We are on a mission to make science open so everyone can live healthy lives on a healthy planet
Who we are
Frontiers is an award-winning open science platform and leading open access scholarly publisher.
We are one of the largest and most cited publishers globally. To date, our 200,000 freely available research articles have received more than 1 billion views and downloads and 2 million citations. Our journals span science, health, humanities and social sciences, engineering, and sustainability. And we continue to expand into new academic disciplines so more researchers can publish open access.
Be part of the publishing revolution and help us transform the way research is published, evaluated, and communicated to the world.
Job Role
We are looking for a passionate Product Owner to complement our product management team (Publishing Platform), to define an outstanding experience for the research community. We seek a team player with great initiative and get-it-done attitude.
You will be collaborating with a cross-functional team including engineering, design, user research, data science and publishing to facilitate the execution and ship impactful product features that delight our customers.
Responsibilities
Create and manage the backlog for the sprint delivery team
Translate product management features to user stories and tasks for development/engineering
Define and agree on acceptance criteria
Act as a voice of the user with the development teams
Run daily / weekly ceremonies with the team and provide support on the current tasks
Refine Business Process Model Notations (BPMN) and translate into team deliverables
Ability to understand KPIs and data structure to execute on data analysis
Run and support activities in collaboration with IT Services
Requirements
Experience of working as a Product Owner
Ability to deep dive into feature details to find key information that will enable you to make decisions for the user stories definition
Experience with software development and data processing pipelines
Experience with Agile Methodologies
Experience with defining technical specifications describing requirements for user journeys, process modelling and data storage
Solid communication skills in English, both written and verbal are an absolute must
Benefits
With more than 50 nationalities represented in our global team, you will work regularly with teammates in other countries, and with our community of researchers, editors, and authors from around the globe.
Our mission to create solutions for healthy lives also extends to the working environment we provide for our employees.
This includes:
100% remote working
Employees now have the flexibility to choose where they want to work, with remote working available on a part- or full-time basis.
Learning and development
All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning (and Pluralsight for our technology team), an annual personal learning budget, and dedicated L&D time.
Wellbeing
We offer free online yoga classes, an employee assistance plan, access to the Headspace app, and four wellbeing days on top of your annual leave allowance.
Volunteering opportunities
Employees can dedicate three days each year to volunteer for a personal cause or through our volunteering partner platform, Alaya.
Frontiers actively embraces diversity and is a safe and welcoming workplace. Recruitment is free from discrimination – including based on race, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. With over 600 employees from more than 50 different nations, our diversity creates vibrant teams and constantly challenges us to appreciate multiple perspectives.