Product Owner Identity & Access Management (IAM) Master Platform (m/f/d)

Job description

About the Job 

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Platform Product Owner to join our Identity Lifecycle & Access Provisioning (IL&AP) Cluster, a key part of our broader Identity & Access Management (IAM) Tribe. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the management of our platform, which is centered around the One Identity Manager product, integral to all our services.

As the Platform Product Owner, you will play a critical role in maximizing customer value through the product developed by our Agile Squads. Your primary responsibility will be to define and execute the product vision, working closely with key stakeholders, including the Cluster Product Owner and Product Owners across other services. By collaborating with stakeholders, you will gain a deep understanding of customer needs, market trends, and emerging challenges, identifying new opportunities to drive innovation and enhance service offerings.

You will play a crucial role in stakeholder management, translating both internal and external demands into a prioritized backlog. You will steer the product lifecycle to ensure consistency and alignment with business objectives. A key part of your responsibility will be to defend our internal standards, preventing customizations that could compromise operational stability, while ensuring the most effective use of resources and cost-efficiency.

What you do

• Manage the platform for all services based on One Identity Manager whilst also defining and aligning the product vision with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with other Product Owners and stakeholders to understand customer needs and market dynamics as well as identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to improve services and deliver greater value to customers.
• Translating internal and external demand into a prioritized backlog.
• Steering the product lifecycle to ensure consistency and alignment with organizational goals.
• Defend internal standards and ensure that customizations do not jeopardize operational stability or cost-effectiveness as well as working closely together with the Agile Squad teams and support them in best practices and new technologies.
• Ensure high-quality, iterative delivery of product increments, considering customer and stakeholder feedback to achieve continuous product improvement.
• Ensure fulfillment of non-functional requirements of the solution, such as performance, data protection, IT security and ergonomics/usability;  bring enthusiasm about agility in Business and IT and the cultivation of an Agile “You Build it – You Run it” team.

What you bring

• Certified as Product Owner with experience with “One Identity Manager” software.
• Experience in the development and management of CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Strong project management and agile product development skills.
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills with the ability to work in a team and strong communication skills.
• Experience in a software modernization effort, implementing new cloud-based architectures and technologies; independent and structured way of working.
• Graduate Degree in computer science, information technology, or similar field.
• Several years of professional experience as IAM Engineer and/or Product Owner, with experience in the field of Identity & Access Management.

What we offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.