Product Owner

Workload: 50 – 100%

The digital transformation is changing the energy industry. This is why we need you in our team We look for a Product Owner to launch, build, and further develop digital solutions. You will be part of an interdisciplinary team of engineers responsible for building and operating data-driven digital products. Are you interested?

What you will do:

• Deliver valuable digital products with your team to meet business needs
• Own and manage the product backlog end-to-end; align technical teams and business stakeholders
• Prioritize epics and user stories to the roadmap and sprint goals; safeguard sprint-goal integrity
• Break epics into value-sliced stories with clear acceptance criteria; guide juniors in story writing and estimation
• Use velocity and simple metrics for forecasting and stakeholder updates
• Run and lead agile ceremonies; manage scope and timeline expectations
• Coordinate defect triage and prioritization; ensure operational readiness, security/privacy, and data quality
• Run discovery (interviews, prototypes) and convert insights into increments
• Collaborate with data/AI/BI teams on use cases and responsible AI; handle basic API/data-contract considerations
• Coordinate with external partners/vendors as needed

What you bring & who you are:

• Degree in engineering/business/informatics or similar
• Experience as PO/PM in agile environments (Scrum, SAFe, etc.)
• Strong stakeholder communication; explains backlog changes and trade-offs clearly; keeps artifacts transparent and leads sprint reviews
• Comfortable with web/cloud delivery and modern practices (CI/CD basics); understands basic API/data-contract concepts
• You are a proactive team player with doer mentality
• Fluent in German and English
• Product metrics literacy (velocity, simple forecasting, adoption/satisfaction) and awareness of security, privacy, and the energy-sector context
• If you don't meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply

About the team: We continuously improve, learn, and collaborate across functions with engineers, data, BI, and AI specialists, and domain experts—while keeping a sense of humor. We value outcome-focused delivery, clear communication, and transparent decisions.

At our company, we strive to create a culture of continuous learning, personal growth, and inter- national community involvement. We're passionate about providing our employees with the tools and resources they need to succeed, and we're confident that you'll love being part of our team

• Working Hours
  
  Enjoy flexible working hours and the option to work up to 50% remotely – for the perfect work-life balance.

• Generous pension plan
  
  We pay 60% of your pension contributions - for a secure future.

• Health comes first
  
  100% continued payment of salary in the event of illness or accident and access to an exclusive mental health platform with five free sessions with a psychologist.

• Parental leave
  
  16 weeks maternity leave (100% continued pay) and 10 days paternity leave (100% continued pay) to spend valuable time with your family.

• Support for your family
  
  Up to 20% reimbursement of childcare costs (max. CHF 4,800 per year).

• Exclusive discounts
  
  Attractive discounts on petrol, insurance and mobile telephony with partner companies such as Shell, Avia, Sunrise and Swisscom.

• Public transportation
  
  No problem: with the SwissPass (max. CHF 190) you can get from A to B at a reasonable price.

At Axpo Group, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of non-discrimination, tolerance, and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications regardless of race and ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, as well as socioeconomic, cultural, and religious background. We are committed to ensuring a respectful and inclusive recruiting process and workplace for everyone.