Product Owner

About the role

Ericsson is looking for a Product Owner to help shape and deliver infrastructure capabilities that support technology leadership and customer value. You will work at the intersection of product strategy, technical delivery and Agile execution, ensuring that the right work is prioritized and delivered with the right quality, timing and cost.

As Product Owner, you will contribute to the product vision and roadmap, convert strategic priorities into an actionable team backlog, and guide the Agile Team through planning, refinement and delivery. You will act as the content authority for the team, helping ensure that delivered features and components maintain strong conceptual and technical integrity.

This is an opportunity to influence product direction while staying close to technical delivery. You will help teams focus on the work that matters most, strengthen delivery outcomes and contribute to infrastructure capabilities used in a global technology environment.

What you will do

• Collaborate with Product Management on product vision, strategy and roadmap.
• Maximize the value delivered by the Agile Team by aligning the backlog with customer and stakeholder needs.
• Manage and prioritize user stories, enabling stories, defects and maintenance work.
• Lead iteration planning and backlog refinement with the Scrum Master and Agile Team.
• Define acceptance criteria and the Definition of Done, and accept stories during team demos.
• Partner with System Architects and Product Management on capacity allocation and delivery planning per PI.
• Identify and manage product-related risks, including security, asset management and data privacy.
• Work with Product Managers, architects, delivery leaders, Scrum Masters, Agile Teams and customers.
• Participate in retrospectives and help drive continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors and suppliers, including deliverables, performance and service-level expectations.
• Support software licensing, compliance, renewals, cost tracking and audit readiness.

What you will bring

• University degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience as a Product Owner, with knowledge of product management and the product development lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of Agile ways of working; experience with SAFe is highly valued.
• Experience with IT infrastructure, security, cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP, and operating systems.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• Practical experience managing a technical backlog in JIRA or a comparable tool.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Good understanding of budget planning, resource planning and delivery execution.
• A structured, proactive and meticulous approach to planning and problem solving.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively across teams, cultures and disciplines.
• Openness and adaptability when working in new areas and evolving ways of working.

It is a plus if you have

• SAFe Product Owner certification or equivalent experience.
• Experience with vendor management, procurement collaboration or third-party software licensing.
• Experience with infrastructure security, privacy, asset management or audit readiness.
• Experience using AI-assisted tools to improve requirements, planning, reporting or documentation.
• Exposure to multicultural product-development or technology-delivery environments.

Salary package

• Cafeteria fringe benefits (yearly amount of gross 840,000 HUF)
• Annual bonus
• Benefits after life events (eg.: childbirth)

Other

• Employee Assistance Program
• Life and accident insurance
• Wellbeing activities
• Company share purchase plan
• Referral program
• All You Can Move partner
• Learning & Development
• Continuous learning through trainings, workshops, and conferences
• Internal and external learning & development opportunities
• Language courses

Facilities

• Modern office in the 11th district
• Hybrid working based on our current Home Office Policy
• Laptop and mobile phone
• Free parking in the secured company underground garage
• Bicycle storage, showers and lockers

As this position is based in Budapest, we welcome applications until 31 October 2026 from candidates currently based in Budapest, Hungary, as well as who are open to relocating to Budapest for the role.

Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

Req ID: 791909

Why join Ericsson? At Ericsson, you'll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You'll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You'll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.