Senior Technical Product Owner

About Us

Hawk is the leading provider of AI-supported anti-money laundering and fraud detection technology. Banks and payment providers globally are using Hawk’s powerful combination of traditional rules and explainable AI to improve the effectiveness of their AML compliance and fraud prevention by identifying more crime while maximizing efficiency by reducing false positives. With our solution, we are playing a vital role in the global fight against Money Laundering, Fraud, or the financing of terrorism. We offer a culture of mutual trust, support and passion – while providing individuals with opportunities to grow professionally and make a difference in the world. 

YOUR MISSION  

Your mission as our Senior Technical Product Owner is to elevate Hawk’s cutting-edge, cloud-based, and AI-driven Anti-Money-Laundering & Fraud prevention platform to unparalleled heights. You will harness your deep understanding of SaaS and your passion for running systems at scale to ensure maximum availability. You will be the vital link between customers, stakeholders, and development teams, ensuring unparalleled system performance and security.  

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Build and refine the Company’s product strategy for our technical landscape with our platform architect and define roadmaps and backlogs leading into sprints considering our go-to-market strategy and competitive positioning 
• Develop innovative concepts for the expansion and modernization of our software landscape, define detailed requirements, scope with development and remain highly approachable throughout the development process and ensure all deliverables follow the “definition-of-done” 
• Ensure our platform runs at scale and achieves highest availability by being the driver and sparring partner of your development teams 
• Drive for Security as one of our highest standards – your team ensures the system is up to date on certifications, updates and free of vulnerabilities.  
• Package our multiple deployment options so they are well implemented and understood by customers  
• Serve as the subject matter expert on our product, staying abreast of industry trends and best practices, and offer guidance to internal and external teams through client workshops (presales) and QBRs (post-sales) 
• Monitor and analyze delivered features/functions and optimize where needed 

YOUR PROFILE 

• At least 5 years’ experience as a Product Owner for a SaaS product with experience working in agile software development environments. 
• A successfully completed degree in computer science, business informatics or comparable training. 
• Hands-on mentality and you can define product requirements and discuss them with your development team in technical details following agile principles 
• Passionate about staying up-to-date with latest technical innovations, especially in cloud environments  
• Team player, with proven record of accomplishment of taking initiative and ownership of, never shying away from taking a decision or pushing for it 
• Independent decisive self-starter with the ability to take the initiative and balance multiple priorities with minimal direction 
• Ability to prioritize, multitask, and perform effectively in a highly dynamic work environment  
• Outstanding communication, presentation, organization, and time management skills   
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English required, German is a plus. 

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Personal development budget up to €1,000/year. (e.g., online courses, coaching, German classes, certifications)
• Gym membership subsidy
• 27 paid holidays annually + 1 day per each additional full year of remaining in the company, up to a maximum number of 30 days of holidays per year
• 4 weeks “working from anywhere” per year in selected countries
• MVG monthly commuting ticket subsidy (public transportation)
• Flexible working hours and home office possibilities
• Healthy drinks, snacks, and a weekly fruit basket in the office

Why Us

• the “World’s Top 100 AI Fintechs” and “Top EU Startups to Watch.”
• You will be at the center of a fast-growing, high-tech startup using the latest Cloud technology, AI (Artificial Intelligence), and machine learning.
• You will be part of an incredibly diverse and international team of 20+ nationalities across offices in Europe, the USA, and beyond.
• You will have a high degree of collaboration, ownership, and autonomy. Your work matters! 
• Your work will drive innovation and positively impact our society globally. We fight financial crime and aim to prevent 1.6 trillion USD from being money-laundered worldwide annually. 
• Our modern tech stack includes Kafka, Elasticsearch, AWS, MongoDB, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Java 11, Spring, Python, React, and others.