Tech Product Owner, Formats

Location: 

Cesena, IT

Function/Branch:  Information Technology
Type of contract:  Permanent Employee

Our Company

Technogym inspires 55 million daily users to train using our innovative & engaging solutions for fitness, sport and health. By promoting the wellness lifestyle of exercise, a balanced diet, and a positive mental approach, Technogym has rapidly grown into a success story of over 2,400 employees at 14 branches, expanding to more than 100 countries and has been selected as Official Supplier to 8 editions of the Olympic Games - from Sydney 2000 to Tokyo 2020.

If you are a team player with strong relationship skills and an international approach, eager to invest your energy in building dreams, you have the right spirit to join Technogym! You will naturally fit with our culture if you work out and live a healthy lifestyle, are pro-active, determined and digital savvy. Move with us for a better world!

About the Role

At Technogym we put our customers' experience at the center of what we do. As Tech Product Owner you manage the entire product and its development with the end user’s wellness and experience in mind at all times.

Formats are Technogym’s definition of the fitness experience for groups that use technology, equipment and fun to deliver a superior training experience for participants. Some examples of our Formats are Group Cycle (https://www.technogym.com/en-INT/group-cycle-class/), Teambeats (https://www.technogym.com/it/teambeats.html), and Skill Athletic (https://www.skillathletic.com/).  

In this role you will work cross functionally to guide product development from concept to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You will break down work into manageable bits for the development teams to tackle, guide product decisions with the design team to improve the user experience and communicate clearly and effectively the value of new features to the cross-functional marketing and commercial teams. 

You lead the management of the product backlog and the sprint planning; you work with developers on addressing customer issues and documenting changes. You will coordinate user research and data analysis to uncover user behaviors and friction points.

Responsibilities

  • Influence the Formats direction and development within the Technogym Digital division both from a software development, hardware equipment and entertainment logic perspective.
  • Own the product roadmap by managing goals, priorities, backlog and resources to scale the team and its .
  • Engage with club operators, group classes and events participants to understand their needs, end-to-end business processes, pain points, and experience to inform the product direction
  • Communicate regularly and transparently with internal and external teams and stakeholders and manage expectations across the business.
  • Work closely with Engineering, Product Design, User Research, Content Production, Product Marketing and other teams to facilitate decision-making and deliver an exceptional experience to the end users.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, design, marketing or related field
  • 6+ years of experience in product management or related technical roles
  • Proven experience building and shipping technical products, in a data-driven environment
  • A strong passion for the fitness industry and related group activities
  • Excellent communication, technical, and prioritization skills
  • Fluent in English and Italian

 

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in a technology or business-related field
  • 2-4 years of experience in managing people with direct reports
  • Experience managing complex software and hardware products, from design to launching to market and their evolution
  • Experience driving product direction and design relaying on data and user research
  • Customer/user requirements gathering and analysis with different tools

Technogym is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Technogym is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.
Discover your potential with a career at Technogym, where work means loving what you do, taking on challenges, learning from others, sharing a vision and making it come true!