Product Owner (Europe / Remote)

This is a full-time fully remote role, based in Europe.

Skedda is a leading global workplace management platform dedicated to streamlining desk and room reservations and scheduling. We serve over 7,000 customers and nearly two million users, including IBM, Siemens, Mercedes-Benz, and Harvard University. 

Today, the product includes functionality such as floor plan visualizations, desk and meeting room booking, visitor management, and utilization reports and analytics. Skedda integrates with key workplace tools like Microsoft365, Google Workspace, and Slack; and has won awards from G2, Capterra, and SoftwareAdvice.

Role overview

Working closely with a team of six developers and a designer, this role will be a central part of planning and building new product features. If you love building great software products, early-stage startup environments, wearing multiple hats, learning new skills, and getting things done fast, this could be the perfect role for you.

Day to day responsibilities

• Serve as Product Owner for new Skedda product features, including gathering requirements, weighing functional and technical tradeoffs, scoping and developing requirements documents, and working closely with our engineers to build new features
• Deeply understand customer needs and pains, via a combination of interviews and surveys
• Complete data analysis of our customer base to inform prioritization and product scoping decisions
• Communicate product decisions, status, and launches in a way that generates buy-in internally

About you

• You’re a strong verbal and written communicator
• You’re a systems thinker who can help bring clarity to complex ideas
• You keep customer needs top of mind during your design and decision making process
• You can balance a pragmatic problem solving approach with a strong attention to detail
• You welcome feedback to improve your skills and work
• You take initiative and work with a healthy sense of urgency
• You’re able to balance quantitative analysis, qualitative evidence, and strategic considerations in making decisions
• You’re scrappy and find a way to just get the job done
• You’re curious and love learning new things

Skills & Experience

• You’ve worked in an early stage tech startup environment (<30 employees)
• You have at least 3 years of experience in software product management
• You’re comfortable digging in with engineers on technical topics
• You have experience working in an agile development process

Benefits

• Competitive salary, benefits package, and paid time off
• Creative and collaborative work environment
• Direct exposure to the leadership team across departments
• Be empowered to leave a significant mark on the product and the customers

About us

We’re an international team from 20+ countries with a growing presence in Boston. We place a lot of value on collaborating asynchronously across time zones but also understand the benefits of working together in person. Our team has doubled in size in the last year and continues to grow quickly. 

At Skedda, we take feedback from customers seriously and constantly iterate to improve our product. We’re a self-driven, curious, down-to-earth group of people who know how to balance moving quickly while maintaining a high bar for quality. Every team member at Skedda embodies our six core virtues: 

1. We are a community
2. Quality is at our core
3. Take ownership
4. Create momentum every day
5. Tackle hard problems
6. Be curious

We’re growing fast with a lot of new opportunities ahead! To learn more about Skedda, please visit https://www.skedda.com/blog/skedda-mission-vision-virtues.