Responsibilitiesproduct & backlog management manage and maintain the product backlog in jira, with a primary focus on accessibility-related bug fixes, improvements, and release work support new accessibility features by preparing, refining, and tracking requirements and acceptance criteria with stakeholder clarify functional, ux, and accessibility requirements with stakeholders and engineering ensure backlog items are well-defined, testable, and ready for implementation sprint, pi & delivery execution plan and facilitate sprint and pi activities with the development team coordinate sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and execution tracking monitor progress, dependencies, and risks across sprints and pis sequence and balance work within agreed priorities and constraints to support timely delivery accessibility, quality & change coordination coordinate defect fixes, accessibility improvements, and change requests assess and document impacts, dependencies, and delivery risks, especially where accessibility or compliance may be affected highlight trade-offs and potential impacts early and transparently escalate complex or high-impact topics to the appropriate stakeholders release & operational ownership coordinate end-to-end release activities, including readiness tracking, validation status, and communication support ci/cd, build, test, and deployment processes in collaboration with engineering track release quality, regression risks, and production issues coordinate verification activities on test benches and organize debugging sessions when required management of test specifications (update existing test specifications if required, create test runs for external testers, etc.) Stakeholder communication represent the team and topic in stakeholder meetings, like calls with vw group brands or representatives of legal and regulatory departments act as the primary coordination point for day-to-day delivery and release topics communicate progress, risks, and release status clearly and consistently support alignment between product, ux, engineering, and validation stakeholders skills must have product & delivery execution proven experience in product owner, technical program manager, delivery lead or release engineer roles strong ability to manage end-to-end delivery in a complex, cross-functional environment experience managing multiple release timelines hands-on experience with backlog management, refinement, and sprint execution ability to sequence and coordinate work within agreed priorities quality & compliance mindset experience working with quality-critical or compliance-driven requirements strong attention to detail and traceability (requirements → implementation → validation) ability to manage high-risk changes where small defects can have large impact release & operational skills experience coordinating software releases end to end ability to track release readiness, risks, and regressions comfort working with production or preproduction environments (e.g. test benches) tools & ways of working experience working with distributed or nearshore teams strong hands-on experience with jira and confluence solid understanding of agile software development (scrum, safe) ability to operate independently with limited guidance stakeholder & pressure handling proven ability to work with hands-off stakeholders who escalate under failure strong communication skills: clear, calm, and structured under pressure ability to anticipate issues, surface risks early, and drive resolution good judgment in knowing when to act independently vs when to escalate. Nice to have domain & platform experience experience with automotive software or infotainment systems familiarity with android automotive or embedded platforms exposure to in-car ux, hmi, or accessibility topics accessibility & ux awareness experience with accessibility, usability, or inclusive design familiarity with accessibility standards or legal requirements (any domain) advanced release / engineering exposure familiarity with ci/cd pipelines, build, test, and deployment processes release engineering or devops collaboration experience experience supporting stabilization, bugfix-heavy, or late-stage products experience coordinating cross-team dependencies environment & collaboration comfort operating across time zones experience in environments with high expectations and low tolerance for failure tools & ways of working experience in requirements & test case management in codebeamer