Senior IT Product Owner - API Platforms (m/f/x)

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SENIOR IT PRODUCT OWNER – API Platforms (M/F/X)

DHL Group team is the leading mail and logistics service provider for the world. We are one of the planet’s largest employers operating in over 220 countries and territories. Join our team and discover how an international network that’s focused on service, quality and sustainability is able to connect people and improve lives through the power of global trade. And not just for our customers, but for every member of our team, too. If you would like to get to know the world from our perspective, then come and join us. You are the key to our success!

The API Center of Excellence (API CoE) is DHL Group’s powerhouse for digital connectivity. We build and operate mission-critical API platforms at global scale - including an API Gateway, API Developer Portal (https://developer.dhl.com), and Group APIs for shipping, tracking, labels and locations. With API-first thinking, high availability, DevSecOps, strong governance, and excellent developer experience, we create best-in-class logistics APIs that power DHL’s digital future.

Your top-benefits

Top-benefit 1: A permanent, full-time position with an attractive compensation package.

Top-benefit 2: International environment and great company culture.

Your role

As Senior IT Product Owner for API Platforms, you will own one of DHL Group’s mission-critical applications, shaping one of the largest API management platforms in logistics and driving its evolution with a global team of top engineers. This hands-on, technology-driven role combines product ownership, architecture understanding, and stakeholder leadership to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing API capabilities across DHL Group.

Your tasks as Senior IT Product Owner – API Platforms

In the role of a Scrum IT Product Owner for API Platforms, translating strategy, stakeholder needs, and technical requirements into a clear, prioritized product backlog.

Own one of DHL Group’s mission-critical applications, ensuring reliability, availability, performance, and continuous evolution of the API Platform landscape.

Own and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the API Management Platform, balancing business value, technical excellence, security, operational resilience, and long-term sustainability.

Drive DevSecOps practices, CI/CD strategy, release governance, and platform lifecycle management in close collaboration with engineering teams.

Steer the delivery of secure, scalable, resilient and high-performing API platform capabilities used across DHL Group.

Lead API governance, security, compliance and data-protection standards for business-critical APIs and platform services.

Act as a trusted technical sparring partner for architects, developers, security experts, and platform engineers enabling sound technical and product decisions.

Drive cross-BU senior stakeholder alignment, ensuring transparent prioritization, clear communication, and joint decision-making across complex organizational and system landscapes.

Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with business units, vendors, engineering teams, and strategic partners.

Prepare and facilitate roadmap reviews, steering committees, decision forums, and executive-level communications for senior leadership.

Drive adoption of API Platform capabilities by creating content and fostering knowledge sharing within DHL's internal API Community.

Prepare Senior Stakeholder presentations (e.g. IT Board and OPS Board), providing clear updates, roadmap insights, and decision proposals.

Your profile

10+ years of experience as an IT Project Manager, Business Analyst, Product Owner, or in a similar role, preferably within agile delivery environments, including 6+ years as a Product Owner in an API-driven, platform, or integration-focused environment.

Strong technical affinity with API management, cloud-native architectures, and integration concepts. Experience with Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management, MuleSoft, or similar is desirable.

Own the resilience strategy of DHL Group's API Platform landscape, including high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational readiness.

Experience working with mission-critical platforms or shared technology services, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence.

Strong understanding of API governance, API security, enterprise architecture principles, platform operating models, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery practices.

Excellent collaboration skills with developers, architects, platform engineers, security experts, and senior stakeholders across business units.

Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to translate business needs into clear technical requirements, priorities, roadmaps, and actionable decisions.

Proven ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes, build alignment, and drive decisions across teams, technology domains, and organizational boundaries.

Hands-on mindset and confidence to contribute to architecture, design, platform strategy, and technical refinement discussions.

Fluent in English, German is an advantage

Your benefits

A permanent, full-time position with an attractive compensation package

International environment and great company culture

Up to 60% home office and flexible working hours

Central location and good connection with public transport

Your contact

For more information, please contact Mario Alvarez, Phone: +49 228 18963357.

Interested in this position? Please click on “Apply for this job” and send us your complete application including cover letter, CV and references, your desired salary and your earliest possible starting date.

We are looking forward to your application.

We expressly welcome applications from all people - regardless of nationality, ethnic or social background; Religion or belief, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and gender identity.

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