… this is about more than just crafting product roadmaps. This is about bridging the gap between tech and impact, making sustainable choices a reality through tech innovation.

Currently, we’re looking for a Technical Product Manager & Product Owner to join our team – preferably working out of our HQ in Copenhagen, Denmark, but we invite all remotely located able to frequently & feasible visit the office “IRL” to apply also.

As part of the upcoming Product Management trio, you will be the bridge transforming complex tech solutions into real-world impact on sustainability and translating between the specialized domains of digital tech & business – working closely together with the Business & Sustainability Product Manager, Tech Lead & Scrum Master, as well as other key internal and external stakeholders.

WHO ARE WE?

Welcome to BeCause – the sustainability management hub.

We envision a future, where sustainable choices flow seamlessly for decision-makers throughout ecosystems such as Travel & Tourism, so all may thrive.

Just imagine booking a trip where you throughout your user journey can choose sustainable options for hotels, restaurants, etc., with utter ease, credibility, and ever-improving competitiveness, so as to allow travelling to go hand in hand with a positive impact rather than a negative footprint, to reward responsibility-leading businesses in an upwards spiral towards sustainability, and thus to allow for simply exploring this beautiful world with a good feeling and clear conscience.

That’s what we’re aiming for and work to empower.

We get there with our AI-powered platform, because.eco, offering the simplest, fastest & most synergistic wayfor businesses to manage their sustainability work- & dataflows,so they can supercharge their positive impact on people, planet & profits.

We do this by unifying & automating the work of collecting, coordinating, communicating & compounding sustainability accolades of businesses, both for the individual company, while connecting the collective ecosystem of e.g. hotels, marketplaces, certifiers & other stakeholders, all in one place.

BeCause is growing fast with a tried, true & future-proof product that already has won some prestigious awards and helps some of the world's leading travel & tourism companies, including Google, Booking.com, easyJet, TUI, and Radisson Hotel Group.

And we are backed by an awesome group of investors that add great resources and experience with skyrocketing other startups to the moon – just like they believe we will.

Yet, we are just getting started!

And there are still vacant seats on the spaceship – many blanks you can still help fill out, many existing solutions you can help us upgrade to the next excellence level, and a big market waiting you can help serve.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Lead the technical product vision, ensuring our platform remains cutting-edge and aligned with user needs.

• Liaise with the Tech Lead & Scrum Master and Business & Sustainability Product Manager to ensure alignment on product development priorities and timelines as well as efficient execution.

• Bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and understanding of product features and capabilities.

• Translate business requirements from the Business & Market Product Manager into technical solutions.

• Define, validate, and break down, high-level features into actionable tasks, user stories, and acceptance criteria; maintaining our product backlog.

• Prioritize the product backlog, balancing new features, enhancements, and technical debt.

• Collaborate with the development team and ensure they have what they need to execute.

• Coordinate release schedules, ensuring features are released on time and with high quality.

• Capture feedback, metrics & analytics, market trends and learnings in general to iterate and improve our platform continuously.

• Manage stakeholder expectations and keep them informed about product progress and releases.

• Ensure product quality by working closely with the QA team and addressing any technical issues or bugs.

YOU WILL THRIVE IN THIS ROLE IF YOU:

• Have prior experience as a Technical Product Manager or Product Owner in the digital tech industry – especially with SaaS applications, multi-sided platforms, or enterprise software.

• Hold a deep understanding of software development processes and web technologies.

• Are adept at Agile/Scrum methodologies and practices.

• Possess excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to convert complex technical concepts into understandable terms for non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience with AI-powered platforms or sustainability tech solutions is a plus.

• Have experience with most of our tech stack and can understand its intricacies.

• Have an intrinsic motivation towards sustainability and its tech-driven possibilities.

YOUR COLLEAGUES SAY THAT YOU:

• The linchpin when it comes to turning product visions into reality.

• Are the kind who sees the forest and the trees, easily switching between macro and micro perspectives, ensuring product alignment at all levels.

