Technical Product Owner with German

Job description

Accesa is looking for a German-speaking Product Owner to help establish and evolve a dedicated cloud service team supporting a production Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Landing Zone. You will work closely with client stakeholders, an Architect and DevOps/service specialists to translate business needs into a prioritized roadmap and backlog. Your initial focus will be on discovery, operational readiness and defining a sustainable service model as the first application workloads are onboarded. Alongside the Landing Zone work, you will help co-create and validate a broader Cloud Broker concept, exploring how standardized cloud capabilities can support application teams and requests involving external partners. Experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner or Service Owner in cloud platforms, infrastructure or managed services. Working knowledge of GCP and cloud Landing Zone concepts, sufficient to discuss requirements, dependencies and trade-offs with technical specialists. Understanding of Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform, and the value of reusable modules and standardized services. Experience creating roadmaps, prioritizing backlogs and defining acceptance criteria in an Agile delivery environment. Familiarity with production service operations, incident management, escalation processes, service levels and on-call models. Ability to turn an evolving concept into a practical service scope, delivery priorities and measurable outcomes. Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills, including coordination across client, delivery and partner organizations. Commercial awareness and the ability to connect scope and service expectations with capacity and cost. Regular use of AI tools to improve productivity, automate or reduce repetitive work, support decision-making, and deliver higher-quality outcomes. Ability to use AI tools responsibly by structuring effective prompts, critically validating outputs, understanding limitations, and taking ownership of the final result. Professional working proficiency in German and English. Nice to Have: Experience establishing a dedicated service team or transitioning a cloud platform into a managed operational model. Exposure to multi-cloud environments, particularly GCP and Microsoft Azure. Experience with cloud service catalogs, platform products or Cloud Broker models. Familiarity with enterprise application onboarding and organizational ownership boundaries. Relevant Product Owner, cloud or IT service management certifications. Responsibilities: Own and prioritize the product and service backlog, balancing workload onboarding, operational needs, reusable capabilities and longer-term development. Lead discovery activities with client stakeholders and technical experts to clarify scope, dependencies, responsibilities and success criteria. Translate business and operational requirements into actionable backlog items with clear acceptance criteria. Partner with the Architect to shape the roadmap for standardized cloud services and reusable Terraform modules. Coordinate the definition of the operational service model, including daily operations, incident escalation, potential 24/7 coverage, on-call arrangements and response-time requirements. Maintain regular communication between the Accesa service team, client stakeholders, application teams and relevant partners. Clarify ownership and handoffs across organizational boundaries, including coordination with the client’s GCP IAM owner. Co-develop Cloud Broker use cases and validate service feasibility, dependencies and expected delivery times through concrete scenarios. Define and track measures of service value and performance, such as onboarding lead time, service adoption, delivery predictability and agreed operational targets. Support delivery and commercial stakeholders in moving from an initial time-and-materials discovery phase toward a clearly scoped service and pricing model. Guide the gradual expansion of the team and service scope based on validated demand and delivery experience. As a people-first organisation, we believe diversity strengthens our teams and drives innovation. All employment decisions are based on merit, skills, and performance, without discriminating based on any personal characteristic. This reinforces our commitment to providing an inclusive and respectful workplace. At Accesa you can Enjoy our holistic benefits program that covers the four pillars that we believe come together to support our wellbeing, covering social, physical, emotional wellbeing, as well as work-life fusion. Physical Wellbeing: Our wellbeing program includes medical benefits, gym support, and personalised fitness options for an active lifestyle, complemented by team events and the Healthy Habits Club. Work-Life Fusion: In very dynamic industries such as IT, the line between our professional and personal lives can quickly become blurred. Having a one-size-fits-one approach gives us the flexibility to define the work-life dynamic that works for us. Emotional Wellbeing: We believe that to maintain our overall health, we need to invest in our mental wellbeing just as much as we do in our physical health, social connections or in achieving work-life balance. Social Wellbeing: As a growing community in a hybrid environment, we want to ensure we remain connected not just by the great work we do every day but through our passions and interests. Accesa is a leading technology company headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, with offices in Oradea and 20 years of experience in turning business challenges into opportunities and growth. A value-driven organisation, it has established itself as a partner of choice for major brands in Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, and Banking. It covers the complete digital evolution journey of its customers, from ideation and requirements setup to software development and managed services solutions. With more than 1,200 IT professionals, Accesa also has a fast-growing footprint, establishing itself as an employer of choice for IT professionals who are passionate about problem-solving through technology. Coming together in strong tech teams with a customer-centric approach, they enable businesses to grow, delivering value for our clients, partners, industry, and community.