Product Owner

Bucharest

This is Worldline.

Worldline helps businesses of all shapes and sizes to accelerate their growth journey - quickly, simply, and securely. We are the innovators at the heart of the payments technology industry, shaping how the world pays and gets paid. Our technology powers the growth of millions of businesses across 5 continents. And just as we help our customers accelerate their business, we are committed to helping our people accelerate their careers. Together, we shape the evolution.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Product Owner to join a motivated agile squad within the Debit Issuing Tribe.

The tribe is diverse, multi-language, multi-technology, and multi-site, delivering highly available services for cashless payment validation and authorization for banks across Europe.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Work within one of our scrum squads that are fully responsible for their applications from code to production (DevOps).
• Focus on the payment infrastructure, including issuing transaction handling.
• Ensure the performance of services under high constraints (speed, high availability, robustness, quality, etc.).
• Collaborate closely with squad members and align with stakeholders (business engineers, project leads, other product owners) to deliver robust, highly available, and performant software on time and within budget.
• Plan the squad’s activities, manage deadlines, project timelines, and release schedules.
• Take ownership and end-to-end responsibility for the squad’s applications.
• Support stakeholders by troubleshooting and resolving production issues, driving continuous system improvement.
• Participate in client workshops as needed and ensure alignment with payments domain requirements.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including Product Increment (PI), sprint planning, backlog refinement.
• Collaborate with architects, operations, testing to ensure good quality and service continuity.
• Ensure that all product and project documentation is maintained, up to date, and communicated effectively, including release notes and customer manuals.
• Ability to understand technical discussions involving legacy applications.
• Capable of translating business requirements into clear technical requirements and working closely with developers throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Familiarity with C/COBOL is an advantage.
• Ability to interpret complex technical and business documentation and identify changes requiring implementation.

Who Are We Looking For

We look for big thinkers. People who can drive positive change, step up and show what’s next – people with passion, can-do attitude and a hunger to learn and grow.

In practice this means:

• Higher degree in IT, Management, or related fields.
• Proven track record (5+ years) as a Product Owner in an Agile environment (or equivalent).
• Experience and knowledge in payments domain is advantageous; willingness to learn and grow in payments.
• Eagerness to take application ownership and embrace responsibilities.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and end-to-end product ownership.
• Team player with strong communication and influencing skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Ability to work efficiently in an agile squad and manage delivery load in a high paced environment.
• Experience working in a complex, multi-site, multi-technology, and multi-language environment is a plus.
• Ability to understand technical discussions involving legacy applications.
• Capable of translating business requirements into clear technical requirements and working closely with developers throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Familiarity with C/COBOL is an advantage.
• Ability to interpret complex technical and business documentation and identify changes requiring implementation.
• Strong collaboration with stakeholders to understand customer needs and translate into backlog items.
• Ability to plan and prioritize work, manage multiple deadlines, and deliver releases on time.
• Willingness to engage in ongoing learning and professional development.
• Client-facing skills as needed for workshops and requirement gathering.

Perks & Benefits

In addition to joining a global leader in payments, you can also expect an excellent range of benefits. These include a rewarding salary, leave days, an attractive pension scheme, global learning days and many more. We also have location specific benefits, varying from private medical insurance, to extended parental leave and a flexible benefits scheme, allowing you to purchase discounted products and services.

If you join us, you will enjoy:

• Hybrid Working Policy
• Gift vouchers on the occasion of Christmas/Easter Holidays
• Free private medical services
• 21 vacation days/year
• Referral bonuses for new hires recommended by you
• WFH & Flexible Working Hours
• Full access to the “Learning” platform

What’s more, we really value Innovation, Cooperation, Excellence and Empowerment. These values are reflected on our daily work. This is the core of our organization. At Worldline our top priority is to engage, encourage and develop you to help you improve your potential. In fact, we have comprehensive training and development programs in place demonstrating our dedication to developing your career.

Our success comes from strong skills, new insights, diverse points of view and the energy of all employees at Worldline. Not only do they represent the Heart and Face of our company, they are also key players in our success. We make leading our talents a major asset in the success of our business.

Worldline is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Shape the evolution.

We are on an exciting journey towards the next frontiers of payments technology, and we look for big thinkers, people with passion, can-do attitude and a hunger to learn and grow. Here you’ll work with ambitious colleagues from around the world, take on unique challenges as a team, and make a real impact on the society. With an empowering culture, strong technology and extensive training opportunities, we help you accelerate your career - wherever you decide to go. Join our global team of 18,000 innovators and shape a tomorrow that is yours to own.

Learn more about life at Worldline at jobs.worldline.com

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as an individual with a disability, or any applicable legally protected characteristics.