Job Summary:
Munters is a global leader in climate solutions for mission-critical processes, seeking a Software Product Owner to join their team. The role involves managing product backlogs, engaging with end users and stakeholders, and ensuring clear delivery expectations within an Agile team environment.
Responsibilities:
• Own the product backlog, keeping it prioritized, refined and well understood by the teams.
• Write and refine user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria so that work is ready for development and clearly understood by the team.
• Stay close to end users and stakeholders through regular direct contact, turning real feedback and needs into clear requirements and roadmap decisions.
• Contribute to roadmap planning and sequencing in partnership with product leadership, using customer insight, delivery realities, dependencies, and business priorities to help shape decisions.
• Track progress against deliverables and make sure nothing slips quietly, flagging risks early and keeping the team focused on what matters.
• Manage and report on progress and forecasts, giving stakeholders clear and honest visibility of projects.
• Set clear delivery expectations and maintain accountability, without turning everything into overhead.
• Work closely with developers to understand technical constraints and make good trade-off decisions.
• Run and participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement and reviews in a way that keeps things moving, ensuring that upcoming sprint work is sufficiently refined, prioritized, and ready to execute.
• Keep stakeholders informed and aligned, knowing when to go into detail and when to keep it at a high level.
• Contribute to team ceremonies and help foster a collaborative and positive team culture.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5-7+ years of experience working as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, or in a similar software delivery role
• Strong experience working in agile software development teams
• Experience owning and prioritizing a backlog for an engineering team
• Experience running or facilitating sprint planning, backlog refinement, and reviews
• Ability to write clear user stories, define acceptance criteria, and keep work well prepared for delivery
• Experience working closely with developers on scope, dependencies, trade-offs, and technical constraints
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with Jira or similar planning tools
Preferred:
• A background in UX or UI design, or experience working closely with designers. Someone who can spot it when something feels off for the user and knows how to fix it.
• Experience with integration or platform products, APIs or enterprise system connectivity.
• Familiarity with customer-facing products, service-oriented workflows, or internal operational systems
• Experience with enterprise systems such as ERP platforms.
• Experience in a B2B or industrial tech environment. Scrum/Product Owner certification such as CSPO or PSPO
Company:
Munters is a energy efficient air treatment solutions. Founded in 1955, the company is headquartered in Amesbury, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.