Technical Product Owner (Junior/Mid)

• Do you have a genuine desire to work on and release great completed products?

• Are you excited about data, APIs and Visualizations?

• Do you have an interest in competitive video gaming?

If the answers to the above questions are yes, then this role could be ideal for you!

GRID is looking for a driven Technical Product Owner to expand our established and welcoming product team. You will join a very talented engineering group and gain exposure to a wide range of products and services. There is scope for further growth in this role and you will have the opportunity to make a real impact within GRID and the wider gaming ecosystem.

Requirements

What you will do

• Build a deep understanding of the product and the esports industry which allow educated product decisions

• Devising product features based on a variety of inputs (vision, external/internal feature requests, technical requirements etc.)

• Owning and facilitating the agile scrum ceremonies for the team

• Preparation, organisation and prioritisation of the feature backlogs for the engineering squad

  • Work closely with engineers to ensure feature specifications are communicated clearly and are on-vision. In GRID we place great emphasis on high quality documentation for our product decisions and requirements

  • Working with engineers to judge when non-feature driven work is necessary

• Lead acceptance sessions and sign-off completed user stories ensuring quality standards

• Proactively take necessary action in the event of product defects or deficiencies

• Communicate and document key product decisions and developments

• Collaborate cross functionally with other areas of the business, including tech, design, product and delivery

• Working with the wider product team to improve our product development and agile processes

What we're looking for

• Good understanding of the Agile SCRUM ceremonies and why they are important

• Able to create and manage a backlog where high level goals are broken down to epics and user stories

• Ability to convey complex concepts clearly without compromising on detail

• A solid technical mindset

• Able to work comfortably alongside engineers to gain sufficient understanding of the technical challenges at hand and propose trade-offs

• An academic degree in a relevant field (e.g., mathematics, software engineering, computer science, machine learning, or related field) would be a plus

• Most importantly, a team player who likes to collaborate with the squad of engineers to deliver great products

• Fluency in English

• Able to work in CET time zone

About our culture

• Flexibility: Work from the place that inspires and motivates you the most! From our awesome Berlin/ Wroclaw offices to the comfort of your own home. Meet up in-person with your colleagues every so often, making use of the travel opportunities GRID offers

• Sustainability: We’re not a typical start up. We want our employees to be rested and able to perform. We offer a generous vacation allowance (28+ days a year) and the opportunity to speak with professional counsellors to support mental health - covered by the business

• Pragmatic: GRID thrives on being rational, allowing us to make the best decisions, rather than keeping to rigid processes and procedures that don’t work well for us

• Fostering growth: Empowering employees who are determined to grow by providing a self-development budget and strong career advancement opportunities. Support from your teammates to guide and encourage you to grow in your desired professional field

• Company culture: We believe a diverse industry is best served with an inclusive and diverse workforce. We have employees across 37 different nationalities with recent employee surveys showing over 98% workplace satisfaction

Benefits of working at GRID

• 28+ days paid for not providing your services

• Mental health support

• Flexible working conditions

• Company-wide team events

• Work travel opportunities with travel insurance

• Training and development budget

• High-quality swag/ merch

About GRID

Our mission is to unlock the potential of game data for everyone. The GRID Data Platform is a complete data infrastructure to source, manage, and distribute game data powering over 90 game publishers and tournament organizers, 350+ commercial partners, and comm