Technical Product Owner & Project Lead (f/m/d)

Apply for this job Technical Product Owner & Project Lead (f/m/d) Location: Vienna Employment: Full-time Salary: EUR 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 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.