Product Owner Cloud Applications / Octiva

Octiva creates robotic labor automation solutions for the Controlled Environment Agriculture market in close collaboration and at the service of innovative growers. Octiva was created in 2021 from a merger from Priva’s robotic solutions and Octinion’s agricultural robotics. Priva is one of the global leaders in horticulture process control, Octinion is known for building ground-breaking agricultural robotics. With teams in De Lier (The Netherlands) and Leuven (Belgium), Octiva has about 40 employees.

For our development division, we are looking for a Product Owner Cloud Applications. The Cloud Applications are an essential element to connect our robotic solutions to our customer, and to third party applications. We aim for a carefree and user-friendly user experience.

As Product Owner, you’ll be responsible for:

• Preparing a proposal for the requirements of the cloud applications for the product road map steering committee
• Defining a development plan to realize the agreed requirements in collaboration with technical experts and stakeholders
• Resource planning across the different expertises and (sub-)teams
• Monitoring budget, timing, specs and technical challenges in order to detect potential issues in a timely and structured manner. Discuss with stakeholders to find a satisfactory solution for any issues that might arise
• Validating that the specifications of deliverables comply with the proposed requirements
• Challenging the teams to drive excellence in project delivery
• Contributing to the technological roadmap of the group
• Making sure the dedicated team members in the different departments (sales, engineering, procurement, quality, production and recruitment) are aligned and up to date

Job requirements

YOUR PROFILE

• You have a Master’s degree in Engineering, preferably in Computer Sciences
• Thorough experience in project management, preferably in a (cloud) software environment
• Experience with Microservice Architectures, Python3, CSharp backend code, React/Redux and/or Angular Frontend code is a strong advantage
• You’re hands-on, you have the ability to understand complex mechatronics systems, you enjoy the combination of setting up a structured approach as well as getting things done yourself
• You have high standards and strive for perfection, but you also know how to be pragmatic in order to respect the deadlines and budget
• You communicate well and you’re are able to work in team
• You align with our purpose to create, build and deliver robotic solutions to deal with labor challenges in food production
• Excellent knowledge of Dutch and English is required (written and oral)

OUR OFFER

At Octiva you’ll become part of an innovative, challenging work environment with an entrepreneurial atmosphere. Our organization culture is Teal, meaning that we focus very strongly on self-management, wholeness and evolutionary purpose – therefore it is important that you align with our purpose: being an innovator, collaborating with organizations world-wide to create disruptive solutions that help to use earth’s resources in a sustainable way. Since we are a young company the opportunities are ample. We’ll give you the training you need to further develop your expertise and knowledge