Product Owner - Email Security

Intro

The Hornetsecurity Group is the leading cloud security provider in Europe, which protects the IT infrastructure, digital communication and data of companies and organizations of all sizes.

For our Headquarter in Hanover we are looking for a motivated Product Owner (m/f/d)for 40 hours/week to start immediately or as soon as possible.

Your Job

• Act as the primary point of contact between stakeholders and product squads

• Own the product backlog for an email security product squad, translating customer needs, operational data, and business priorities into clear outcomes for the product squad

• Write clear, detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for the product squad

• Define and monitor product success metrics, including service reliability, feature adoption, customer satisfaction, and support volume; use these insights to refine priorities and validate delivered outcomes

• Collaborate closely with product squads in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews

• Make timely, evidence-based product decisions, clearly communicate trade-offs, and escalate security, compliance, or delivery risks when additional expertise or authority is required.

• Ensure delivered features meet quality standards and align with the product vision

• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to create delightful user experiences

• Collaborate with other product folks to improve our product management practices, resolve dependencies, and remove obstacles to the delivery of features

• Create and maintain all product documentation required for the delivery of product features according to our software development lifecycle process

• Partner with customer-facing, support, security operations, and legal teams to understand customer environments, support smooth adoption, address user concerns, and translate recurring incidents and feedback into product improvements.

Your Profile

• You have a degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information systems, or a related field
• You have experience as a Product Owner or in a comparable product role for B2B SaaS, cybersecurity, email infrastructure, or another technically complex software product
• You solve complex problems collaboratively, structure ambiguous topics, and communicate decisions and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Your peers praise you for your organization, attention to detail, autonomy, team spirit and sense of responsibility
• You are comfortable learning and discussing email security concepts such as phishing, malware, impersonation, spam, authentication protocols, mail flow, threat intelligence, and detection trade-offs with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You know how to use Generative AI to turn ideas into working prototypes and code, automate or accelerate routine tasks, and improve the speed and quality of your work.
• You are fluent in both German and English, both written and spoken.

Would be a plus:

• You have already used Atlassian Confluence and Jira.
• You have experience with the Gherkin syntax
• You are fluent in French

Your Benefits

• Temporary Employee Exchange Program - we support you in working from our global office locations while exploring the world (e.g., Malta, Madrid, Montréal, Washington, D.C.).
• Work-from-home option and flexible working hours.
• Team events like laser tag, an escape room, or a get-together at our own legendary beer truck in Hanover - let yourself be surprised!
• Be-Active Bonus - we subsidize your gym memberships.
• Whether by car, public transport, or bike - we make your commute easier with free parking, a GVH JobCard (Hanover), a tax-free commuting allowance (Berlin), or bike leasing.
• Employer contribution to the company pension plan.
• Referral Bonus: €1,500 for every successful candidate referral.
• And of course, the usual standards like 30 days of vacation, permanent contracts, development opportunities, coffee, tea, soft drinks & fresh fruit, office dogs, no dress code, and much more!