Product Owner

Job Summary: The Product Owner drives product direction, decision-making, and performance for an internal product, a business-critical product supporting the success and operational continuity of EPEX SPOT’s Intraday Continuous Markets. The product notably manages time-critical nomination and settlement processes and serves as the company’s golden source (single authoritative source) of validated Intraday Continuous Market data. This data supports essential business activities, including market operations, regulatory compliance, business steering, financial reporting, analytics, and market publication. The Product Owner is senior decision-maker accountable for maximizing impact over time. The role ensures that the product ecosystem remains reliable, performant, compliant, maintainable, and aligned with the evolving needs of the Intraday Continuous Market and its growth. This requires building and leveraging deep expertise across market mechanisms, product management practices, technology, data flows and operational processes, enabling accurate problem framing, strong product judgment, and high-quality decision-making in a complex environment. The role combines :
• Leadership on the product & the execution of Product Management practices within the product, in a mission-critical environment, across a portfolio of interconnected products
• Ownership of product quality, reliability, scalability, compliance and data integrity
• Multi-disciplinary, expertise-driven decision-making, grounded in a deep understanding of market, technology, data and operational constraints
• Continued development of team maturity in Product Management practices. Success is defined by :
• The quality of decisions and trade-offs made
• The long-term strength of the system
• The performance and maturity of the product and the teams
• The continuity and reliability of the product supporting business-critical Intraday Continuous processes
• The accuracy, usability, completeness, timeliness, and traceability of Intraday Continuous data Scope: The product is an ecosystem supporting nomination, settlement, monitoring, reporting, publication, and data management processes for the Intraday Continuous Markets.
• Mission-critical system environment, operating under:
• Strict reliability and availability expectations
• High performance requirements (processing time, throughput, scalability, data quality)
• Innovative and secure technology environments
• Strong regulatory and market constraints
• Complex external dependencies
• Critical trade settlement platform
• Continuous Market data platform – golden source of Continuous Market data:
• Additional market services

Key Responsibilities
The responsibilities below describe the expected scope of product leadership for the product : 1. Drive Product Vision, Value & Strategy (CRITICAL) Own the direction of the product and maximize its long-term value:
• Define, challenge, and refine problem framing and value hypotheses aligned with company strategy
• Establish and maintain a coherent product vision across the product
• Align product vision with adjacent products
• Shape problem framing and exercise strong product judgment using operational insight, customer needs, product data, and technical understanding
• Prioritize investments according to business criticality, operational risk, technical needs, and company-wide data value
• Establish clear product metrics and success indicators for product performance, business continuity, data quality, and compliance 2. Lead Multi-Disciplinary Decision-Making & Trade-Offs, focus on Customer (CRITICAL) Act as the primary decision-maker in a complex, high-stakes environment.
• Define the customer value and craft your product with customer value as core component
• Drive multi-disciplinary, expertise-driven decision-making, combining product management expertise, market understanding, and technological and architectural considerations.
• Drive decisions through structured stakeholder alignment, making risks, assumptions, impacts, and trade-offs explicit
• Frame and arbitrate critical trade-offs between operational continuity, data quality, delivery speed, cost, and long-term maintainability
• Handle uncertainty, external dependencies, and risks across the product landscape 3. Own Operational Excellence, Reliability & Performance of the Product Ensure the product reliably supports business-critical Continuous Market processes and provides trusted data across the company.
• Ensure teams live by strong quality standards and end-to-end ownership across discovery, delivery and run.
• Own product performance in production: availability, resilience, processing time, throughput, security
• Drive continuous improvement of reliability and incident reduction 4. Scale the Product with Growth and Innovation Prepare and evolve the product ecosystem to support increasing volumes, technology standards modernization, data needs, operational and regulatory requirements.
• Anticipate impact of market evolution and regulatory changes, volume growth and product stress points, technology modernization and cybersecurity, change in external dependencies and customer uses
• Proactively identify technology lifecycle and structural risks before they affect business continuity
• Drive product, data and architecture evolution with engineering and operational stakeholders
• Balance incremental delivery with long-term scalability and robustness 5. Lead Product Organization & Operating Model Transformation Strengthen product mindset and outcome-driven ways of working across teams.
• Define and enforce strong Product Management high-standards and practices (Products Discovery and Delivery, Problem Definition, Product Quality, Product Analytics, etc…)
• Build strong backlog governance across business, operations, data, regulatory, and technology stakeholders
• Promote product ownership over project-driven execution
• Implement outcome-driven prioritization and risk-based governance reflecting application criticality
• Improve and standardize product operating practices and shorten the time from problem identification to validated delivery 6. Elevate Product, Team & Stakeholder Performance Strengthen product quality, team capability, and organizational effectiveness.
• Foster ownership, feedback, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement
• Coach and elevate Product Management practices within the team and broader product organization
• Develop collective expertise in Intraday Continuous business processes, Product Management practices, trade settlement, data management, and technology
• Drive alignment across trading, market operations, finance, data, regulatory, technology, external partners, and leadership
• Align teams and stakeholders around priorities, execution risks, dependencies, and expected outcomes
• Communicate decisions, risks, and trade-offs clearly and align stakeholders early to prevent late-stage surprises
• Raise team maturity and strengthen knowledge management and sharing

