The Platform Product Owner defines, drives, and evolves the vision of a next-generation mobile platform.
This role ensures the platform becomes a scalable, secure, and extensible ecosystem, enabling internal and external teams to integrate new services while maintaining consistency in user experience, architecture, and security standards. Acting as a central connector between business, architecture, engineering, and partners, the Product Owner ensures that platform investments generate long-term value and support future strategic opportunities.
Primary Responsibilities
Define and own the platform product vision and strategy
Translate business strategy into a clear roadmap
Identify and prioritize platform capabilities supporting integrations and business use cases
Own and continuously refine the product backlog
Define and communicate objectives, KPIs, and success criteria
Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and business goals
Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, engineers, and security teams
Facilitate alignment between platform initiatives and business priorities
Define platform governance, contribution models, and integration boundaries
Drive adoption and usage of the platform across internal and external teams
Secondary Responsibilities
Gather, analyze, and challenge requirements from platform consumers
Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies to leadership
Support integration guidelines and onboarding processes
Promote consistency and standardization across implementations
Contribute to platform governance and evolution decisions
Validate delivered features against expected outcomes and value
Define and monitor KPIs for adoption, usage, and performance
Ensure MVPs deliver measurable business value
Technical Requirements
Proven experience as Product Owner, Product Manager, or Platform Product Owner
Strong experience in Agile environments
Experience with digital platforms, APIs, or integration ecosystems
Experience collaborating with architects, engineering teams, and security/DPO stakeholders
Good knowledge of HTTP protocol
Good understanding of REST APIs
Understanding of Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) principles
Understanding of component-based architecture
Ability to discuss architectural trade-offs with technical stakeholders
Non-Technical Skills
Strategic thinking
Strong stakeholder management
Excellent communication and facilitation skills
Ability to challenge assumptions and drive decision-making
Strong analytical and prioritization skills
Methodology / Certification Requirements
Experience working in Agile environments
Certifications (PSPO, CSPO, SAFe) are a plus
Languages
French or Dutch (at least one mandatory)
English (mandatory)
Location & Contract
Location: HQ Anderlecht
Minimum 2 days on-site presence is mandatory after the onboarding period