About us

Our vision is to change the way people search for property and make life easier with the use of technology. We've been pursuing this since 2006, and today we operate 5 major property search websites in Greece and Cyprus and 11 more in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Albania and Malta, with millions of visitors each month, disruptive technology and significant added value generated daily. Still, this is just the beginning; our industry is changing fast and, being a leading international prop-tech business, we want to keep driving change in such a significant life decision for every person, in a significant sector of the economy.

About you 

We are looking for an Associate Product Owner to join our Product team at our office at Elliniko, Greece.

As an Associate Product Owner in Spitogatos, you will develop skills that are needed for user research, functional analysis and project management. You will contribute significantly to our product strategy and vision at a global scale and manage the product roadmap in order to make this vision a reality. As this role is explicitly visible and cross-functional, you will be working closely with engineering, design, sales, marketing, operations, customer care, international business development, strategy, and executive teams to bring new products to market, support business development to new countries, identify and grow business opportunities, and continuously enhance our customer experience.

The ideal candidate will have a track record of supporting/owning and managing technology products from conceptualization to launch, deep customer focus, business judgment, and be skilled at breaking down complex, high-level ideas into executable features and priorities. Strong technical understanding, user experience skills and the ability to communicate across the organization, will be critical to success in this role.  

Responsibilities:

• Own the product roadmap and the priorities of projects.
• Operate as the ambassador of the product across the organization, as well as the primary go-to person for enquiries related to the product.
• Produce detailed and clear specifications for new product features, appropriately comprehensible to the engineering teams.
• Work closely with engineering, design, marketing, and project management teams to deliver on the product roadmap and lead new feature launches.
• Continuously strive for a healthy balance of innovation, support, maintenance, and expeditious time-to-market. Safeguard that all members of the team are doing the right thing at any given time.
• Define and analyze metrics concerning customer feedback and usage behavior.
• Solidify decisions based on data and raise the bar higher for customer and user experience.
• Play an integral role in adopting best practices in software delivery workflows.
• Help the team grow. Make sure that the team is happy, productive, inspired, informed, and gets things done.

Must Have:

• Εconomics / Business / Engineering graduate (Bachelor degree at a minimum, completed studies only)
• Strong analytical skills, ability to develop metrics and gather data to base decisions and drive actions.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Sound business judgement and willingness to roll up the sleeves and dive deep.
• Be adaptable to change, think on your feet and execute quickly.
• Familiarity with project / task management tools (JIRA, Trello, Asana, etc.)
• Fluency in English 
• Completed military obligation (if relevant)

• MSc / MBA (in Technology or Business field)
• 1+ years of product management experience in technology products / software delivery
• Demonstrated solid technical background in software engineering.
• Experience with agile product management methodologies

Benefits

• Amazing and modern working environment. All things startup and flexible as long as you bring results.
• Attractive compensation package with great potential.
• Private health insurance on our company's group program.
• Continuous Learning: access to a broad wealth of resources for professional and personal development.
• Various office perks.
• Opportunity to learn and develop in a leading tech startup which is growing very fast and currently manages the top 3 real estate verticals in Greece and multiple brands internationally: Crozilla, indomio.hr (Croatia), indomio.rs (Serbia), indomio.si (Slovenia), indomio.ba (Bosnia and Herzegovina), indomio.me (Montenegro), indomio.bg (Bulgaria), indomio.com.mt (Malta), spitogatos.com.cy (Cyprus)... more to come soon.
• Opportunity to become part of a broader international team, consisting of some of the smartest people in the industry. Spitogatos was the first Greek VC-backed online business (in 2009 from Oxygen Capital), and since 2014 has become part of a big international player, Real Web SA, with presence in numerous countries in Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Greece, among others), in several industries / business models.