Product Owner Digital Publishing & AI Platform (m/w/d)

About .img – itai’s machine GmbH

.img – itai’s machine GmbH is the digital subsidiary of Berliner Verlag, focused on advancing the technological capabilities of its media brands. We are committed to innovation and the strategic integration of AI to enhance our digital publishing operations.

Your Role

As a Product Owner Digital Publishing & AI Platform (m/w/d) at .img – itai’s machine GmbH, you will play a central role in the further development of our digital publishing platform. Together with editorial, development, and management teams, you will shape the technological future of our media brands and drive the use of AI along the entire publishing value chain. You will combine product strategy, platform thinking, and intelligent automation to create scalable digital products and workflows.

Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Platform Development:

• Develop the product and platform roadmap for our AI-powered publishing system.
• Translate strategic goals into a clear product vision and prioritized initiatives.
• Identify cross-brand platform functions and drive the development of a scalable publishing infrastructure.

AI & Intelligent Workflows:

• Identify and realize AI potentials along the entire publishing value chain.
• Develop AI-powered products and workflows for the automation and scaling of editorial processes.
• Evaluate new technologies and derive concrete product initiatives from them.

Product Ownership & Delivery:

• Translate business, user, and technology requirements into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Prioritize the backlog and manage product initiatives from idea to go-live.
• Be responsible for successful implementation in collaboration with development, UX, and editorial teams.

Stakeholder & Innovation:

• Act as a central interface between business, product, and technology.
• Create transparency regarding progress, risks, and decisions.
• Observe market and technology trends and translate them into innovative product solutions.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager in a digital environment, ideally in the media, platform, or publishing context.
• Experience in developing digital platform products and with CMS or content management systems.
• Understanding of digital business models and strong analytical, strategic, and product-oriented thinking.
• High affinity for AI and interest in generative AI, automation, and intelligent workflows.
• Experience in developing product roadmaps, requirements management, and managing agile teams according to Scrum and/or Kanban.
• Ability to understand technical contexts and work with development teams on an equal footing.
• Ideally, knowledge of modern publishing architectures, headless CMS systems, and experience with data-driven product management, UX, or high-reach B2C products.
• Very good German and English language skills, both written and spoken.

Benefits

• Freedom and Responsibility: Genuine freedom to actively shape and develop our digital products, workflows, and formats.
• Meaningful Work: The opportunity to contribute to a journalistically demanding project and visibly unfold journalistic impact.
• Secure Perspective: Permanent employment with trust-based working hours and a high degree of personal responsibility.
• Work in the Heart of Berlin: Modern office directly at Alexanderplatz with an impressive city view and excellent public transport connections.
• Appreciative Company Culture: An open, collegial atmosphere where individual perspectives count and teamwork is lived.
• Personal and Professional Development: Development prospects and the opportunity to expand responsibility and develop new competencies.

We look forward to your application!