Senior Product Owner for George (all humans)
Erste Digital · Vienna, Austria
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Banking has a name. We create it.
For 11 million Retail customers and 80 thousand businesses across Europe, George stands for a digital banking experience that combines design and technology on an open platform. At the George Labs, we strive to provide the best solution for everyone. We achieve this by empowering people to understand, manage and, last but not least, enjoy one of their most personal things: their money.
Join us in our agile environment and make banking simple, intelligent and personal again!
As a Product Owner, you have the opportunity to make a difference. Whether it's creating seamless digital onboarding, enabling effortless everyday banking, delivering intelligent financial guidance, or building innovative AI-powered experiences, your work has a direct impact on how customers interact with their bank.
Our ambition is not only to simplify banking, but to empower customers to make smarter financial decisions. By providing the right insights, guidance, and digital tools at the right moment, we help SMEs confidently manage their finances and achieve long-term financial well-being.
We are looking to strengthen our expertise in the corporate banking area by hiring a curious, customer-centric Product Owners who enjoy solving real customer problems, challenging the status quo, and collaborating across disciplines. If you are passionate about building outstanding digital products, thinking beyond individual features, and shaping the future of banking, you'll feel right at home.
What you’ll bring with you:
- A proven business mindset, particularly for corporate customers, demonstrated through a deep understanding of their needs and genuine empathy for their day-to-day challenges
- 3+ years crafting your skills in a banking product area ideally with agile methodology, you are UX proficient and have already shipped something to users
- A digital mindset with a high drive to exceed the needs of the users
- A solid understanding of how AI can enhance your work, while maintaining critical thinking, sound judgment, and full human oversight
- A profound technical understanding and experience base on the necessary steps to develop and ship a features and products
- Strength in analytics, structured by nature, data driven and interpersonal skills aplenty
- Expressing your values and opinions in fluent English
- An understanding the interplay between new features, system complexity and technical debt, making trade-offs among them seamlessly
You will impress us by:
- Taking full ownership of the domain you will be responsible for
- Thinking beyond today's solutions by bringing forward innovative ideas that exceed customer expectations and unlock future business potential
- A natural ability to not only listen to stakeholders, but actively engage them, foster shared ownership, and build commitment to a common vision
- Owning your role and responsibility to become the ‘person to talk to’ when another team member has a dependency or question, guiding your team towards the vision you clearly communicate and are willing to fight for
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners such as UX Designers, Researchers, Business Experts and Sales Representatives to ensure customer centricity is embedded in every decision—not just treated as a buzzword
- Challenging your team members with charm, but also accept that shared learning and feedback is priceless for growth
- Listening and reacting to foreseen issues fast and continuously, adjusting your course or raising an alarm
- Having the nature to stand the heat, noise and criticism without losing your smile
- Having a hands-on approach and be helpful wherever you can add value
Why you will like us:
- We’re a team of experienced product owners who love to exchange ideas and push the boundaries
- We provide a relaxed, professional environment and all the hardware & software you need to work efficiently (e.g. MacBook Pro, mobile device, licenses...)
- Our attitude is open minded, and we are always keen to stand up and go the extra mile for the correct solution
- We offer flexible working hours and a hybrid working model
- We care for your personal well-being and career development while actively supporting your educational needs
- We encourage regular conference visits and multiple chances to shine with George
- We feed you with coffee, sweets and fruits and provide table soccer and table tennis to train the stuff away
A competitive and performance-related salary dependent on your professional and personal qualifications is granted - the minimum wage for this position in accordance with the respective collective agreement is EUR 55.356,* - gross per year. But this is just a formality - we would be happy to talk about your actual salary in person!
The way we are:
George Labs considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.
If you’ve got this far:
It seems we have your interest, so please get in touch with us and apply until 24th of August 2026. We’d love to catch up.