Product Owner - Upload Station Management

About the role

Own and prioritize the team backlog for the upload station solution in alignment with Program Increment (PI) objectives and Agile Release Train priorities. Manage the end-to-end capability for vehicle → upload station → AWS cloud data flow, ensuring reliability, scalability, and predictable throughput.

What you'll do

• Own and prioritize the team backlog for the upload station solution in alignment with Program Increment (PI) objectives and Agile Release Train priorities.
• Manage the end-to-end capability for vehicle → upload station → AWS cloud data flow, ensuring reliability, scalability, and predictable throughput.
• Drive the evolution of upload station capabilities including station configuration and lifecycle management, local buffering and retry handling, monitoring and observability, and secure cloud uploads.
• Translate autonomy and data domain requirements into clear, deliverable backlog items and acceptance criteria.
• Act as the primary interface between vehicle teams, data processing teams, infrastructure and networking stakeholders, and operations teams managing physical hubs.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management and other Product Owners within the ART to manage cross-team dependencies.
• Ensure backlog readiness and active participation in SAFe ceremonies such as PI Planning, backlog refinement, and Inspect & Adapt events.

What you'll need

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager in complex, distributed system environments, working closely with engineering teams to translate high-level objectives and PI goals into clear, well-structured backlog items that enable predictable delivery.
• Solid understanding of data transfer pipelines, networking fundamentals, and cloud-based ingestion, with familiarity in large-scale data movement, buffering strategies, and reliability considerations at the edge.
• Experience working in a SAFe or scaled agile environment, including backlog ownership and PI-based planning.
• Confident communicator who enjoys working across technical and non-technical stakeholders; fluent in English (German is a plus).
• Pragmatic mindset to turn ambiguity into action, balance short-term delivery with long-term maintainability.

What they offer

• Competitive salary (including bonus)
• Hybrid work setup with flexible working hours and arrangements
• Remote work from outside Germany for up to 6 weeks per year from over 35 countries
• Public transport ticket (fully subsidized Deutschlandticket) and discount on MOIA rides
• Learning environment with continuous learning days, trainings, coaching, and conferences
• 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option