Technical Product Owner & Project Lead (f/m/d)
Location: Vienna
Employment: Full-time
Salary: € 70.000-90.000 gross/year
Start: ASAP
Why
We just won a major tender for our Unwired Edge Cloud and we're looking for the person to own it.
The Unwired Edge Cloud is a single, hardware-agnostic platform that solves the networking challenges of public transport. It orchestrates edge devices, networks, and applications in the cloud: device management, fast passenger Wi-Fi setup, flexible container virtualization, and secure, continuous vehicle-to-ground connectivity. In short, we bring modern network management and edge computing directly into vehicles.
You'll own this new engagement end-to-end: the customer relationship on the outside, product and delivery on the inside. Short decision paths, real ownership, and a strong engineering team behind you.
What you'll do
Act as the structured, customer-facing Project Lead: own contract scope, budget, requirements and timelines, run customer meetings and reporting
Act as Product Owner internally: translate customer needs into user stories, build and prioritize the backlog, maximize delivered value
Coordinate delivery with the team leads in Delivery and DevOps; facilitate technical discussions and scope decisions (the technical leads make the architecture calls – you make sure the right things get built in the right order)
Help us keep improving how we work across product and delivery
Must-haves
Proven experience as a Product Owner, Technical PM, or Project Lead in a software/cloud environment
Strong project leadership: comfortable owning budget, timeline and contract scope toward customers
Excellent stakeholder management and customer-facing communication
Solid conceptual understanding of cloud-native infrastructure: Kubernetes ecosystem, Linux, networking fundamentals - enough to lead technical discussions, scope work credibly and translate between customers and engineers (you won't configure clusters yourself, but you need to genuinely understand them)
Degree in CS/IT or equivalent hands-on background
Excellent German and English, written and spoken
Nice-to-haves
Hands-on background in software development, CI/CD or secure development
Experience in DevOps/edge/telco or transport/mobility domains
What we offer
End-to-end ownership of a flagship engagement, with real influence on product and process
A unique mix of product development, customer projects, and research initiatives
Close collaboration with an experienced Development & Operations team and international customers
A collegial, international team that's small enough to matter (25 people)
Hybrid/remote flexibility, flat hierarchies, short decision paths, and plenty of room for your ideas
Annual public transport pass for all of Vienna
Home internet connection covered, including private use
Company phone and a top-of-the-line laptop
Regular after-work and company events – on us 🙂
- Department
- DevOps
- Locations
- Vienna, Headquarter
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About Unwired Networks GmbH
Unwired Networks GmbH assists clients in the transportation sector to enhance efficiency and passenger satisfaction through digital on-board networks and edge computing solutions.
Unwired Networks develops cloud-managed network and edge computing services, particularly for the transport sector. Our core expertise includes applications such as passenger Wi-Fi and on-board network management based on specialized hardware and modern cloud services. Unwired is a partner of leading European transportation companies in the railway and bus sectors, with locations in Vienna and Berlin.