Product Owner - Packaging Systems
Role Summary
As Product Owner for Packaging Systems, you’ll maximize business value from our applications by owning the system roadmap and collaborating with our Agile teams and global stakeholders. You’ll align diverse regional needs into unified, strategic solutions, drive continuous improvement, manage changes and releases, and support operational excellence across Packaging Logistics. You’ll handle multi-brand, multi-market, and multi-system complexity to ensure high performance today and readiness for tomorrow.
Job Responsibilities
• Product Ownership: Manage the full lifecycle of Packaging Systems and their roadmaps — from development to phase-out — ensuring alignment with business goals and value delivery.
• Backlog & Agile Delivery: Define and prioritize user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria with global stakeholders to secure high-quality, business-driven releases.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage regional stakeholders across Europe, the Americas, and Asia to balance local needs with global strategies.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with logistics, IT, architecture, and digitalization teams to ensure systems and processes evolve together.
• Change & Release Management: Lead structured rollouts, migrations, and updates with proper documentation, training, and communication.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive enhancements through feedback, analytics, and strategic initiatives.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure stable daily operations and high system availability.
• Strategic & Cross-Brand Projects: Contribute to global initiatives (e.g., China and TRATON projects) ensuring integration, scalability, and compliance.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure adherence to internal standards, data security, GDPR, audit, and sustainability requirements.
Who You Are
We are looking for a senior professional with solid experience in IT Product Ownership within international and cross-functional environments. You combine strategic vision with hands-on execution, confidently navigating both technical complexity and stakeholder alignment in a fast-moving logistics context.
Your Profile
• Degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or IT.
• 5–10 years of experience as Product Owner/Manager or within Supply Chain/Engineering.
• Strong cross-functional and cross-cultural collaboration skills.
• Experience in packaging logistics, IT transformation, or system integration (APIs, EDI) is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Agile methods (Scrum, SAFe); Jira/Confluence experience is a plus.
• Self-Driven, adaptable, analytical, structured, problem-solving & solution-oriented with strong communication and leadership skills.
• Fluent in English; other languages (German, Swedish, etc.) are a plus.
• Occasional international travel required.
Preferred Certifications: SAFe POPM, PROSCI, TOGAF, or similar.
This is Us
You will join the Packaging Logistics organization within OA, responsible for the global network of packaging flows and systems. Our mission is to enable efficient, circular, and sustainable packaging operations that support Scania’s production and supply chain. You will work closely with experts across Scania’s logistics, IT, and production in a collaborative and international environment.
Scania Offers
We offer a dynamic, flexible workplace with hybrid work options, including Scania Sergel and Midway hubs. With a structured development plan and courses, Scania supports your career growth both locally and internationally.
Benefits include training at our health center Gröndal or wellness allowance, result bonus, flexible hours, and company car leasing. Scania also hosts events for employees and their families, and Stockholm residents enjoy direct access to Södertälje via Scania Job express buses.
Application
Your application should include a CV and any relevant certificates. We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity in our recruitment processes.
Apply as soon as possible, no later than 2026-01-01. Screening will take place on an ongoing basis during the application period. Logical and personality tests may be used as part of the selection process, and a background check may be required for this role.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact:
Manager Packaging Flow & Supply Chain Development, Felipe Garcia Tamosauskas, Felipe.Tamosauskas@scania.com.
We look forward to your application!
Södertälje, SE, 151 38