Your profile
Expected Mindset
• Decision-maker, not coordinator: Drives decisions with stakeholders and takes accountability for outcomes
• System thinker, not feature owner: Optimizes the product as a whole (market, tech, operations), not isolated features
• Impact-driven, not delivery-driven: Prioritizes business continuity, data integrity and long-term value over short-term output
• Comfortable with high stakes and uncertainty: Makes informed decisions in complex environments
• Engages with tension and challenges the status quo: Surfaces risks, challenges assumptions, and drives difficult trade-offs
• Balances short-term pressure with long-term strength: Protects system reliability, scalability, and sustainability
• Builds judgment through expertise: Develops deep market, product, data and technical understanding to make the right calls Experience & background:
• Proven experience (typically 7+ years) as a Product Owner or Product Manager of complex, business-critical or data-intensive products
• Experience in energy, commodity or financial markets (trading, clearing, settlement, market data) is a strong asset; candidates from other mission-critical industries are welcome
• Degree in engineering, computer science, economics, business or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Fluent English (working language); French and/or German is a plus Product Owner fundamental

skills:
• Strong understanding of Product Management, senior Product Ownership (a certification such as PSPO II or CPM is a plus): standards, product discovery, product strategy, roadmap management, backlog management, value-based prioritization, and product lifecycle practices.
• Agile environment: Proven experience in complex environments, with the ability to drive decisions, not just manage backlogs, and a strong grasp of Agile at scale
• Product & Delivery Tooling: Advanced use of Jira, Confluence, Teams, Miro, Product Analytics, and collaboration tools to structure priorities, communicate direction, and align teams
• Clear & Decisive Communication: Articulates complex topics clearly, makes trade-offs explicit, and aligns stakeholders (up to C-level) in ambiguous contexts
• Stakeholder management and communication: Strong ability to connect business strategy, stakeholder needs, technical constraints, and delivery capacity into clear product priorities and decisions.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Ability to work effectively with engineering, architecture, operations, business, compliance/regulatory teams and external partners to align priorities, manage dependencies, and drive product decisions.
• Problem Framing & Structured Listening: Listens to understand and challenge assumptions, reframing problems into clear priorities and actionable decisions
• Constructive Tension & Conflict Resolution: Engages with disagreement, challenges when needed, and drives resolution through process and decisions rather than consensus

Location:
Your work location will preferably be Paris, with no specific restriction amongst other EPEX office locations and an attractive hybrid work policy. Who Are We? The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE operates physical short-term electricity markets in Central Western Europe, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Nordics and in Poland. Furthermore, EPEX SPOT newly offers local flexibility markets solution and Guarantees of Origin auctions, to foster the integration of renewable energy sources and to enhance the engagement of consumers and producers in the power market. The heart of our business is to bring together electricity supply and demand across Europe. We shape the future of the European power market by supporting decarbonization, decentralization, digitalization and contributing to the global energy transition toward a sustainable future. At EPEX SPOT, we believe in fostering a vibrant and inclusive culture where every team member can thrive. Our core values— trustful teams, innovation & agility, and customer centricity— are the foundation of everything we do. Diversity is the cornerstone of our way of working, reflected in how we face challenges and work together as unique individuals to build a stronger organization. Our DNA is embedded in continuous improvement via constructive feedback, collaboration among colleagues and transparency culture. We believe in true leadership, supporting our vision towards the energy transition, as well as the development of our People. Why join EPEX SPOT? At EPEX SPOT, you'll be part of a passionate, talented, and international team dedicated to shaping the future of the European power market. Our offices and inclusive workplaces throughout Europe celebrate diversity and support our employees to unfold their full potential.

We offer
a decentralized working system with an appealing Home Office and Hybrid Working setup, serving individuals’ self-determination of working conditions. Our goal-oriented, trustworthy, and flexible approach, given our multicultural environment, allows our employees’ to find a suited work-life balance. We strive for leadership development and provide the right support through an active and modern remote and hybrid teamwork. We provide numerous career opportunities within the company and within EEX Group, granting a platform for continuous growth that puts you in the driver’s seat of your career. We are proud of our commitment to gender equality, demonstrated by our strong performance in the gender-equality-index-at-epex-spot. Our HR strategy focuses on our People and Organization, enhancing both motivation and employability, while equally developing individuals’ skills. Join us at EPEX SPOT and become part of a forward-thinking company where your contributions will make a significant impact, for the energy transition as well as for your career Discover more

about us
and explore career opportunities at https://www.epexspot.com/en Benefits of working with Us:
• Hybrid Working

Conditions:

We offer
you the flexibility of working from home or other locations for the best possible work-life balance.
• Training Opportunities: We invest in your continuous development with a dedicated annual training budget to enhance your skills through various upskilling programs and initiatives.
• Career Path: We support your career aspirations with clear pathways for advancement within the company and the EEX Group.
• Internal Mobility:

We offer
and support the possibility to explore new roles within the company to expand your skills and experience.
• Leadership Journey: We promote a culture of recognition and reward with the EPEX SPOT leadership journey that encourages everyone’s progression and development.