Embedded Software Product Owner

Title: Embedded Software Product Owner Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Type: B2B Contract Job Description: As Agile Product Owner, you will maximize the value delivered by Team Penguins by balancing stakeholder expectations, business priorities, platform strategy, technical sustainability, and customer needs. You will:

• Define and communicate the product vision and roadmap for Team Penguins.
• Own and prioritize the team backlog based on business value, customer impact, risk, and technical dependencies.
• Collaborate closely with architects, developers, test engineers, release teams, and other product teams.
• Act as the primary interface between stakeholders and the development team.
• Translate business and platform needs into clear epics, features, and user stories.
• Drive continuous prioritization and scope decisions in an agile environment.
• Ensure alignment with vehicle platform strategies and software delivery roadmaps.
• Make trade-off decisions between new capabilities, technical debt reduction, security, reliability, and maintainability.
• Follow product outcomes through data, KPIs, and customer feedback.
• Contribute to long-term platform evolution and strategic planning.

We Believe You Have

• Experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar leadership role in software development.
• Strong understanding of Agile ways of working (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, or equivalent).
• Experience working with software platform products, embedded systems, connected services, or large-scale software development.
• Strong hands-on technical experience of Android Automotive platform development.
• Ability to build trust and alignment across multiple stakeholders and organizations.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
• Experience managing complex backlogs and competing priorities.
• A data-driven mindset with a focus on delivering measurable value.

Meritorious Experience Experience with one or more of the following areas is considered a strong advantage:

• Over-the-air software updates (OTA)
• Connected vehicle ecosystems
• Telemetry and analytics platforms
• Logging, diagnostics, and observability solutions
• Cybersecurity and secure software deployment
• Embedded software development
• Cloud services and software lifecycle management