Technical Product Owner Delivery Manager - Residential Real Estate Products
tado, Germany
Job Description
Your role
In EU households, heating and hot water alone account for 79% of total energy use. By making heating smart we make a difference for the planet and people’s lives: Our products empower our customers to significantly reduce energy consumption while improving their comfort.
As Technical Product Owner amp; Delivery Manager for our Residential Real Estate Products you will create and continuously improve connected devices for the housing industry (Wohnungswirtschaft) which save energy and cost in large residential buildings.
Your responsibilities
Your main responsibility is aligning the requirements for this sector from our B2B industry partner with what is technically feasible and commercially viable (BOM cost, development cost etc.). After you have agreed the specifications and timeline with our partner it is on you to deliver on time and at the right quality. In this role you will have both Engineering Manager responsibility (ie. being responsible for 3-5 engineers) but also overall project management responsibility which will require you to collaborate closely with other Engineering Managers.
In particular you will be responsible for:
- Understanding and challenging the requirements put forward by our B2B partner (what are the real customer needs)
- Agreeing, writing and maintaining technical documentation and specifications of our housing market products
- Managing the delivery of the agree specifications for both the software and hardware of our residential real estate products
- Coordinating the overarching project management to ensure we are meeting contractual obligations and milestones
- Negotiating changes to contracts and milestones (scope, date, )
- Stakeholder management: Structure communication with internal (e.g. Management, Sales, Supply Chain) and external stakeholders (e.g. large customers, technology and business partners) to facilitate transparency and decision making
Requirements
Must Haves
- Minimum of five years of relevant work experience in technical project and/ or engineering management
- Experienced in the development of electronic hardware products
- Experienced in conducting difficult negotiations with very senior stakeholders and able to represent tado’s best interests in such settings
- Very good with numbers and familiar with analyzing data (market/ financial/ customer/)
- Able to model quantitative business cases in a spreadsheet (eg. Excel) to drive big and small decisions
- Strong entrepreneurial mindset and business acumen
- Experienced in agile methods for planning, testing, and collaboration
- Able to explain and discuss complex topics in excellent English and German
Big Plus
- You are based in Munich
- Work experience in PropTech or housing industry, including being familiar with the relevant trends and regulations in this industry
- You are familiar with the IoT industry's main challenges and trends
Benefits
- Flexible working hours to accommodate your schedule and remote-friendly work environment within Germany, with the option for temporary work from abroad within the EU.
- 30 annual paid vacation days
- Annual Learning amp; Development budget for your professional and personal development, including training, coaching and subsidized German language courses.
- Learning from highly-skilled colleagues through an open, appreciative feedback culture.
- Discounted access to gyms and courses through EGYM for your fitness and work-life balance.
- Health care activities by company doctors such as vaccination, skin screenings, and mental health service via HelloBetter.
- Free Tuesday lunch in the office, company-wide events and regular Beer O’clock parties, and various sports events throughout the year.
Join tado now, where innovation meets energy transformation, and take the lead in building a sustainable energy business that will shape the future!
tado is an equal opportunity employer and we are striving for a diverse workforce. Thus, we recruit talented individuals based solely on their competencies and skills, without any regard to their race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, belief, disability, or age.