Technical Product Owner (m/f/d/) - Booking Platform team
FlixBus
We're looking for a motivated and driven Middle level Technical Product Owner to join our Booking Platform Team in Munich. Join the team that powers our entire business!
The Platform Team is the backbone of our services, handling hundreds of millions of transactions annually and delivering rock-solid APIs for both internal and external partners. As the foundation of all customer-facing features, this team drives innovation and plays a critical role in every strategic initiative we undertake. If you thrive on solving complex challenges and building scalable solutions, this is the place to make a real impact.
Your Tasks – Paint the world green
- You work with key stakeholders to define, design, implement and optimise the booking funnel experience
- You own, prioritise and refine the product backlog, in line with the strategic vision. Going beyond user story writing to own and push the product forward
- You have a good understanding of emerging technologies and align the roadmap with the product backlog and vice versa
- You create and maintain an exceptional understanding of the customer and their current and future needs
- Make the role your own, taking ownership of your responsibilities and bringing your strengths to your role and the PO community
Your Profile – Ready to hop on board
- You bring 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner with close collaboration to product teams
- You are a strong communicator and can get peers, management and stakeholders on board
- You have a solid understanding of technical aspects - APIs and partner integrations
- You bring fresh ideas and challenge the status quo, seeking novel solutions to problems. You effectively communicate the impact of these ideas and create plans to implement them
- You thrive on understanding the 'why' behind things, not just concentrating on the 'what' and 'how' of product development
- You have experience in project management/coordination
- Being a lateral leader and a community builder, you have ability to moderate and adapt communication/presentation quickly to groups with heterogeneous technical backgrounds
- You understand Agile Software Product development principles and techniques (e.g. User Story Mapping, Impact Mapping, Lean, Design Thinking, etc.)
- You'll bring openness, mutual respect and understanding, curiosity and positive attitude to collaborations across the domain and company
- You thrive in an environment embedded with freedom and don't need constant guidance
- Your English is fluent
Nice to have:
- Experience with SQL, Snowflake for making data-driven decisions
- Experience with event driven systems
- Experience working in an e-commerce or marketing environment
Our Perks – More than just a job
- You have an impact. With innovation and smart technology, we are creating the easiest way to travel. We want your ideas and give you autonomy to make them reality.
- Flix is flexible. Organize your own schedule with trust-based hours and up to 60 days of working from (m)anywhere. We are an office-first company, and we encourage all employees to come regularly to their local office.
- Travelling is our passion. Discover the world with your free Flix rides and bring along your friends and family for half price.
- Teamwork makes the dream work. Our FlixTeam has people from over 80 different nations. We work in a multicultural environment where we can challenge and support each other.
- We're not only green in color. We’re building for the long term, and that means protecting our planet. We constantly test new green technologies and compensate for the CO2 after all our business travel since 2018.
- Your well-being is important to us. To treat your mind and body we will give you a competitive paid time off package, mental health support including 1:1 consultations with a psychologist, and a neat discount on UrbanSportsClub memberships.
Want to rewrite the history of mobility with us? Then join our ride and apply now. We're excited to hear from you! We recognize that everyone carries a unique set of valuable skills and experiences. If you think you could have an impact even though you don't meet 100% of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.
Flix – A place to enjoy work and have an impact
The future of transportation is Green. Here at Flix Tech, the R&D group, we develop software with the brightest minds from around the world to engineer new experiences for our millions of customers across our apps and websites. Every day we solve challenging problems, like how to scale rapidly around the world and how to make an experience that delights our customers. We have a culture of sharing ideas, contributing to open source projects and being an active member in our technical communities.
Flix is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy and gender identity), national, social or ethnic origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, competence and merit.