Product Owner

COCUS is all about People! We are proud to deliver skilled services and products developed by great talent, with attitude and ambition to work in innovative IT solutions. 

We are partnering with worldwide industry leaders and always looking for the brightest minds to have fun working Digital & Cloud Solutions, Data Services, Connectivity and Security. Emotions are part of us, we encourage everyone to be what they truly are in our collaborative, informal, transparent, and open environment where everyone can contribute to the path to achieve our goals as a Team! 

• Own the end-to-end experience for Customers, involving multiple stakeholders
• Engage with stakeholders to formulate the vision, strategy and roadmap for your product and execute it well by delivering high-quality customer experiences that solve real customer problems
• Understanding of product market fit and the iterative process of creating products (minimum viable product, minimum marketable product etc.)
• Understand key user personas, customers & stakeholders for your product
• Go to person for customer product – you know the product inside and out so you can champion its features
• Effectively document and explain new requirements to the squad using user stories, personas, and acceptance tests and help the team in breaking down pieces of work/epic into smaller, deliverable chunks of value that can be delivered faster
• Steer sprint/release planning sessions by working with colleagues to plan sprints/releases that deliver maximum business value in the least effort
• Create and own OKRs which align with the product/business strategy
• Monitor competitor activity and overseas market trends
• Drive the acceptance and adoption of ideas and improvements with product and technology stakeholders
• Present to other areas of the business (monthly showcase/quarterly business review) on your product with a focus on value delivered
• Lead discovery work for a new customer problem, collaborating with developers and UX to prototype and validate hypotheses
• Clear prioritization to always work on the most important initiative at that moment in time
• Provide support to peers in the product community and wider product leadership team.

• Hands-on experience in product management best practices & methodologies.
• Experience managing a complex product that led to the delivery of significant value to your stakeholders
• Customer-centric mentality, prioritising work that solves real customer problems
• Strong communication skills - explain complex technology approaches to non-technical audiences
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
• Understand user research/design thinking concepts and apply those to your product work
• Good knowledge in the use of tools & techniques for backlog prioritisation, managing dependencies and gaining insights using available data points
• Good understanding of the relevant technologies to product management
• Experience with software development methodologies and processes.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Degree in Computer Engineering or similar.

• Permanent work contract and salary according to experience
• Annual performance bonus
• FlexOffice - Choose where to work in Portugal and receive an individual budget to set up your workstation and help dealing with monthly expenses
• 24 vacation days + 1 day per year of tenure + your birthday
• 1 day per year for social responsibility causes
• Flexible schedules and possibility to request a sabbatical license
• Continuous development and training + internal knowledge sharing
• 3K referral program - invite a friend to join the team
• Co-payment for monthly gym, public transport pass or alternative therapies
• Health insurance for you that can be extended to your household or pets
• Higher wage liquidity using Tickets® “Infância”, “Educação”, “Saúde”, retirement saving plan and capitalization life insurance
• Besides other standard perks (Coverflex ticket meal and local partnerships).