Product Owner - Sanoma Learning

At Sanoma Learning , we all share a deep-rooted passion for education and are committed to support teachers to help all students to reach their potential, so they can be at their best in class.

We are proud of the impact we make together across Europe, local as well as international. As our teams and the scope of our impact grows, so do the opportunities for us to learn from each other – across country borders and areas of expertise. With over 2500 colleagues, we work on seamlessly integrated print, digital and blended learning solutions to help teachers and schools develop the talents of every child. Our people are passionate and committed and always willing to go the extra mile for students, teachers, schools, our shareholders and each other.

We are looking for:

Product Owner

to lead one of our strategic platform capacity – Content as a Service (Caas) that enables Sanoma Learning to efficiently scale and innovate its digital offerings.

As a Product Owner for CaaS, you will drive the operational direction of a defined product area by connecting user needs, business goals, and long‑term technical vision. You will own the roadmap and lead prioritization of complex requirements. You will lead and guide a cross‑functional team toward scalable and data‑informed solutions. Leveraging strong analytical, leadership, and collaboration skills, you will work closely with developers and senior stakeholders, and ensure cohesive delivery across multiple workstreams. In our matrix organization, you will work closely with engineering, data science, research, content, legal, commercial, and local country teams. You will report to the Product Manager for CaaS for day-to-day delivery and to the ‘Product Management competence lead’ for your professional development.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead discovery and analysis of complex business and user needs
• Collaborate with Engineering Leads, Architects, and senior stakeholders
• Own and refine the Product Backlog: slice Epics into Features and Stories, validate acceptance criteria, and keep priorities transparent to business and engineering
• Prepare and facilitate sprint plannings, reviews, and retrospectives within a Scrum environment
• Oversee the creation and quality of documentation
• Facilitate option analysis and solution alignment at a multi‑team level
• Ensure scalability, maintainability, and alignment of solutions across markets and product domains
• Define and validate analytics tracking across products and teams
• Guide the identification and prioritisation of production issues, technical debt, and platform‑level improvements
• Drive continuous improvement of product workflows, cross‑team processes, and delivery practices

What we expect from you

• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to in