Product Owner (Robotics)

iKnowHow Group is a dynamic, international technology company with 24+ years of experience and a team of 300+ talented professionals delivering innovative technology solutions across Energy, Telecommunications, Banking & Financial Services, and the Public Sector. Through its specialized subsidiaries, it brings domain expertise in areas such as Health and Robotics, blending deep industry knowledge with advanced, future-ready technologies. Aperion Robotics, part of iKnowHow Group, is at the forefront of developing intelligent robotics solutions, combining advanced electromechanical design, Physical AI, embedded systems software, and cloud technologies to deliver practical, high-impact solutions for real-world operational needs. We are looking for a Product Owner (Robotics) to undertake the coordination of a strategic autonomous robotic company product, ensuring alignment between diverse technical teams, market fit, project objectives, funding requirements, timelines, budget, and deliverables.Responsibilities End-to-end coordination of robotics project delivery, ensuring alignment with approved scope, timelines, budget, and technical specifications. Monitoring of the physical and financial scope for R&D funding authorities. Coordination with mechanical, software, embedded, AI, and UX teams to track progress, address blockers, and ensure effective collaboration. Preparation, updating, and monitoring of project plans, Gantt charts, milestones, KPIs, deliverables, and reporting timelines. Monitoring of project budget and justification of deviationsCommunication with external partners, customers, certifiers, funding bodies and support during audit proceduresProject risk management and implementation of corrective measures RequirementsDegree in Engineering, Computer Science or related scientific field. A Master's degree would also be desirableAt least 5+ years of experience in technology project management, ideally co-funded (EU Horizon, Greek Research Funding etc.)Good understanding of hardware/software project environments, ideally including robotics, embedded systems, AI, cloud, or systems integration.Ability to technically document and understand hardware/software topics (robotics, embedded, AI, cloud)Excellent organizational, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.Very good command of English (written and spoken)Nice to have Knowledge of the Research management framework (MIS, OPS, technical bulletins, deliverables, etc.) PMP or PRINCE2 certificationBenefitsAn attractive salary packagePrivate health insurance planCareer development and growth opportunitiesAn amazing private & open-office workspace in Athens Continuous training via personalized seminarsStable and enjoyable working environment

iKnowHow Group is a dynamic, international technology company with 24+ years of experience and a team of 300+ talented professionals delivering innovative technology solutions across Energy, Telecommunications, Banking & Financial Services, and the Public Sector.

Through its specialized subsidiaries, it brings domain expertise in areas such as Health and Robotics, blending deep industry knowledge with advanced, future-ready technologies.

Aperion Robotics, part of iKnowHow Group, is at the forefront of developing intelligent robotics solutions, combining advanced electromechanical design, Physical AI, embedded systems software, and cloud technologies to deliver practical, high-impact solutions for real-world operational needs.

We are looking for a Product Owner (Robotics) to undertake the coordination of a strategic autonomous robotic company product, ensuring alignment between diverse technical teams, market fit, project objectives, funding requirements, timelines, budget, and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end coordination of robotics project delivery, ensuring alignment with approved scope, timelines, budget, and technical specifications.
• Monitoring of the physical and financial scope for R&D funding authorities.
• Coordination with mechanical, software, embedded, AI, and UX teams to track progress, address blockers, and ensure effective collaboration.
• Preparation, updating, and monitoring of project plans, Gantt charts, milestones, KPIs, deliverables, and reporting timelines.
• Monitoring of project budget and justification of deviations
• Communication with external partners, customers, certifiers, funding bodies and support during audit procedures

• Project risk management and implementation of corrective measures

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related scientific field. A Master's degree would also be desirable
• At least 5+ years of experience in technology project management, ideally co-funded (EU Horizon, Greek Research Funding etc.)
• Good understanding of hardware/software project environments, ideally including robotics, embedded systems, AI, cloud, or systems integration.
• Ability to technically document and understand hardware/software topics (robotics, embedded, AI, cloud)
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Very good command of English (written and spoken)

Nice to have

• Knowledge of the Research management framework (MIS, OPS, technical bulletins, deliverables, etc.)
• PMP or PRINCE2 certification

Benefits

• An attractive salary package
• Private health insurance plan
• Career development and growth opportunities
• An amazing private & open-office workspace in Athens
• Continuous training via personalized seminars
• Stable and enjoyable working environment

