Product Owner – MFT & EDI Digital Integration

Job title:

Product Owner – MFT & EDI Digital Integration

Company:

Heineken

Job description

Digital & Technology Team (D&T) is an integral division of HEINEKEN Global Shared Services Center. We are committed to making Heineken the most connected brewery. That includes digitalizing and integrating our processes, ensuring best-in-class technology, and embedding a data-driven culture. By joining us you will work in one of the most dynamic and innovative teams and have a direct impact on building the future of Heineken!Would you like to meet the Team, see our office and much more? Visit our website: Heineken (heineken-dt.pl)This role is part of the D&T department of HEINEKEN International and is in Heineken Global Shared Service, Krakow, Poland. D&T is proud to bring cutting-edge innovation, strong technology, and advanced analytics to HEINEKEN. With speed and agility, we ensure HEINEKEN has the technological competitive advantages it needs to deliver on its ambition of being Best-Connected-Brewer.Digital Integration platforms act as neural system to enable various business processes across all business units, for our operations in over 190 countries, globally. We enable and empower exchange of millions of messages on daily basis, securely with ultra-low latency. Additionally, our platforms support hundreds of developers across federated/ domain teams in developing and deploying interfaces according to the needs of all Heineken OpCos. Over the past five years, the successful adoption of standardized Digital Integrations has resulted in a 100-fold increase in monthly message traffic processed through our integration platforms.Product owner – MFT (Managed File Transfer) & EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is part of the Digital Integration Tribe management team, in Digital Platforms Portfolio within Digital and Technology Department.
This role, Product Owner – MFT, EDI is responsible for the product vision, strategy, roadmap and offers thought leadership thereby demonstrating extreme ownership and exceptional skills to navigate through dynamic situations.The Digital Integration MFT, EDI product team is focused on MFT and EDI Platforms, offers world class integration possibilities for file transfer and electronic data transfer and other relevant capabilities. The product team is responsible for the technical aspects of the platform(s), DevOps services, architectural policies and guidelines amongst others. Furthermore, the product team drives the adoption of integration best practices such as API first approach supporting the vision of becoming Best-Connected-Brewer.The Product Owner is responsible for the product’s continuous improvement, operational performance, and financial health, encompassing financial planning, contract management, and partner relationships.Your responsibilities would include:

• Product vision

Define, own product vision, goals and communicate the values, roadmap and release plans.
Strategic Thinking and Leadership: Embed new culture of learning, empowerment, rapid experimentation, adaptability and collaboration. Understand how to challenge the battle between the longer-term vision and short-term goals * Value deliveryCollaborate with business and end users to define, refine, and manage the product backlog using prioritization techniques that keep “value at the centre.” Responsible for the end-to-end development, delivery of capabilities, services, and platform management. * People LeadershipSupport the HEINEKEN standards of performance and talent development, recognize great performance, coach constructively on under-performance together with Chapter lead(s), local HR BP and Tribe Lead * Financial ManagementDevelop, oversee, and manage the budget, including annual planning, CAPEX, OPEX, and all other financial aspects. * Stakeholder ManagementServe as the key liaison for internal and external stakeholders at all levels, overseeing expectation management, negotiations, and communication * SecurityEnsure security by design, proactively addressing prevention and correction to maintain a secure platform in compliance with global security policies and standards. Implement and uphold cybersecurity measures * Partner ManagementOversee the full spectrum of partner relations, including contract management, negotiations, performance oversight, and escalation handling.You are a good candidate if you have:Must have

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in IT/Computer Science related studies
• Minimum of 12 years of IT experience and min 3 years hands on experience as a Product Owner or similar role in a global and enterprise setup
• Experience in an Agile environment, preferably functioning in a Product Team running SCRUM or Kanban.
• An entrepreneurial mind-set and an ability to connect with internal and external audiences including senior management, leaders and policy makers
• Sound understanding of Digital Integration Platforms, especially MFT and EDI platforms (e.g. Seeburger) and integration practices
• Experience managing budgets, roadmaps, value generation, negotiations without authority
• Experience in a complex/multinational, multi-location, multi-partner and federated enterprise environment * Excellent written and verbal English

Nice to have

• PSPO I Or II & EBM certification
• Familiarity/experience with API and iPaaS platforms e.g. Azure APIM, MuleSoft, SAP CI, MFT
• Polish language skill will be an advantage
• Understanding of complex IT landscapes and how integration enables exchange of huge and spike of transactions and messages, in a global operational setup
• Good understanding of various integration patters and techniques (API sync & async, iPaaS, MFT, etc)
• Working experience with some of these Integration platforms e.g. Azure APIM, Solace, Boomi, SAP CI, Apollo
• Demonstratable experience of product management techniques, value-based prioritization, risk management, supplier performance management
• Ability to effectively persuade product goals, vision and progress, strategy & Big Picture Thinking
• Product Sense, attention to cost to value proposition
• Good understanding of and exposure to working in large IT & enterprise work culture
• Affinity to working with people of diverse culture and background
• Ability to lead by example, define and drive agenda with specific objective in a challenging environment
• Experience of working in dynamic environment, changing priorities
• Strong experience with stakeholders at various levels of seniority, both internal and external.

We Offer:

Expected salary

Location

Kraków, małopolskie

Job date

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 02:53:59 GMT

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