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 a certified Top Employer 2023 company. As ASW Group digital hub takes care of Omnichannel Strategy for European Brands of the group, Delivering e-commerce, Mobile and in store Innovative solutions.

A typical day in this role includes:
- Write functional analysis stories related to the one or more functional areas to which s/he is accountable (Checkout, Order,  Catalogue, Customer, Content) respecting optimization principles: delivering features that bring more business value with less effort time and promoting synergies among Business Units 
- Work in close contact with team members assigned to the same functional area to define the best product analysis template of eCommerce topics they are taking care of
- Review functional analysis stories written by junior and external people assigned to the same functional area
- Collaborate with Product Owners of all the 5 functional areas to identify cross-streams interdependencies and design products accordingly
- Being active part of an agile squad dealing with all the involved stakeholders: BU, Development team, Scrum Master, Quality & Assurance people
- Define the macro use cases to share with the Business Units during demos to demonstrate that the requirements have been met by the development team
- Perform the show and tell of the functionalities that have been detailed by him/her
This role would be a good fit for you if:
- You understand how to bridge the gap between Tech and Business
- You are not afraid to ask ‘Why?’
- You enjoy finding creative solutions to problems
- 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 
- 2-3 year 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 eCommerce areas 
- High attention to details and driven by a desire to solve issues and improve digital products 
- Willing of collaborating within a team that has common delivery target to enrich our eCommerce product
- Good 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!