Medior Technical Product Manager

Company Description

Zerofect is committed to enhancing the sustainability and performance of manufacturing systems through innovative solutions in Consulting, R&D, Technology provision, and Education. Specializing in areas such as Quality Control, Digital Twins, Scheduling, Decision-Making, and Circularity, Zerofect offers state-of-the-art tools and services to elevate companies' operational excellence. By prioritizing knowledge-sharing and education, Zerofect strives to support a global transition toward sustainable industrial practices while empowering businesses to achieve lasting competence.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly technical and versatile Technical Product Owner who can bridge the gap between business strategy and software delivery.

In this role, you will work directly with platform owner and stakeholders to define new features, analyze requirements, propose implementation approaches,

and coordinate closely with development leadership and engineering teams. You will translate business ideas into structured development tasks while ensuring efficient delivery across multiple ongoing projects.

This position requires someone who is comfortable operating across product ownership, business analysis, project coordination, QA validation, and occasional hands-on technical contributions.

Experience with Digital Product Passport (DPP) platforms, supply chain traceability systems, or similar product lifecycle and tracking ecosystems is highly preferred.

📍 Location: Remote / Hybrid

💼 Employment Type: Full-time

🗣 Language: Fluent English (mandatory)

📈 Experience: 5+ years

Main ResponsibilitiesProduct Ownership & Requirement Management

✔ Work directly with platform owner and stakeholders to define and refine new features

✔ Analyze business requirements and propose technical implementation approaches

✔ Translate business ideas into clear user stories, specifications, and development tasks

✔ Coordinate priorities, sprint planning, and delivery timelines

✔ Maintain and manage Jira boards and Agile workflows

Team Coordination & Communication

✔ Act as the primary bridge between business stakeholders and engineering team

✔ Collaborate closely with Development Team Lead regarding architecture and implementation decisions

✔ Facilitate Scrum/Kanban processes and support development coordination

✔ Manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously

Quality Assurance & Delivery

✔ Review and validate newly developed functionality

✔ Perform feature testing and identify issues before release

✔ Track and report bugs and ongoing issues to development teams

✔ Verify that delivered solutions align with requirements

Technical Operations & Development Support

✔ Review merge requests and support code quality processes

✔ Assist with deployments across development and production environments when needed

✔ Support release coordination during technical lead absence

✔ Contribute directly to development activities where project needs require hands-on support

Required Technical SkillsProgramming (mandatory)

Strong experience with:

• Java / Spring Boot
• PHP / Symfony
• JavaScript / Vue.js
• Flutter

Hands-on development knowledge across all listed technologies is expected.

Project & Collaboration Tools

• Jira
• Scrum
• Kanban
• Other task and project management tools
  

Databases & Infrastructure

• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• DBeaver (or equivalent database tools)
• Kubernetes
• Amazon S3
• Git / GitLab
• Hibernate
  

Nice to Have

• Experience with Digital Product Passport platforms
• Supply chain traceability systems experience
• API integrations and system architecture knowledge
• CI/CD and deployment process experience
• Experience working in multi-project environments