a match.

About Droids On Roids ⚡️

At the beginning of 2025, Droids On Roids joined forces with Apadmi, one of the UK’s leading digital product agencies, unlocking even more opportunities for innovation in mobile development.

We work with top startups and global brands like CCC, Carlsberg, Vodafone, BBC, and Co-op, delivering high-quality code and an agile approach they trust. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our clients say on Clutch.co.

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of commercial experience as a Product Owner in a software development company (ideally with mobile apps development),
• Proven number of products launched in the agile way (also previous experience working in agile project management methodologies is important to us),
• Strong product ownership with proven experience in managing stakeholders expectations,
• Knowledge and experience in using modelling tools (e.g. UML or BPMN),
• Strategic prioritization and decision-making skills,
• Data-driven product thinking and a proactive, adaptable way of working,
• Risk and scope management skills, so you are able to prevent unnecessary scope expansion while ensuring a valuable product,
• Proven experience in gathering and managing client and stakeholders requirements and needs in complex projects,
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation skills including technical writing skills (might be helpful working with Development Team on a daily basis),
• Strong organizational skills (you will be cooperating with few teams at the same time)

• Practical knowledge of Jira / Confluence and versioning,
• Fluent command of written and spoken English and Polish (at least B2/C1 level).

Nice to have:

• Scrum Product Owner certification,
• Knowledge of  Google Analytics.

You will be:

• Consulting, advising and helping clients in crystallizing the product vision and defining requirements and needs,
• Responsible for development of the product - balancing business goals, budget, and delivery constraints, risk and scope management,
• Responsible for stakeholder communication and influence - aligning teams and sponsors on product goals, priorities and dependencies,
• Working with KPIs: % of Product Discovery Completion, Roadmap vs Core Product Path reflection, number of “dependency-free” sprints refined in advance,  Scope Net Difference (SP), % of Release-Ready features, NPS & stakeholder feedback,
• Making sure that it’s clear:
• who the product is for, why people would want to buy and use it,
• what the product is and what makes it stand out,
• what the business goals are and why is it worthwhile for the client’s company to invest in it,
• Supporting clients and product teams with assigning optimal product metrics together with target values, allowing to assess the effects and level of success coming from a product,
• Preparing crucial documentation that is necessary to start development of the product: user story maps, product assumptions and roadmap,
• Working with Business Development and Development Team on preparing solutions for clients which bring better value for final product,
• Defining and managing internal business processes, in particular, implementing the Product Owner role into the organization,
• Taking part in Product Design Workshops.

Responsibilities:

1. Backlog & Roadmap Management:
• Delivering and maintaining the roadmap and product strategy,
• Maintaining a prioritized and updated product backlog aligned with business objectives,
• Ensuring the roadmap reflects the core product path.
2. Delivery Alignment & Scope Control:
• Maintaining and delivering the Sprint Plan,
• Tracking and managing scope creep,
• Ensuring dependencies are refined at least two (two-weeks long), optimally three sprints in advance to enable smooth delivery.
3. Stakeholder & User Collaboration:
• Working closely with sponsors, users, and business teams to gather priorities, dependencies, and data insights,
• Ensuring features align with user needs through analytics and feedback loops,
• Managing stakeholders' expectations.
4. Product Success Measurement & Improvement:
• Monitoring product discovery progress (% of product understanding achieved),
• Enhancing team and stakeholder NPS/feedback on product strategy and execution,
• Ensuring business analytics drive decisions by integrating insights into a product dashboard.

Psst ... You don’t match all of the items on our requirements list? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway - don’t let the confidence gap or imposter syndrome get in the way - there’s a chance you’re more amazing than you think you are! :)

Recruitment process

1. Submit an application form - it’s the best way for us to get to know you!
2. Prepare the recruitment assessment we send you.
3. Answer a few questions during an initial online call with our Business Analysts (30 min).
4. Join an online interview with Business Analysts and People Team (1,5h).
5. Get feedback and join our team!