Product Owner with German

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. The Product Owner defines, manages, and delivers digital product requirements that support business objectives and operational excellence in the financial industry. The role ensures a clear, prioritized backlog and strong alignment between business stakeholders, technical teams, and end users. Operating at the intersection of product ownership, business analysis, and process optimization, the Product Owner guides solutions from discovery through delivery and continuous improvement. Responsibilities Drive Impact:  Your expertise will play a pivotal role in identifying, analyzing, and shaping business needs, ensuring that solutions deliver measurable value and improve end-to-end processes across domains. Own the Product Direction:  You will manage and prioritize the product backlog and roadmap, balancing business value, risks, dependencies, and operational constraints to drive informed decision-making. Shape Solutions from Discovery to Delivery:  You will lead discovery workshops, analyze AS-IS processes, and define optimized TO-BE solutions, translating complex needs into clear process flows, user journeys, and system interactions. Bridge Business and IT:  You will act as the connector between stakeholders and technical teams, facilitating collaboration, clarifying requirements, and ensuring shared understanding within cross-functional teams. Translate Needs into Actionable Work:  You will convert requirements into structured user stories, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios, ensuring alignment with the broader ecosystem and operational processes. Enable Successful Delivery with Partners:  You will collaborate with internal teams and external providers, preparing detailed requirement packages and validating delivered solutions against expectations. Drive Adoption and Change:  You will support stakeholders through UAT cycles, training, and communication, ensuring smooth adoption of new capabilities and embedding them into daily operations. Ensure Continuous Improvement:  You will provide ongoing application support, analyze recurring issues, and transform insights into enhancements that optimize processes and ensure long-term sustainability. 3+ years of experience in Product Ownership and/or Business Analysis, with a proven record of delivering enterprise solutions and experience in context switching roles. Demonstrated ability to understand business context and translate it into actionable outcomes, with hands-on experience leading discovery activities, defining business processes, and navigating complex stakeholder landscapes. Strong background in evaluating solution alternatives (existing tools vs. custom development), making informed recommendations based on value, feasibility and cost. Proven ability to autonomously transform complex business and process requirements into well-structured user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery milestones. Experience managing UAT cycles, coordinating stakeholders, and driving adoption across diverse user groups. Strong operational mindset, including post-deployment support, user interaction management, and continuous improvement of applications and processes. Excellent communication skills in English and German 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 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.

• Highlight your bilingual proficiency by attaching a short 2‑minute video where you explain a product backlog item in both German and English; Accesa’s German‑speaking clients value clear communication across languages.
• Build a one‑page Excel dashboard that tracks sprint velocity, backlog health, and ROI for a past project; embed the file in your application or link to a live Google Sheet to demonstrate the exact analytical skills the role requires.
• Showcase a remote‑working case study: describe how you coordinated a cross‑functional team (developers in Cluj, QA in Oradea, stakeholders in Berlin) using tools like Azure DevOps, Teams, and Miro, focusing on time‑zone overlap strategies that Accesa emphasizes.
• Prepare concrete examples of “value‑driven” decisions: quantify how your backlog prioritisation boosted a client’s revenue or reduced time‑to‑market by at least 15 %; use metrics that align with Accesa’s focus on turning business challenges into growth.
• Research Accesa’s recent retail‑finance digital transformation projects and draft a 1‑page “product improvement brief” in German that proposes a feature or KPI they could add—bring this to the interview to prove proactive industry insight.
• When discussing compensation, reference Romania’s remote‑work salary benchmarks for Product Owners (≈ €45–55k base) and position your ask around the added value of German language coverage and Excel analytics expertise, backing it with your documented impact metrics.