• Have a knack for translating ‘business-speak’ into 'tech-speak' as well as 'tech-speak' into layman terms and actionable resolutions.

• Understand the importance of and champions both innovation and stability.

• Have an uncanny ability to foresee technical challenges and address them proactively.

• Challenge them to think beyond the obvious solutions.

• Are the go-to for the latest trends in product, digital tech, and perhaps even sustainability.

• Naturally align with and believe in the advantage of our culture’s universal values (learn about them below).

AND HERE ARE SOME NICE BENEFITS THAT WE EXTEND TO YOU:

• Impact. The opportunity to work with purpose on driving positive environmental and social change for our generation and the next – while creating economic business case win-wins in the process. 🌱

• A competitive salary package. If you are part of our growth and success, we want to share that with you, so warrants can be part of your package too. We also strive to offer flexibility in your compensation package so as to fit your individual needs. 🪙

• Space, trust, and autonomy to create a meaningful career for yourself but also to leave your mark on team and culture. 💟

• Professional development and growth. From the offset, we assign you a buddy-mentor, set a goal/direction with supportive steps to get there, and periodically reassess. 💪

• Hybrid work. You can work from our HQ in Islands Brygge (Copenhagen, Denmark) but also flexibly from home, if you need some focus time. 🏢 🏡

• Vibrant environment. We have and welcome office dogs, a Friday bar, board game nights, game consoles, and more – and far from only for the locals – we do a lot of social things in hybrid mode. ⚡

• Collegiality. We have a lovely bunch of colleagues who enjoy spending time together working but also having fun. 👫

• Catered lunch, stacked fridge, and snack bar. 🥗 ☕

• Healthiness support. Flexibility in your time to exercise during work hours to make sure that you stay physically and mentally healthy. 🏋️

• Upcoming health insurance and pension programs, we’re currently also working on implementing and evolving from there. ⚕️👴

• Ever-improvements. In general, while we are still in our humble nascence, over time we aspire to become the very best of places to work. ↗️ 🥇

OUR UNIVERSAL VALUES:

• Respect & Inclusion: Embrace equally, don’t discriminate decency, this planet’s diverse populus.

• Ambition & Courage: Strive for greatness, dare to experiment, don’t hold back.

• Accountability & Trustworthiness: Own our own responsibility areas & timelines, allow peers to depend on us.

• Be & Cause Positive Impact: Be the change we hope for, lead by good example, and empower others to follow.

• Passion & Joy: Heart & head in the game, makes for the best journey and destination.

START DATE:

Ideally as soon as possible, preferably 1 December 2023.

If this sounds like you, and you want to contribute to realizing the no-brainer of sustainability, then join us at BeCause!

We look forward to meeting you!

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HIRING PROCESS:

1. Apply here with your CV and short, cover letter.

2. Initial screening interview: 15 min

3. First interview with [Name of Direct Report (Position)]: 1 hour

4. Second interview, meeting more from the [specific] team: 1 hour

5. Third interview, meeting the janitors (our C-level): 1 hour (face-to-face)

6. Hire!

ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION:

• Please submit your application in English; it’s our company language so you’ll be speaking lots of it if you join 💕

• We treat all candidates equally and make sure that the candidate experience is smooth and fair to everyone 😊

• We’re on a mission to make everyone feel valued at work. That’s only achievable if our team reflects the diversity of the world around us - and that starts with you, hitting apply, even if you are worried you might not tick all the boxes! We embrace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply - regardless of race/ethnicity, colour, religion, nationality, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, neurodiversity, socio-economic status, culture or beliefs.

OUR TECH STACK:

• C# ASP.NET (.NET 7)

• React.js

• Next.js

• TypeScript

• Azure

• Firebase Auth

• Micro-service architecture 

• REST APIs

• Material UI

• Cloudflare

• GIT

• Chat-GPT Plus

• GitHub Copilot

OUR MARTECH STACK:

• HubSpot

• Intercom

• Stripe

• Apollo

• Notion

• Chat-GPT Plus

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