About RWS

RWS Holdings plc is a unique world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our unique combination of technology and cultural expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language. Our purpose is unlocking global understanding. By combining cultural understanding, client understanding, and technical understanding, our services, and technology assist our clients to acquire and retain customers, deliver engaging user experiences, maintain compliance, and gain actionable insights into their data and content. Our clients include 90 of the globe’s top 100 brands, the top 20 pharmaceutical companies, and 19 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, and North and South America. We work in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology, and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from 80+ offices across five continents.

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

For further information, please visit: www.rws.com

 

About the role

Join our team as an experienced Product Owner partnering with us to deliver highly functional internal products within a Scrum-based environment.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Product Manager to ensure the delivery of business value to stakeholders. Your responsibilities will include prioritizing features and functionalities and identifying risks associated with missing requested features.

 

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders to define the product roadmap.
• Prioritize features/functionals and drive delivery through the Agile software development process (Agile - i.e. scrum, Kanban, depending on current needs).
• Regularly meet and provide Vision and Goals to the development team, onboarding, and support teams of the product in your ownership.
• Participate on team's scrum ceremonies like planning, grooming, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Inspects the product progress at the end of each sprint (authority to accept/reject work done).
• Close cooperation with other development teams and taking care of related integrations.
• Identifying risks and their management.

 

Must have

• at least 1 year of professional experience in agile development (Scrum, Kanban, etc.), as a Product owner.
• Experience with the development process and knowledge of technical terms.
• Knowledge of Agile software (for example Jira/Confluence or Azure DevOps backlogs).
• Strong communication and presentation skills, proactive attitude, and drive.
• At least Intermediate English - B2.

 

Perks of working with us

• A comprehensive benefits package (5 weeks of paid vacation, 2 sick days, 5 volunteering days, and 1 extra day off on your birthday, quarterly financial bonuses, Multisport card, pension insurance, cafeteria, flexible working hours, possibility to work from home, fruit days)
• An exciting company — we work with some of the most innovative brands in the world
• A great team of people who are fair, open-minded, and friendly—and always ready to support you as much as possible
• Chance to put your ideas into practice and engage with hundreds of employees globally
• Interesting challenges, training, and other internal opportunities to support your growth

 

Life at RWS

We work hard together to deliver for our customers; our expertise, professionalism, and determination to never let others down drive us to be passionate and serious about what we do, delivering customer value, yet always adding a human touch.

As a company focused on connecting people through language, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our company culture. RWS is an Equal Opportunities Employer, and we are committed to ensuring that all employees work in an environment free from all forms of harassment and discrimination and one that actively promotes teamwork, diversity, and trust. All employees have a right to be treated with respect and dignity. RWS operates in a manner for the inclusion of all - any form of discrimination is expressly prohibited. Employees are selected and promoted on merit alone and no other factors whether race, gender, age, religion, marital status, gender identity, or disability are taken into consideration.

We are proud to work in a company where all can succeed and grow their career and while RWS operates in accordance with all local employment laws, if local law enables any form of discrimination this is against RWS company policy, and we will adhere to the highest standard.

Recruitment Agencies: RWS Group PLC does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees. Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and the Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.