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As our Senior Project Manager / Product Owner (m/f/d), your mission is to bring structure, visibility, and momentum to one of the most technically complex product development environments in European Deep Tech.This is an ownership role. You will bridge the gap between advanced prototyping and market-ready Native Processing Servers, ensuring we deliver on schedule and on scope.\nYour Responsibilities\nProduct Ownership: Drive project delivery using a blend of agile and classical methodologies, facilitating sprint planning, backlog refinement, and review cycles.\n\nBacklog & Roadmap Management: Prioritize the product backlog and translate high-level strategy into structured project plans and clear milestones.\n\nStakeholder Management: Serve as the primary interface between technical teams and leadership to clarify scope, progress, and expectations.\n\nRisk Management: Proactively track progress and manage risks, technical dependencies, and resource needs for transparent reporting.\n\nCross-Functional Leadership: Align engineering, research, and operations teams to manage technical interdependencies and achieve project goals.\n\nYour profile\n\nEducation: University degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Microsystems Engineering, Optics, or a related technical field.\n\nExperience: Several years of proven experience as a Project Manager or Product Owner, ideally within complex hardware or deep-tech environments.\n\nProject Management Proficiency: Deep practical understanding of both traditional and agile frameworks applied to physical product development.\n\nTechnical Integration: Ability to maintain a high-level overview of complex systems and translate technical breakthroughs into executable roadmaps.\n\nSubject Matter Expertise: Profound understanding of analog electronic and photonic systems to collaborate effectively with world-class physicists and engineers.\n\nCommunication: Fluent in English (working language); German proficiency is a strong advantage for local stakeholder coordination.\n\nWhy us?\nWe hire for attitude and train for skills.\n\nWe encourage self responsibility and accelerate professional development.\n\nWe move fast and encourage experimentation.\n\nYou have the opportunity to be part of developing breakthrough photonic computing technology and have a lasting impact on the future of computing.\n\nYou can be part of a passionate international, highly skilled cross functional team.\n\nYou will have access to the founders of the company.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2805,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"German","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":true},{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-12T06:41:30Z"}],"liveness":{"score":6,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.21,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":139,"expected_fill_days":43,"reasons":["conf:9","stale_co","ghost","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/qant-senior-project-manager-product-owner-mfd","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/qant-senior-project-manager-product-owner-mfd.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T15:30:25Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}