Product Engineer

Customer & Market Insights

• Align with the customer service team to gather recurring customer pain points and feedback

• Conduct customer and market research to identify trends, needs and opportunities

• Define and coordinate data requests to inform decisions

• Work closely with the data team to prioritize insights that support product decisions

• Perform business analysis to articulate the value and impact of potential solutions

• Understand the overall company strategy and align the product roadmap accordingly

• Collect and prioritize needs from marketing, finance, operations and other departments

• Define and maintain a high-level, cross-functional product backlog

• Determine and communicate the priority of upcoming design needs

• Align the sprint backlog and priorities with the engineering team

• Write high-level product to-dos and collaborate with engineers to refine them

• Ensure proper end-to-end testing is in place and support in testing product features

• Monitor product quality and identify improvement opportunities

This position is ideal for someone who is passionate about leveraging cutting‑edge technologies to drive innovation in the pet food industry and is keen on working in a dynamic, collaborative environment where your work directly contributes to the wellbeing of pets worldwide. Join us at Just Russel and be a part of a team that’s redefining pet nutrition through technology.

This role reports to the Tech lead and is located in Nevele.

• 4+ years of experience in a product management or product operations role, ideally within a digital or SaaS environment

• Proven track record of working cross‑functionally with engineering, design, data, customer service, marketing, and operations

• Experience defining and managing a product backlog based on business strategy and user insights

• Hands‑on experience conducting or leveraging user research, market research, and data analysis

• Familiarity with agile methodologies, backlog grooming, and sprint planning

• Experience in coordinating end‑to‑end testing and ensuring product quality in production

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data and feedback into clear product decisions

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially when aligning multiple stakeholders

• Ability to write high‑level product requirements and break them down with engineering into actionable tasks

• Comfortable working with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Figma, and basic data tools (e.g., Big Query, Looker, or similar)

• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities and keep momentum across product initiatives

• User‑centric and business‑minded: able to balance customer needs with company goals

• Structured and pragmatic: can bring clarity to complex problems and move from strategy to execution

• Proactive and ownership‑driven: takes initiative and follows through on commitments

• Fast learner with a growth mindset: open to feedback, curious, and always improving

• Strategic thinker: understands how product decisions tie into broader company objectives

• Ervaringsniveau:
  Senior - + 5 jaar