Product Owner, Marketplace_Temporary Staffing (m/f/d)

Job Posting

Project Opening: Product Owner, Global Marketplace / E-Commerce (m/f/d) – Temporary Staffing

Industry: Medtech / E-Commerce

Skills: Product ownership, international marketplace strategy, stakeholder management, e-commerce, IT integrations, UX/UI, agile product development

Project Start Date: August 17, 2026

Project Duration: 12 months

Workload: 5 days/week, full-time

WorkLocation: Hybrid (primarily remote)

This project is being carried out through a staffing agency. If this project isn’t a good fit for you right now, I’d appreciate any recommendations from your network!

If this is a good fit for you, please send me your most recent resume and your salary expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the current marketplace setup and evaluation of the business and technical requirements
• Developing a long-term product and rollout strategy for the international Marketplace
• Coordinating the strategy with global stakeholders from various headquarters functions and international subsidiaries, including those in the U.S., Brazil, and India
• Deriving, prioritizing, and implementing a sustainable product roadmap
• Leading the Marketplace development team in close collaboration with the Head of Marketplace, the Technical Product Owner, and the Solution Architect
• Creation and prioritization of IT requirements, as well as oversight of these requirements from definition through successful implementation and measurable business impact
• Responsibility for defining and prioritizing holistic customer journeys, new features, and related feature sets
• Continuously improving the user experience and conversion rate
• Ensuring an intuitive and modern user interface based on current trends in e-commerce, UX/UI, and front-end technologies
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant requirements in the areas of data protection, information security, legal matters, and corporate branding
• Creating or coordinating necessary documentation and approvals, such as security concepts
• Close collaboration with cross-functional teams from marketing, UX/UI design, development, architecture, and product management
• Coordinating the integration of internal and external systems, services, third-party applications, and plug-ins
• Managing complex technical dependencies and interfaces, such as those with CRM, SAP, and other enterprise systems
• Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks to continuously improve the stability and efficiency of the marketplace
• Serving as the central technical point of contact for all technical and product-related inquiries concerning the global marketplace
• Clearly articulating product decisions and priorities to internal and external stakeholders
• Actively challenging requirements and confidently managing expectations when priorities conflict

Qualifications:

• At least 4 years of professional experience in software product management or as a product owner for complex digital products
• Proven experience in the successful development, launch, and refinement of digital products
• Experience with technically complex products, system landscapes, and numerous interfaces
• Extensive experience in international stakeholder management and in collaborating with cross-cultural and remote teams
• A proactive, independent, and solution-oriented approach to work
• Strong decision-making skills and a willingness to take responsibility for the product, roadmap, and priorities
• Confident demeanor and the ability to clearly articulate positions, critically evaluate requirements, and say “no” with justification when necessary
• Strong technical understanding in areas such as system integration, data management, information security, APIs, and enterprise applications
• Experience with CRM, ERP, or SAP-related system landscapes
• Strong knowledge of agile methodologies, such as Scrum, SAFe, or Shape Up
• Understanding of traditional or hybrid project management approaches combining agile and waterfall methods
• Experience in the e-commerce or B2C environment is a plus
• Knowledge of common e-commerce platforms such as Commercetools, Magento, or Intershop is a plus
• Good understanding of modern UX/UI principles, digital customer journeys, conversion optimization, and web performance
• Basic understanding of relevant SEO principles
• A strong willingness to learn, as well as an interest in market trends, benchmarks, and best practices in the international e-commerce sector
• High flexibility and the ability to quickly adapt to new requirements in a dynamic and international environment
• Nice-to-have: Experience in the e-commerce & medtech industry or similar --> life sciences

Languages:

• English (required)
• German (nice-to-have)