Product Owner Data Platforms

Great colleagues: With us, you don't just work with colleagues, but you also enjoy (if you wish) a vibrant social life outside of working hours thanks to our diverse and active employee networks.
Attractive, independent position: Own initiative is encouraged and your impact is directly noticeable. This is your chance to make a legendary contribution to the largest port in Europe.
Flexible work week: Enjoy a 36-hour hybrid work week where we encourage a good work-life balance.
Training and development opportunities: A wide choice of training and courses to further develop yourself.
Vitality and well-being: Discount on your gym membership and fresh fruit at the workplace. A workplace that has an eye for your needs - with attention to health, well-being, and accessibility.
Competitive salary: Depending on your education and experience, we offer a starting salary of max. € 6,063 gross per month based on a 36-hour work week with growth opportunities up to € 7,579 gross per month.
Travel allowance: Whether you travel by car, bicycle, or (first class) public transport, we provide an appropriate allowance.
Flexible reward budget: 19.6% on top of your gross monthly salary, consisting of holiday allowance (8%), thirteenth month (8.33%), vitality contribution (2.3%), and an extra budget (0.97%). You can have this budget paid out periodically or use it for, for example, a bicycle, extra pension contributions, extra leave hours, additional training costs, or a sustainable investment.
Prospect of permanent employment: if we are mutually satisfied, you will receive a permanent contract after the first year.
Excellent pension scheme: With ABP (career-average scheme), in which we reimburse about 70% of the premium. Secure a legendary future.
Company laptop and mobile phone: Always have the right tools at hand to perform your work optimally.

Do you want to contribute to smart, reliable, and future-proof data platforms within the maritime sector and the Rotterdam port ecosystem? Do you get energy from connecting people, technology, and organizational goals? And do you want to work together with multidisciplinary teams on data and AI solutions that deliver demonstrable value? Then we would like to meet you.

As a Product Owner, you are responsible for two important domains within our data ecosystem:

• Data platform, based on including Databricks;
• Data management platform, based on Collibra.

You work together with two multidisciplinary Agile/Scrum teams and ensure cohesion between technology, governance, and the needs of the organization. You develop a clear vision for both platforms, translate this into roadmaps and priorities, and ensure that the platforms reinforce each other within one integrated data vision. In this role, you are a connecting factor between business, IT, data stewards, architecture, and other stakeholders. You help guide the teams, monitor priorities, and stimulate collaboration and adoption within the organization.

• developing, managing, and communicating the product vision, roadmap, and value creation for:
• the Data platform, including Databricks;
• the Data management platform, including Collibra;
• collaborating with two Agile/Scrum teams and supporting focus, priorities, and progress;
• ensuring cohesion between data platform development, data management, and governance;
• managing and prioritizing the backlogs of both teams based on strategic goals, value for the organization, and continuity;
• aligning with stakeholders within business, IT, data stewardship, and architecture;
• further developing the Data platform for data engineering, analytics, and AI, including associated infrastructure and security;
• further developing data management and governance via Collibra, such as data catalog, lineage, and data quality;
• contributing to compliance with relevant laws and regulations, including GDPR;
• stimulating adoption and effective use of both platforms within the organization.

For more information about our employment conditions, please refer to our CAO.

An integrity investigation and online screening are part of the selection procedure. Valicare performs this screening on behalf of the Port Authority.

Competencies that we find important in this position are:

• Problem-solving ability: You are analytically strong and quickly get to the core of complex problems. You critically consider various alternatives and choose the most suitable solution that is optimal for the situation. Additionally, you recognize valuable ideas from others and integrate them effectively into your own approach, thereby contributing to innovative and effective solutions
• Result-orientation: You take the lead to prevent the repetition of problems. You see and exploit opportunities to achieve goals earlier or in a better way. In doing so, you find the right balance between quality and efficiency, so that the results are optimal.
• Effective communication: You are able to explain difficult matters in an understandable way. You show interest by actively asking follow-up questions to better understand the other person. Additionally, you can correctly summarize the messages of others, which contributes to clear communication and good cooperation.
• Strategic Acting: You show insight into how your own area of work aligns with the strategy of HbR. You develop long-term objectives and activities that influence and support the strategy

Are you doubting if this position suits you or do you want to know more first? Feel free to contact Martin via recruitment@portofrotterdam.com. We are happy to think along with you and answer your questions about the role, the working environment, and the possibilities within our organization.