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Technical Project Manager / Product Owner
Successfully
Remote Brazil, Brazil
Product Owner
Automotive Industry
11/02/2026
Req. VR-120826
This role coordinates delivery and releases for an in-car accessibility product within an Android-based infotainment system, with a primary focus on meeting legal and regulatory accessibility requirements.
Core responsibilities include ensuring compliance, traceability, and correct implementation of accessibility-related changes, while driving quality improvements, defect resolution, and predictable, disciplined releases. Occasional support for new feature development is also expected.
Due to the nature of accessibility work, even small changes can have significant user and legal impact, making precision, validation, and strong execution essential. The role operates in a highly complex stakeholder environment, where stakeholders are typically hands-off during day-to-day execution but become highly involved and escalatory when issues arise. Successfully navigating these situations—through transparency, risk anticipation, sound judgment, and resolution under pressure—is a critical aspect of the role.
The role works closely with a small team of Android developers. The exact split of responsibilities will be defined once the new hire is onboarded, allowing flexibility based on individual strengths, experience, and evolving product and delivery needs.
Product & 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
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
Languages
English: C1 Advanced
Seniority
Lead
Remote Brazil, Brazil
Req. VR-120826
Product Owner
Automotive Industry
11/02/2026
Req. VR-120826
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