Technical Product Owner (m/w/d)

Shape Axel Springer’s central Application Platform — a strategic foundation that empowers teams to efficiently build, run, and evolve both digital products like welt.de and bild.de, as well as business-critical internal applications supporting our editorial, subscription, and commercial operations.

Designed with a product mindset, this platform delivers robust self-service capabilities, integrates security and compliance by design, and reduces cognitive load for development and application teams alike.

As a Technical Product Owner, you shape this platform by translating strategy into clear priorities and ensuring that teams deliver meaningful, measurable value.

We believe in the future of journalism as a business model and invest in forward-looking technologies.

Our five essentials are the values that unite us and guide us in our commitment to freedom.

• translate strategy into clear priorities so your team delivers measurable value
• balance platform maintenance and new feature development to ensure stability and innovation
• collaborate with users to develop ideas on how the platform can optimally support their work
• work closely with leadership and product teams to drive the platform’s strategy and roadmap
• keep the team’s roadmap up to date to ensure clear focus
• communicate team goals and outcomes to stakeholders
• facilitate sprint planning and reviews for efficient collaboration
• define actionable work packages together with your team as the basis for successful delivery

• extensive experience developing products in fast-paced, complex environments, ideally in infrastructure management
• advanced knowledge of cloud technologies, ideally AWS
• hands-on experience with agile methods such as Scrum and Kanban
• excellent communication and presentation skills
• strong analytical thinking with the ability to understand complex technical and organizational requirements
• ability to see the world through the eyes of our customers 
• convinced that meeting customers where they are is essential

• your personal growth is important to us: we offer trainings and learning lunches, tech conferences, a budget for workshops and much more to expand your knowledge and your skills
• employee offers that suit you and your life situation: Whether it's a discounted public transport ticket or JobRad leasing, a bicycle garage (incl. regular bicycle service), childcare facilities or two modern in-house kindergartens
• 30 days vacation plus 10 days work from abroad
• our free food offer: in addition to a breakfast snack, we also offer a free lunch in our canteens
• we offer guidance on the administrative side of relocation and visa processes through our relocation agency
• collaboration thrives on direct exchange - we rely on 80% office presence and 20% mobile working
• from now a permanent full- or part-time position in a modern office in the heart of Berlin: http://www.axelspringer-neubau.de/ 

The most frequently asked questions and their answers can be found on our FAQ page: career.axelspringer.com/en/faq

Diversity is an essential part of our corporate culture! We are looking forward to receiving all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

You can find information about the representation for the severely disabled at Axel Springer here: https://career.axelspringer.com/en/rsde