Product Owner to spearhead market-focused strategy and drive product excellence at Govin – a leading legal tech startup

Skip the stuffy lawyer image you might have – we're the fun and refreshing startup that will bring disruption and become the global standard for compliance and governance. Say bye 👋 to the document mess and unclear processes; we transform them into simple visual overviews, so users have insights in a matter of clicks, not lawyers.

TLDR; Product Owner, full-time, €3000-€5000 bruto, legal tech startup, hybrid working from Amsterdam & Almere, medior/senior level, responsible, autonomous, scrum, product roadmap, requirements gathering, ticket management, prioritization and planning, bridging business and engineering team.

Benefits and requirements

Your primary responsibility as a Product Owner is to drive the product vision and strategy, ensuring it aligns with both customer needs and business goals. You should have a strong problem-solving mindset and a knack for understanding and articulating user needs and business requirements. Your role involves close collaboration with all parts of the company, including engineering, business, and customers, to ensure seamless integration of ideas and feedback into the product.

As a key member of our team, your communication skills must be top-notch, fostering openness and collaboration. You are expected to have a deep understanding of our product and demonstrate decision-making skills that consistently prioritize its optimal outcomes. Working in a hybrid mode, you will balance your time between remote work and in-office interaction, benefiting from company lunches and paid public transport.

Role and responsibilities

In your role as a Product Owner at Govin, you will take ownership of the product roadmap, managing and prioritizing the backlog to align with our strategic goals. You will be the go-to person for requirement gathering, creating and maintaining tickets, and providing clarity and updates on their status. Additionally, you are expected to serve as a central knowledge resource for the product, providing insights and information to both internal teams and stakeholders. Your responsibility extends to acting as a bridge between the business and engineering team, ensuring a harmonious workflow and clear communication.

As an experienced figure in the team, you'll actively participate in customer and sales meetings, guiding discussions and safeguarding the product's integrity and vision. Your insight will be instrumental in evolving our compliance and governance hub and simplifying complex documentation and legal processes for investment fund managers.

Your adaptability, critical thinking, and analytical skills will be crucial in our fast-paced, startup environment.

Product and team

Our mission is to bring legal insights and structured information to our users so they can make informed decisions and be compliant simply and confidently. We achieve this by offering a complete governance and compliance hub for investment fund managers. We turn the document chaos into a simple, visual, and manageable overview. Legal documents turn into structured information so users can find the relevant clauses and insights in a matter of clicks. With the legal documents at the core and the governance processes streamlined, fund managers can make informed decisions and steer the companies in the right direction.

We are backed by the founders of WeTransfer, JustEat, fonQ, treatwell, and SpaceBuzz & leading industry experts from renowned law firms Van Doorne, Van Campen Liem, and INGEN HOUSZ. With our extensive pool of governance knowledge, industry experience, and connections to venture capital firms around the globe, we are on a path to becoming the next big thing! 🚀