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Product owner

Decide what a digital product should do first to meet users' real needs.

To get started
2 to 4 years
Career change
Possible

What you really do

You listen to users and clients, prioritise ideas and clearly explain to the team what to build and why.

A typical day

  1. 9 amReading user feedback.
  2. 11 amWriting the needs for the next stage.
  3. 2 pmChoosing between two features.
  4. 4 pmDemo for the managers.

The skills

  • Sense of priorities
  • Listening
  • Writing
  • Analysis
  • Decision
  • Product

The path to get there

Experience in digital (development, design, marketing) plus product training.

Career change: Often a second job after a first experience in digital.

Job prospects

Startups, fintechs, operators, large companies.

It's for you if…

  • You know how to say no for good reasons.
  • You think about the user first.
  • You like making decisions.

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