At IKH we solve hard problems. We provide custom-built automation solutions to industry and software solutions to the public and private sector. We can acquire your data, communicate, store and process it to produce insights and present them in a responsive and intuitive manner. Our tailor-made services culminate in cyber-physical systems where the physical and computational elements are intertwined to augment human capabilities. Our mechanical and electrical engineers have brought to life close to twenty robotic solutions for the off-shore, oil & gas, nuclear, and the wind power industry. We have designed and engineered autonomous robots to perform ultrasonic testing of wind turbine blades or to replace tracked trenching machines operating in the subsea environment. More than 40 large scale web development and IT projects for private and public institutions, local subsidiaries of international organizations, and national authorities have been undertaken and successfully delivered by our software development teams. Over the past six years, we have raised our sales six-fold and established offices in Luxembourg and London. Our headquarters are in downtown Athens (Neo Psyhiko) and our robotic team is headquartered in the outskirts of greater Athens. At IKH we hire the best & brightest. We believe that talented individuals give credence to the maxim ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ and we strive to foster an environment where freedom, responsibility, innovation, and self-discipline flourishes. After all, a great workplace is synonymous to stunning colleagues, where employees don’t wait to be told what to do and behave like owners. Job candidates can seek for opportunities in four areas: Robotics & IoT: A world-class team of electrical, mechanical, and software engineers with deep expertise in mechanical design and control, in data-driven intelligence, and in embedded systems. We design and engineer robotic solutions and our machines can sense, act, and adapt to demanding environments. We collaborate with our clients’ team, we ideate, we prototype and if need be we solicit funding from public or private sources. The Digital Government team identifies, articulates, and analyzes business needs, translates them into specs, and implements fully the IT solution. We work with the private and public sector on process automation and optimization and on workflow and reporting solutions and when needed we apply advanced methodologies like lean and six sigma. We can engineer business intelligence and cognitive enterprise platforms to augment human decision making and we can ensure an organization’s Total Quality Compliance through an integrated and ISO-compliant management system. EU Institutions Business Unit (EUI): Our Luxembourg office markets our digital government expertise primarily to EU institutions. Large government ought to adjust to and reap the benefits from the omni-channel, omni-content era. Our software development team has the experience and the caliber to help governments and international organizations embrace interoperability and openness and present their content in a device agnostic way. Healthcare IT: evorad© is our RIS/PACS product suite. It is designed to cover a radiology department's needs from the moment the patients walk into the hospital until the moment they check out with a CD containing image files and their diagnostic report in hand. evorad© is the premier PACS solution of Greece’s National Health System and is used not only to process thousands of examinations daily but also as a teaching tool in most University Hospitals and Medical Schools. With over 10 years’ track record in the local market, evorad© has recently set up an office in Saudi Arabia with the mandate to market the PACS solution in the wider MENA region. IKH is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, and gender identity. More information on our company can be found at http://www.iknowhow.com/ and at our YouTube channel.

At IKH we solve hard problems. We provide custom-built automation solutions to industry and software solutions to the public and private sector. We can acquire your data, communicate, store and process it to produce insights and present them in a responsive and intuitive manner. Our tailor-made services culminate in cyber-physical systems where the physical and computational elements are intertwined to augment human capabilities.

Our mechanical and electrical engineers have brought to life close to twenty robotic solutions for the off-shore, oil & gas, nuclear, and the wind power industry. We have designed and engineered autonomous robots to perform ultrasonic testing of wind turbine blades or to replace tracked trenching machines operating in the subsea environment. More than 40 large scale web development and IT projects for private and public institutions, local subsidiaries of international organizations, and national authorities have been undertaken and successfully delivered by our software development teams.

Over the past six years, we have raised our sales six-fold and established offices in Luxembourg and London. Our headquarters are in downtown Athens (Neo Psyhiko) and our robotic team is headquartered in the outskirts of greater Athens.

At IKH we hire the best & brightest. We believe that talented individuals give credence to the maxim ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ and we strive to foster an environment where freedom, responsibility, innovation, and self-discipline flourishes. After all, a great workplace is synonymous to stunning colleagues, where employees don’t wait to be told what to do and behave like owners. Job candidates can seek for opportunities in four areas:

• Robotics & IoT: A world-class team of electrical, mechanical, and software engineers with deep expertise in mechanical design and control, in data-driven intelligence, and in embedded systems. We design and engineer robotic solutions and our machines can sense, act, and adapt to demanding environments. We collaborate with our clients’ team, we ideate, we prototype and if need be we solicit funding from public or private sources.
• The Digital Government team identifies, articulates, and analyzes business needs, translates them into specs, and implements fully the IT solution. We work with the private and public sector on process automation and optimization and on workflow and reporting solutions and when needed we apply advanced methodologies like lean and six sigma. We can engineer business intelligence and cognitive enterprise platforms to augment human decision making and we can ensure an organization’s Total Quality Compliance through an integrated and ISO-compliant management system.
• EU Institutions Business Unit (EUI): Our Luxembourg office markets our digital government expertise primarily to EU institutions. Large government ought to adjust to and reap the benefits from the omni-channel, omni-content era. Our software development team has the experience and the caliber to help governments and international organizations embrace interoperability and openness and present their content in a device agnostic way.
• Healthcare IT: evorad© is our RIS/PACS product suite. It is designed to cover a radiology department's needs from the moment the patients walk into the hospital until the moment they check out with a CD containing image files and their diagnostic report in hand. evorad© is the premier PACS solution of Greece’s National Health System and is used not only to process thousands of examinations daily but also as a teaching tool in most University Hospitals and Medical Schools. With over 10 years’ track record in the local market, evorad© has recently set up an office in Saudi Arabia with the mandate to market the PACS solution in the wider MENA region.

IKH is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, and gender identity.

More information on our company can be found at http://www.iknowhow.com/ and at our YouTube channel.