Novi Sad, Serbia

Hybrid

Senior Product Owner

Hello from the SmartCat’s Delivery team! We are looking for an additional team member. 

We are a growing team of product-oriented professionals, Product Owners, and Delivery Managers who work together with our Engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions that bring value to our customers and partners and positively impact their businesses. We are passionate about our work and constantly aim to improve as a team and as individuals.

These things would make you a suitable candidate for our team:

  • 5+ years of Product Ownership experience, with a strong Product focus within the software development industry
  • Scrum/Kanban framework understanding and experience, but more importantly, passion for lean and agile software development and delivering high-quality digital products
  • Ability to extract, clarify, and organize product requirements into epics and user stories
  • Interest in the functionality of the product being built and understanding of it
  • Knowledge of a project management methodology (e.g., PMI or PRINCE2)
  • Understanding/knowledge of project planning and control, risk management, and reporting
  • Understanding of software development life cycle
  • Exceptional skills in direct communication with colleagues and customers
  • Experience with project estimating and planning
  • Plus is being familiar with scoping workshops like Impact Mapping and User Story Mapping
  • Plus, if you have data, AI, ML domain understanding/knowledge
  • Plus, if you have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in the relevant field
  • Experience with relevant tooling like Jira, Confluence, Notion, and similar
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Facilitation skills (including experience with facilitation of workshops and Scrum ceremonies)
  • Attention to detail
  • English language proficiency

We welcome open communication, assertiveness, a positive attitude, and teamwork.

We offer:

  • A pleasant work environment with strong company values and team culture
  • We are transparent – from salary to strategy, financial reports, and beyond
  • Challenging assignments and a lot of opportunities for growth
  • You will have our full support towards gaining expertise
  • Clearly defined pay grades: The Career path connects these grades – you know where your life is going (at least here with us)
  • Loyalty coefficient: 10% on net compensation after three years in SmartCat, 20% on net compensation after five years
  • Knowledge budget: extra money for conferences, books, and training of your choice
  • Flexible working hours
  • Remote work (during the initial six months, three days/week office presence is required) 
  • End-of-the-year bonus program
  • An excellent team of engineers and data scientists