Technical Product Owner

The position is based in the Netherlands (it can be in office/hybrid in Nijmegen or fully remote within the NL or UK).

Hurry up! We’ve got a dream to build!

BlueConic is a Dutch-founded international, high-growth SaaS company, building and supporting an industry-first customer data operating system which empowers marketing and growth doers with an unmatched range of capabilities to access relevant customer data, create resonant customer experiences, and drive maximum returns for their business.

By unifying known and unknown customer data into unified, privacy compliant profiles, and offering intelligent segmentation and real-time activation, the BlueConic Customer Data Platform (CDP) empowers marketers to create authentic customer experiences that deliver measurable value.

We’re searching for that unique individual who blends a customer service attitude with technical problem solving. Do you have a passion for building world class products with a top tier team? Then we’ve got a job for you.

About the job

We’re looking for an ambitious and deeply passionate Technical Product Owner who will be responsible for our CDP product offering and its implementation from start to finish. You will manage the backlog and sprint definitions and communicate with our internal stakeholders – customers, prospects, analysts and partners – to deeply understand our target market and buyer’s needs. You are responsible for all functionalities of the BlueConic platform and for the product’s success. 

On a daily basis you will work with BlueConic’s team of highly experienced Software Engineers, UX Designers, and QA Engineers. The incredible success of our software product is largely due to the vision and the implementation of cutting-edge technology, as well as timeliness to hit the market! You’re a fit if you are deeply interested in marketing technology, data platforms, scalable architecture, and product development. You are technically proficient, have an eye for details, and are a great communicator. A sense of humor and an enthusiasm for participating in discussions about random things on Slack are also a must.

Your activities consist of:

• Managing and refining the product backlog.
• Clearly expressing and prioritizing product backlog items to best achieve goals and deliver value.
• Working closely with a team of Architects, Software Engineers, UX designers, and QA Engineers.
• Working closely with the Product Manager to understand the roadmap and translating roadmap items into technical user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Leading and participating in refinement sessions, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Ensuring the engineering team is aligned and understands the technical aspects of the tasks at hand.
• Understanding and internalizing the product vision, and being available and approachable for your team at all times.
• Ensuring the quality of the releases by testing, validating, and accepting the work done.
• Having a proactive role in continually improving the process.

We are looking for someone with the following skills:

• At least 5 years of experience in technical product ownership or software design, including strong experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and how they work.
• Knowledge of data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, or others.
• Fluency with data, including experience with data analytics and the ability to manipulate data to gain insights.
• Technical proficiency for tools in marketing technology, advertising technology, CRM, and/or customer analytics.
• Deep familiarity with SQL, JavaScript, Python and mobile technologies.
• Impeccable organizational and time management skills.
• Superlative communication skills, both technical and non-technical.

You’ll be a great fit if you:

• Are passionate about marketing technology and product development, eager to drive the creation of the best marketing technology product in the world.
• Strive for excellence in all aspects of your work, never thinking "good enough" is good enough.
• Can translate complex technical concepts into understandable language, synthesizing information that turns into results.
• Are a strong team player with a "can do" attitude, adaptable, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Enjoy diving into the nitty-gritty details when necessary but always see the big picture.

About BlueConic:
BlueConic is the market-leading customer data platform, which gives marketers the power to liberate their data and use it to improve marketing outcomes. Our clients use BlueConic to unify individual-level data and then use that single view across channels. Our SaaS platform is the solution for challenges marketers haven’t been able to solve for years. We’re headquartered in Boston and our development team works from the Netherlands. With more than 300 brands currently using the platform, our work is experienced by millions. Our mission is to make an out-sized impact, every day – for customers, for partners, for employees.

To join the BlueCrew is to:

• Enjoy hard work and seek out a challenge.
• Care deeply about your colleagues, the mission, and your results.
• Draw energy from the task at hand and radiate it to motivate the people around you.
• Have amazing ideas and be able to bring them to fruition.
• Prioritize hustle over title and results over resumes.
• Balance the pragmatic and systematic, repeatability and opportunism.
• Refuse to compromise on quality, honesty, or dedication.
• Insist on the highest caliber deliverables, especially when sharing externally, even when it seems excessive or nit-picky.

Reasons to join us:

• Help build & support the best martech product ever, period.
• Take advantage of great opportunities for career advancement.
• Empower big name brands to achieve their marketing goals.
• Be a part of a growing, remote-first team with employees based in the Netherlands, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and beyond.
• Thrive in a multi-cultural environment with a values-driven work culture that has been thoughtfully crafted to enable growth and foster inclusion from the very beginning.

About BlueConic:

BlueConic is the operating system that puts data into action for marketing and growth doers. Our vision is one where marketers achieve their long-held, rarely realized ambitions of blending creativity with data, and performance with agility. With BlueConic, this ambition becomes a reality, transforming the relationship between brands and consumers. More than 500 businesses worldwide rely on BlueConic to unlock their full customer data potential, including Forbes, Heineken, Mattel, Michelin, Telia Company, and VF Corp.

As a group, we are driven by “building the dream” - the collective passion, ethic, vision, and set of values channeled by a group to achieve a common goal of being extraordinary. Our goal is for BlueConic to be a fun, productive, welcoming, and safe space where BlueCrew members of all races, gender identities, gender expressions, sexual orientations, physical abilities, physical appearances, socioeconomic backgrounds, life experiences, nationalities, ages, religions, and beliefs are empowered to be able to make an outsized impact every day – for customers, for partners, for employees.