yellowshark
St. Gallen
IT Product Owner - Business and IT (m/f) 80-100%
- 25 September 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- CHF 90 000 - 110 000 /year
- 9000 St. Gallen
About the job
yellowshark AG is a leading Swiss personnel service provider specialising in IT, commercial professions, industry and technology. Throughout the German-speaking part of Switzerland, you can take your career to the next level with yellowshark by connecting you with renowned companies, and we have been doing this for over 15 years!
With sound market knowledge and a broad network, yellowshark offers you tailor-made solutions for permanent positions. Benefit from a dedicated team that understands your career goals and opens up exciting opportunities with attractive employers. Take the next step with yellowshark by your side!
Have we piqued your interest? Then apply today with your complete and meaningful application documents. We look forward to getting to know you!
- Together with business and IT stakeholders, you define MVPs, structure the scope and actively contribute to the product roadmap.
- You translate professional requirements into precise epics, user stories and acceptance criteria, thereby creating a reliable basis for technical implementation.
- You are responsible for the product backlog and prioritise requirements according to business value, dependencies and feasibility.
- You plan and moderate backlog refinements and ensure that requirements are clear, complete and ready for implementation for the development team.
- You create and maintain the project delivery plan and keep an eye on milestones, dependencies, risks and progress.
- You manage the Scrum team from a product owner perspective and ensure clear priorities and a focused delivery process.
- You prepare sprint planning, coordinate implementation and present results as well as product demos to relevant stakeholders.
- You ensure transparent and binding communication between business, IT, project organisation and other stakeholders.
- In addition to scope and delivery, you also keep an eye on the economic framework conditions and the project budget.
- Many years of experience in leading, managing or coordinating complex business/IT projects
- Solid practical experience as a product owner, scrum master or in a comparable delivery-oriented role
- Very good understanding of software development processes and agile working methods, especially Scrum
- Proven experience in structuring, prioritising and managing product backlogs
- Confidence in formulating epics, user stories and acceptance criteria
- Ability to quickly grasp complex professional requirements, critically question them and translate them into feasible solutions
- Extensive experience in stakeholder management as well as a confident manner towards specialist departments, IT and decision-makers
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills as well as a structured, independent and implementation-oriented way of working
- High moderation and communication skills
- Knowledge of lean management is an advantage
- Fluent German skills at C2 level as well as very good English skills at least at B2 level
- Modern workplace
- Above-average employment conditions with very good social benefits
- Free parking, public transport subscription coverage or contribution to your commute
- Financial support for further training
- Workation up to 4 weeks per year
With sound market knowledge and a broad network, yellowshark offers you tailor-made solutions for permanent positions. Benefit from a dedicated team that understands your career goals and opens up exciting opportunities with attractive employers. Take the next step with yellowshark by your side!
Have we piqued your interest? Then apply today with your complete and meaningful application documents. We look forward to getting to know you!
Responsibilities
- You analyse complex business requirements and develop clear, functional solution concepts from them.- Together with business and IT stakeholders, you define MVPs, structure the scope and actively contribute to the product roadmap.
- You translate professional requirements into precise epics, user stories and acceptance criteria, thereby creating a reliable basis for technical implementation.
- You are responsible for the product backlog and prioritise requirements according to business value, dependencies and feasibility.
- You plan and moderate backlog refinements and ensure that requirements are clear, complete and ready for implementation for the development team.
- You create and maintain the project delivery plan and keep an eye on milestones, dependencies, risks and progress.
- You manage the Scrum team from a product owner perspective and ensure clear priorities and a focused delivery process.
- You prepare sprint planning, coordinate implementation and present results as well as product demos to relevant stakeholders.
- You ensure transparent and binding communication between business, IT, project organisation and other stakeholders.
- In addition to scope and delivery, you also keep an eye on the economic framework conditions and the project budget.
Profile
- Completed studies in computer science or business informatics- Many years of experience in leading, managing or coordinating complex business/IT projects
- Solid practical experience as a product owner, scrum master or in a comparable delivery-oriented role
- Very good understanding of software development processes and agile working methods, especially Scrum
- Proven experience in structuring, prioritising and managing product backlogs
- Confidence in formulating epics, user stories and acceptance criteria
- Ability to quickly grasp complex professional requirements, critically question them and translate them into feasible solutions
- Extensive experience in stakeholder management as well as a confident manner towards specialist departments, IT and decision-makers
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills as well as a structured, independent and implementation-oriented way of working
- High moderation and communication skills
- Knowledge of lean management is an advantage
- Fluent German skills at C2 level as well as very good English skills at least at B2 level
Additional Information
- Guaranteed home office up to 2 working days per week- Modern workplace
- Above-average employment conditions with very good social benefits
- Free parking, public transport subscription coverage or contribution to your commute
- Financial support for further training
- Workation up to 4 weeks per year
