Senior Product Owner

Who We Are

You may not have heard of us, but you’ll know our brands! AS Watson is the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 16,300 stores in 28 markets. Each year, over 5.5 billion customers and members shop with our well-known retail brands, both online and offline, including the likes of Superdrug, Kruidvat, Watson’s, Marionnaud, The Perfume Shop, and many more.

Based in Milan, eLab Technology is ASW Group digital hub. It takes care of Omnichannel Strategy for European Brands of the group, Delivering eCommerce, Mobile and in store Innovative solutions.

The AS Watson Group eLab Technology department is looking for a Senior Product Owner to join the team in Milan. If you are a highly-motivated individual with a genuine interest in technology and a passion for digital and eCommerce, looking forward to working with our dynamic and international team to deliver best e-commerce and digital solutions for ASW European brands, we have the perfect job for you! 

A Typical Day In This Role Includes

• Oversee the whole functional analysis and design of products related to one or more functional areas (Checkout, Catalogue, Customer, Content), working in close contact with other senior team members and pushing standardization & BU’s synergies principles
• Work in close contact with team members assigned to the same functional areas to define functional epics’ map
• Collaborate with product owners of all the functional areas to identify cross-streams interdependencies and design products accordingly
• Write functional analysis stories related to the one or more functional areas to which s/he is accountable (Checkout, Catalogue, Customer, Content)
• Review functional analysis stories written by POs/Jr.POs, designing products, in order to develop efficient and effective solutions among the BUs
• Define the macro use cases to share with the Business Units and periodically organize demo to the BUs and proactively propose new solutions and improvements to mitigate potential issues
• Report on progress of functional analysis and check the correspondence with the BUs expectations
• Follow our competitors and the Health & Beauty industry to spot trends and common practices.
  
  

This role would be a good fit for you if:

• You enjoy finding creative solutions to problems
• You understand how to bridge the gap between Tech and Business
• You are not afraid to ask ‘Why?’
• You’re passionate about Digital Technologies
• You are motivated by change
  
  

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor/Master in Computer Science, Engineering, economics or similar relevant field
• 3 years of experience in product design and ecommerce digital roadmaps
• Good knowledge in Hybris eCommerce platform is required (Hybris and PO certification is a well-considered plus)
• Confidently communicate detailed explanations and ideas within more than one functional area
• High attention to details and driven by a desire to solve issues and improve digital products
• Ability to organize and prioritize activities of the team and to challenge POs/Jr.POs performances, encouraging teamwork and collaboration
• Extensive knowledge of Agile process and principles
• Good knowledge of Unified Modeling Language, able to represent not-easy concepts in a visual way
• Fluent English spoken and written
  
  

What You’ll Get From Us

• Competitive salary, benefits and bonus scheme
• Excellent refer-a-friend scheme with up to 3000 euros up for grabs!
• A fantastic learning and development offering to explore
• Ticket Lunches
• International and inclusive team based in Milan Fashion and design district - Tortona
• Lots of opportunities to get involved in wellbeing initiatives to support your physical and mental health monthly CSR/Team events
• …plus much More!