About the Role
As a Product Owner (m/f/d/x) – Apple Ecosystem Applications, you will be responsible for the product strategy and evolution of applications within the Apple ecosystem, including Apple TV (tvOS), iPhone, and iPad. You will own the roadmap and Product Backlog for shared Apple client capabilities, ensuring efficient leverage of business logic, reusable components, and shared client frameworks across platforms. You will collaborate with Engineering, Architecture, Product Experience, QA, and business stakeholders to ensure technical consistency, promote component reuse, and accelerate feature delivery.
Responsibilities
- Define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Apple TV and mobile applications.
- Own and prioritize the Product Backlog for shared Apple client capabilities and frameworks.
- Drive the adoption of shared business logic, reusable components, and common client frameworks across Apple TV (tvOS), iPhone, and iPad.
- Work closely with Engineering and Architecture to define scalable client architectures, development standards, and integration patterns.
- Ensure the right balance between rapid feature delivery and long-term technical quality, maintainability, performance, and platform evolution.
- Work closely with Product Experience to enable consistent feature implementation across the different Apple clients.
- Define relevant product and quality KPIs and continuously monitor application quality, performance, the degree of component reuse, and engineering efficiency.
- Collaborate closely with other client teams to ensure consistent technical and functional evolution across the entire TV ecosystem.
- Translate functional and technical requirements into clearly prioritized backlog items and support Engineering teams throughout refinement and implementation.
Requirements
- University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, or a comparable technical discipline.
- At least five years of professional experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or in a comparable role with responsibility for Apple applications or software platforms.
- Solid understanding of modern iOS and tvOS application architectures and current software development practices.
- Experience working with cross-functional Engineering teams in agile development environments.
- Ability to structure and prioritize technical and business requirements and translate them into actionable product requirements.
- Good understanding of APIs, software architecture, and integration principles.
- Strong analytical skills and a structured, solution-oriented way of working.
- Excellent communication skills and experience working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Skills
- Technical Product Ownership
- iOS and tvOS application architecture
- Strategy for shared business logic and client frameworks
- API integration and software architecture fundamentals
- Agile Product Management
- Stakeholder management and technical communication
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
Location
- Germany
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, or a comparable technical discipline
About the Company
- Deutsche Telekom AG is one of Europe’s largest telecommunications providers and the first choice in the gigabit society.
- We connect work and life, and our products enrich people’s everyday lives.
- We have the best network and 230,000 innovative minds.
- At Deutsche Telekom, we develop digital products, services, and platforms used by millions of people across Europe every day.
- In our Products.Innovation.Experience. unit, we bring together Product Management, Engineering, Design, Data, and AI to create experiences that are simple, intelligent, scalable, and relevant.
Equal Opportunity
- Applicants with severe disabilities will be given preferential consideration if equally qualified.
