Global Product Owner – EDA (Digital Integration)

Key Responsibilities

Product vision:

• Defining and owning of the product vision, goals and communicating the values, roadmap and release plans

Strategic Thinking and Leadership:

• To embed a new culture of learning, empowerment, rapid experimentation, adaptability and collaboration. Understand how to challenge the battle between the longer-term vision and short-term goals

Value delivery:

• Collaborate with business and end users to define, refine, and manage the product backlog using prioritisation techniques that keep “value at the center.” Responsible for the end-to-end development, delivery of capabilities, services, and platform management

People Leadership:

• Support the HEINEKEN standards of performance and talent development, recognise great performance, coach constructively on under-performance together with Chapter lead(s), local HR BP and Tribe Lead.
• Financial Management: Develop, oversee, and manage the budget, including annual planning, CAPEX, OPEX, and all other financial aspects

Stakeholder Management:

• Serve as the key liaison for internal and external stakeholders at all levels, overseeing expectation management, negotiations, and communication

Security:

• Ensure security by design, proactively addressing prevention and correction to maintain a secure platform in compliance with global security policies and standards. Implement and uphold cybersecurity measures

Partner Management:

• Oversee the full spectrum of partner relations, including contract management, negotiations, performance oversight, and escalation handling.

Qualification & Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT/Computer Science related studies
• Minimum of 12 years of IT experience and min. 3 years hands-on experience as a Product Owner or similar role in a global and enterprise setup
• Experience in an Agile environment, preferably functioning in a Product Team running SCRUM or Kanban
• An entrepreneurial mindset and an ability to connect with internal and external audiences, including senior management, leaders and policy makers
• Sound understanding of Digital Integration Platforms, especially event-driven platforms (e.g., Solace, preferred), Boomi, and integration practices
• Experience managing budgets, roadmaps, value generation, and negotiations without authority.
• Experience in a complex/multinational, multi-location, multi-partner and federated enterprise environment
• PSPO I or II & EBM certification
• Familiarity/experience with API and iPaaS platforms eg Azure APIM, MuleSoft, SAP CI, MFT
• Excellent written and verbal English
• Understanding of complex IT landscapes and how integration enables exchange of huge spikes of transactions and messages, in a global operational setup
• Good understanding of various integration patterns and techniques (API sync & async, iPaaS, MFT, etc)
• Sound experience of event-driven architecture, preferably with Solace or similar enterprise-grade platforms
• Demonstrable experience of product management techniques, value-based prioritisation, risk management, and supplier performance management
• Ability to effectively persuade product goals, vision and progress, strategy & Big Picture Thinking.
• Product Sense, attention to cost to value proposition
• Good understanding of and exposure to working in a large IT & enterprise work culture.
• Affinity to working with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds
• Ability to lead by example, define and drive the agenda with a specific objective in a challenging environment
• Experience of working in a dynamic environment, changing priorities
• Strong experience with stakeholders at various levels of seniority, both internal and external.

Benefits

• Insurance Benefits
• Retirement Benefits
• Vacation Policy
• Other Perks and Benefits…