Senior Product Owner - Mendix

Job Purpose:

The Senior Product Owner - Mendix is responsible for defining product direction, driving functional and technical design, and ensuring the successful delivery and support of MES solutions for Mendix. The role translates business, operational, and manufacturing requirements into secure, compliant, and scalable solutions while managing product backlogs, priorities, and stakeholder expectations.

The role provides leadership across functional design, platform governance, CSV, solution architecture, and development oversight, ensuring solutions meet quality, security, data integrity, and GxP requirements. It collaborates with business stakeholders, product managers, architects, engineers, and strategic partners to drive standardization, reusable solutions, AI-enabled ways of working, and continuous improvement across MES products and platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design, configure, develop, implement, and maintain Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solutions using Mendix, including domain models, entities, associations, and data management structures.
- Create and maintain microflows, nanoflows, and business logic to support business process requirements.
- Develop responsive pages, layouts, and widgets for web and mobile applications.
- Integrate Mendix applications with Representational State Transfer (REST) application programming interfaces, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) services, databases, and enterprise systems.
- Configure and manage security settings, user roles, authentication, and authorization.
- Perform application testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization activities.
- Utilize Mendix Studio Pro, version control systems, and deployment pipelines to support the application lifecycle.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, business users, project teams, and vendors to translate business requirements into Mendix solutions and deliver MES projects.
- Support application deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and upgrades across environments.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, design specifications, and support materials.
- Provide technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and mentoring to team members.
- Use approved development and artificial intelligence-assisted tools in accordance with organizational standards and processes.
- Ensure compliance with Good Practice (GxP) requirements, data integrity, cybersecurity, and organizational standards.
- Contribute to standardization, established practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Participate in system upgrades, enhancements, and application lifecycle management activities.
- Maintain knowledge of MES platforms, software technologies, and artificial intelligence tools to support solution development, maintenance, and delivery across multiple MES systems.

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Automation, Data Science, Life Sciences, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience with the Mendix Manufacturing Execution System (MES) platform, including supporting solutions across multiple MES systems.
- Experience in database development using Microsoft SQL Server/Transact-SQL (T-SQL) and/or Oracle/Procedural Language SQL (PL/SQL).
- Experience in developing applications on the Mendix platform, including domain modelling, microflows, nanoflows, page development, security configuration, and application lifecycle management.
- Experience in system integrations, application programming interface (API) development, database management, and deployment of enterprise applications within the Mendix ecosystem.
- Experience in industrial system integration technologies, including Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) and Open Platform Communications Historical Data Access (OPC HDA); experience with Component Object Model (COM) and Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) is preferred.
- Experience in troubleshooting and root-cause analysis, software development, testing, technical documentation, version control, data integrity, and (GxP) requirements within regulated manufacturing environments.
- Experience in using artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted tools for coding, testing, debugging, code reviews, and documentation, including validating AI-generated outputs in accordance with software quality, security, compliance, and maintainability requirements.
- Experience in using AI-assisted tools to draft requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria, and to summarize stakeholder input, with outputs reviewed prior to backlog inclusion.
- Experience in leading MES solution delivery across products, platforms, and sites.
- Experience in conducting technical reviews, troubleshooting issues, and performing root cause analysis.
- Experience in leading cross-functional teams and vendors in the delivery of Mendix solutions that meet business and compliance requirements.
- Experience in managing technical risks, data integrity, security, and compliance requirements.
- Experience in prioritizing backlogs, supporting technical decision-making, and contributing to Agile delivery practices.
- Experience in mentoring developers and contributing to established practices, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Preferred Qualification:

- Relevant certifications in Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud technologies, system integration, automation, data management, validation, cybersecurity, engineering, or related technical disciplines are preferred.
- Experience in applying problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills in software delivery environments.
- Experience in developing solution designs, managing technical documentation, and supporting compliant system delivery.
- Experience in system integrations, data management, security, quality management, and change control processes.
- Experience in collaborating with stakeholders, supporting team development, and contributing to standardization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

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Skills
Agile Methodology, API Management, CI/CD, Cloud Based Services, Computer Programming, Configuration Management (CM), Containerization, Database Management, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Microservices Architecture, Network Security, Operating Systems (OS), System Monitors, Version Control System

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