Here at Mindera, we are building a world-class team and would love for you to join us. As a Product Owner with a strong technical background, you will use your experience with Agile methodologies and your deep understanding of the SDLC to lead a team of developers crafting solutions.

Working with our team, you will be involved in the product life cycle, gathering and refining playable requirements, defining, working closely with the development and business; and leveraging solid communication with the stakeholders to guarantee constant progress and alignment.

We are looking for Product Owner who have experience working with development teams and can be the first point of contact for clients and business stakeholders.

Expected travelling time (UK and USA): 0%-15%, varies according to project/client. You will be working with teams across different time zones and locations.

Requirements

We have 1 position that requires:
Proven experience leading AWS migration projects and working with Kubernetes.
Experience in cloud platform engineering
Background in the gambling industry
We have a 2nd position that requires:
Proven experience leading engineering teams
Desirable background in the gaming industry
5+ years of enterprise experience supporting Agile development teams in the role of Product Owner, or Product Manager
Ability to coordinate schedules across multiple time zones
Effective communication skills
Proven track record of management skills in areas such as conflict resolution, multi-reporting, roadmap planning and backlog management.
Experience with international projects and remote teams across multiple locations.
A software engineering background with the ability to comfortably speak in technical jargon
Proven ability to analyse product use cases and requirements from all points of the SDLC, including the architecture, development, testing, and deployment phases (Note: you will not be required to provide architectural or coding solutions, but you must be comfortable participating in discussions about these topics and influencing and providing input from a business and client requirements standpoint)

What you will be doing:

Mentor the team as an Agile advocate and continuous improvement processes
Manage conflicts and impediments if/as they arise and coach the team on managing them
Ensure all stakeholders are up to date on the team's progress and deliverables status by maintaining an open and honest communications
Provide clear reports with different specifications for different audiences
Leverage your prior technical/coding experience to triage development and QA tickets based on business and customer priorities
Own and supervise the product backlog, story writing, project roadmap and dependencies
Translate the product features into well-defined product requirements including features, epics, user stories and acceptance criteria
Work with development teams, software architects and business stakeholders to collaborate, set and communicate release schedules, dates and scope
Ensuring your team’s delivery against the agreed plan
Influencing the product vision definition and break it into smaller and incremental deliverables
Assist in the identification of market opportunities
Planning and executing the end-to-end product development lifecycle

Benefits

The Things We Really Care About:

Health Insurance, because health comes first
Flexible working hours
Open holidays, take the time you need for yourself
Profit distribution for everyone
Mindera Annual Trip, Sports, and sharing groups to connect and have fun!
Training & conferences, create your own training plan
Child Care vouchers

Other Good Things:

Choose Laptop & Peripherals that best suit your needs
Hotspot with unlimited usage (PT), for work or Netflix ;)
We have amazing offices in Porto, Aveiro, and Coimbra if you want to physically connect with minders. Remote from Portugal is also an option. Remote from other Countries will depend on your current location and Projects.
At the offices, we have a wide range of snacks to keep you fed and healthy
Partnerships with local businesses

Most of all you get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together in a politics-free environment. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organization attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. Freedom and Responsibility go hand in hand, and we value commitment, feedback, and empathy.

About Mindera

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.

We partner with our clients, to understand their products and deliver high-performance, resilient, and scalable software systems that create an impact on their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.

Our culture reflects our lean and self-management attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.

Tech Product Owner