Junior Technical Product Owner (f/m/d) - Data

Summary

RTL Deutschland is a company that values ownership and efficiency in their remote work environment. They are seeking a Junior Technical Product Owner to manage the lifecycle of data services, transforming complex business needs into actionable technical requirements and ensuring the reliability of their data ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Translate Complexity into Action: Stop writing vague documents. Convert complex business needs into precise, actionable technical requirements that engineers love to work with
• Collaborate with the Experts: Embed yourself with our Data Engineers. Refine requirements, define brutal test cases, and master the architecture of our data flows
• Own the Lifecycle: Guide every feature from the first spark of an idea through development, rollout, and live operation. Keep the big picture in focus
• Command the Toolkit: Use Git, Jenkins, and monitoring dashboards to maintain absolute visibility over system health. Don’t wait for a report – find the bottleneck yourself
• Engineer Reliability: Bring structure to the noise. Lead the transition from a working prototype to a reliable, scalable service

Skills

• Bring initial experience as a TPO/PM, or prove your technical affinity and your obsession to grow into this role
• Master the basics of TDD, ETL, and monitoring (Grafana, Graylog). If you don't know them yet, learn them fast
• Communicate with precision in an agile environment. Understand the developer's pain and translate it into a business solution
• Stop waiting for instructions. Take ownership, be pragmatic, and deliver results
• Communicate clearly and honestly. Ask the right questions – especially the ones that make people think
• Bring experience with data pipelines, microservices, or the AdTech world. If not, come ready to learn it from the best

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bring initial experience as a TPO/PM, or prove your technical affinity and your obsession to grow into this role
• Master the basics of TDD, ETL, and monitoring (Grafana, Graylog). If you don't know them yet, learn them fast
• Communicate with precision in an agile environment. Understand the developer's pain and translate it into a business solution
• Stop waiting for instructions. Take ownership, be pragmatic, and deliver results
• Communicate clearly and honestly. Ask the right questions – especially the ones that make people think

Nice to Haves

• Bring experience with data pipelines, microservices, or the AdTech world. If not, come ready to learn it from the best

Benefits

• Remote in our day-to-day work. On-site when it matters.
• We work remote by default – focused, efficient, and with full ownership.
• 30 days of vacation + Dec 24 & 31 off
• Smart Fridays (4 days week possible)
• Mobility (Germany ticket & JobRad)
• Sports & health offerings
• Mental health support
• Corporate benefits
• RTL+ access
• Hackathons, conferences, community – we invest in your growth and keep you at the cutting edge