Product Owner

October 26, 2026

Hybrid

Senior

Paris, France

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Keep in mind

Original vacancy is in French
You will likely need French for the job. The employer can confirm

Description

Freelance Product Owner mission for the application projects department of a recognized company in the services sector, based in the south-west of Paris. The Product Owner is responsible for a set of business applications, defines their functional vision and roadmap and steers their evolution over time. The role sits between business teams, users, the UX Lead, application support and developers, and covers backlog structuring, functional acceptance and user support. Work is largely remote with occasional on-site trips, and remuneration is based on a daily rate.

Responsibilities

Elaborate the functional vision of the applications in scope, their roadmap and priority orientations
Evaluate and rank change requests by business value, user expectations, risks and delivery capacity
Use user feedback, usage data and quality indicators to identify product improvement areas
Collect, analyze and challenge business and user expectations to determine goals and expected value
Turn identified needs into workable functional elements: user flows, business rules, user stories and acceptance criteria
Feed, organize and evolve the product backlog together with stakeholders and the development team
Make sure topics are clarified and prioritized enough to be delivered under good conditions
Collaborate with the UX Lead, business representatives and developers to define relevant functional answers
Prepare and clarify requests before they enter the project delivery cycle
Coordinate functional acceptance phases, make decisions and adjustments and validate changes before production deployment
Work with application support on incident tracking, user requests and recurring application issues
Update and enrich functional documentation to support knowledge transfer
Support users during evolutions through communications, information materials and training actions

Requirements

Higher education in Computer Science, Information Systems or an equivalent field
Significant experience as a Product Owner or in a similar function
Ability to analyze needs, prioritize topics and steer a backlog in an Agile environment
Comfort working with both business and technical stakeholders
Ability to coordinate every stage from design to functional acceptance
Rigorous, autonomous and proactive approach with a strong sense of initiative
Good interpersonal skills to unite teams and guide users through application changes
Pedagogical manner when communicating and training users

Conditions

Freelance engagement paid on a daily rate basis
Position based in the south-west of Paris
Large part of remote work with occasional on-site trips to plan
First video call with a team member, then a meeting with the Project Manager and a project team member
Decision taken quickly at the end of the interviews
Team contacts the candidate within 24 hours if the experience matches