Junior Digital Product Manager and Product Owner / Project Manager (Combined Role)

Junior Digital Product Manager & Product Owner / Project Manager (Combined Role)

Company: AlpsDiscovery Digital (subsidiary of AlpsDiscovery Group)

Business Unit: Digital Products & Platforms

Location: Lviv, Ukraine (Remote / Hybrid)

Contract Type: Part-time

Reports to: Managing Director / Head of Digital Operations

About AlpsDiscovery Digital

AlpsDiscovery Digital develops a business software suite for e-commerce and online retailers, covering:

• Product & catalog management
• Marketplace and sales channel integrations (Shopify, Google, Meta, Etsy, marketplaces)
• Pricing, logistics, fulfillment, and automation
• Analytics, reporting, and operational intelligence
• AI-assisted workflows and decision support

Our mission is to simplify and automate digital operations, enabling merchants to focus on growth, quality, and customer experience.

Role Purpose

The Junior Digital Product Manager & Product Owner / Project Manager is a hybrid execution role responsible for:

• Translating business needs into clear digital product features
• Structuring and prioritizing product backlogs
• Coordinating projects, integrations, and product releases
• Acting as a bridge between business stakeholders, developers, and external partners

This role combines Product Ownership, Product Management, and Project Management, with a strong business and operational mindset.

Key Responsibilities

1. Product Management & Ownership

• Understand core business processes of e-commerce retailers
  (catalogs, pricing, logistics, payments, marketing, analytics)
• Gather, analyze, and structure product requirements from internal teams and clients
• Translate requirements into:
   
  • User stories
  • Functional specifications
  • Acceptance criteria
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• Maintain, prioritize, and refine the product backlog
• Support product roadmap planning aligned with business strategy
• Ensure delivered features create measurable business value

2. Project Management & Delivery

• Plan and coordinate digital projects and technical integrations
• Define and manage:
   
  • Scope
  • Milestones
  • Dependencies
  • Risks
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• Coordinate internal teams (developers, designers, data, operations)
• Track delivery progress and ensure deadlines and quality standards are met
• Organize sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives (Agile / Scrum-like)
• Ensure proper documentation and smooth handover to operations

3. Stakeholder & Business Coordination

• Act as a single point of contact between:
   
  • Business owners
  • Technical teams
  • External partners
•  
• Communicate clearly on:
   
  • Priorities
  • Trade-offs
  • Timelines
•  
• Align product decisions with:
   
  • Commercial objectives
  • Operational constraints
  • Technical feasibility
•  

4. Data, Analytics & Continuous Improvement

• Use analytics to:
   
  • Measure feature usage
  • Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies
  • Propose improvements
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• Support KPI definition
  (conversion rates, automation levels, time savings, cost reduction)
• Contribute to continuous optimization of the software suite
• Participate in AI-driven product evolution
  (automation, recommendations, intelligent workflows)

Tools & Working Environment

• Product & Project Management: JIRA, Confluence
• E-commerce Platforms: Shopify, Google Merchant Center, Meta, Etsy, marketplaces
• Data & Analytics: Power BI, dashboards, SQL-based insights
• Technology Stack (exposure expected, mastery not required):
   
  • React, Node.js, Python
  • APIs, Webhooks
  • Google Cloud & AWS
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• Collaboration & Development: Office 365, GitHub

• Design: Figma

   

Required Profile

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in:
   
  • Business, Digital, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent
•  
• 2–3 years of experience in one or more of the following:
   
  • Digital product management
  • Project management
  • Business analysis
  • E-commerce or SaaS environments
•  
• Strong motivation to grow into a Product Owner / Digital Product Manager role

Skills & Competencies

• Strong business logic and structured thinking
• Ability to translate business needs into technical and functional requirements
• Basic understanding of:
   
  • APIs
  • SaaS products
  • E-commerce ecosystems
•  
• Comfortable working with:
   
  • Product backlogs
  • Roadmaps
  • Prioritization frameworks
•  
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Organized, reliable, and delivery-oriented

Languages

• English – professional level
• German or French – strong asset
• Additional languages are a plus

Personal Qualities

• Curious and eager to learn
• Solution-oriented mindset
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership
• Ability to work autonomously while collaborating closely with teams
• Alignment with AlpsDiscovery values: Create value, Serve, Learn, and Build sustainably

Growth Path

This role is designed to evolve into:

• Product Owner
• Digital Product Manager
• Program / Platform Manager

With exposure to:

• AI-driven systems
• Large-scale e-commerce operations
• International clients and markets
  (Switzerland, Europe, Ukraine)

What We Offer

• Real responsibility and impact from day one
• Direct access to decision-makers
• Hands-on learning in a fast-growing digital company
• Flexible working environment (remote / hybrid)
• Long-term career growth within AlpsDiscovery Group