ViaEurope means smart Web-Apps & APIs combined with real warehouses, taking care of customs clearance for thousands of parcels each day, bringing products from all over the world to Europe!

ViaEurope is an e-logistics company born and raised in Amsterdam. Although we have been in the business of technology and logistics for five years already, the company still operates and grows with a start-up mindset. Technology is at the very core of ViaEurope’s strategy and is also behind our connected warehouses or e-HUBs which are located at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Liege Airport in Belgium, and Budapest in Hungary.

As ViaEurope continues scaling up there’s a growing complexity in our business operations. Every eHub is in a different location, with different operational setups and customs rules. One of the keys to our success is in making this complexity ‘smooth’. As a product team, we are responsible for turning this complexity into a successful and smoothly operating business.

As a product owner, you will work on different inquiries, features, and even other (bigger) roadmap items for which you will be responsible that are part of our service of digital customs clearance support. You will define backlog items and priorities using data-driven insights; present projects and milestones to stakeholders; eventually, become an expert on a part of the portal. 

A pragmatic approach with curiosity drive and a desire to understand every part of the business as well as the drive to ask questions and find solutions will make you the best fit for our team.

How your week will look like?

There is not a boring moment in our team! You will collaborate independently with stakeholders on multiple topics and are expected to take full ownership of projects. To get an idea of project subjects: working on a new pricing mechanism, adjusting flight tracking with a new API partner, working with our logistics team on existing processes, or setting up new ones in new locations.

Responsibilities:

• Take a hands-on approach to understanding logistics processes and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Evaluate feature requests
• Define backlog items and feature requests with data-driven insights
• Participate in scrum-related meetings
• Monitor, measure, and evaluate product progress and implementations
• Create and present solutions to stakeholders
• Ensure that leadership, key stakeholders, users, and product teams are informed

• 2 years experience in product management or product ownership
• Data-driven, and proficient in SQL and other data analysis tools to extract data insights from large datasets, so that you can help us to improve, optimize and innovate!
• You are someone, who does not bounce back from complex subjects like accounting, customs, or cross-dock logistics
  
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience in leading Agile teams (we're not a strict Agile team though)
  
• Strong English communication skills, both verbal and written English is a must, and Dutch is a plus
• Result-driven team player who also values transparent communication
• Excellent organization skills
• You enjoy being part of a fast-moving - scaling business

Work requirements

• It is a full-time job
• We are a small team and we collaborate closely with the tech team in Berlin
• You could work from our office in Amsterdam or in Berlin. Your work includes traveling (possibly 1-2 travels per month, depending on your location)
• We work Hybrid, with two days onsite per week and our office is in the eHub near Schiphol

About ViaEurope

We work in English and we believe that concise and effective written and verbal communication affects the quality of our work and defines a successful team. Also, one of ViaEurope's core values is to develop ourselves. Your education or background is less important to us than your ability to take on a task and get it from concept to production. Also, one of ViaEurope's core values is to develop ourselves. Your education or background is less important to us than your ability to take on a task and get it from concept to production. ViaEurope boasts an education budget for conferences and online learning materials, so don't worry, you'll keep learning!

About us

• Start-up mindset, and we are moving fast
• We believe that technology drives our business
• We care for work-life balance and offer the flexibility to work from home and/or from our e-HUBs
• Our team includes diverse experiences, backgrounds, and languages
• Involvement: ability to participate in meetings, team building events, celebrations, and much more
  
• Self-empowerment: we believe in people and therefore give space for own initiatives and self-development
• Consistent efforts to onboard sustainable solutions and toward carbon neutrality

Interview process

1. Get-to-know call with the hiring team 
2. Expertise and Skills interview with the hiring manager and another colleague from the portal team 

3. Onsite meeting and practical case

4. Final interview with the COO or CTO

We are very fast with our recruiting process!