API Product & Value Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Develop clear, value-driven strategies for products and platforms in collaboration with business units and teams.

• Assist teams during the discovery phase and in clarifying structured problems.

• Organize requirements based on value streams and capabilities.

• Aid in prioritization decisions by emphasizing business impact over feature demands.

• Collaborate directly with Product Owners, stakeholders, and business units through pairing, workshops, and sparring sessions.

• Bridge the perspectives of business, IT, and management to foster a common understanding of value.

• Create lightweight governance frameworks focusing on outcomes and effectiveness.

• Empower organizations to make independent product decisions grounded in sound reasoning and aligned with genuine target visions.

• Contribute to the development of product-oriented organizational structures within client environments.

• Support the ongoing enhancement of decision-making and prioritization processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• A completed degree in an IT-related discipline or equivalent IT qualification with several years of practical experience.

• Extensive professional experience in product management, business analysis, digital transformation, or a similar interface role.

• Ability to effectively mediate between business, technology, and organizational perspectives.

• A structured and analytical approach to tackling complex problems.

• Experience collaborating with teams, stakeholders, and interdisciplinary groups.

• Strong knowledge of discovery, prioritization, and value-centric product development.

• Initial to good practical experience with methodologies such as Design Thinking, Discovery, Value Stream Mapping, Capability Mapping, or relevant governance models.

• Confidence in transparently deriving decisions, advocating for them, and evolving them through dialogue.

• Focus on value contributions instead of features, actively driving changes in product logic within organizations.

• Development of value-generating, prioritized, and actionable products, along with the sustainable enablement of teams for independent implementation.

• High eagerness to learn and openness to further develop methodological and strategic competencies.

• Proficiency in German (C2) and English (C1).

🏝️ Benefits

• An innovative, modern, and inspiring work environment with flat hierarchies, allowing you to leverage your unique strengths.

• Long-term career advancement opportunities.

• Competitive compensation packages.

• Flexible working hours and the option for remote work.

• A contemporary work environment in appealing offices, with a focus on health, including ergonomic chairs, height-adjustable desks, and fresh fruit.

• High-quality hardware of your choice.

• An annual training budget that you can personalize (ranging from specialized seminars to participation in international conferences).

• A variety of additional benefits: VGN company subscription (subsidy for public transport), JobRad, childcare subsidies, Corporate Benefits, shopping discounts, and sports discounts (e.g., Compustore, Urban Sports, etc.).

• Support for company pension plans or capital-forming benefits (VWL); complimentary beverages, muesli, and fruit provided at the workplace.