Product Engineer

Customer & Market Insights

• Align with the customer service team to gather recurring customer pain points and feedback

• Conduct customer and market research to identify trends, needs and opportunities

Data & Business Analysis

• Define and coordinate data requests to inform decisions

• Work closely with the data team to prioritize insights that support product decisions

• Perform business analysis to articulate the value and impact of potential solutions

Product Strategy & Backlog Management

• Understand the overall company strategy and align the product roadmap accordingly

• Collect and prioritize needs from marketing, finance, operations and other departments

• Define and maintain a high-level, cross-functional product backlog

• Determine and communicate the priority of upcoming design needs

Engineering & Execution

• Align the sprint backlog and priorities with the engineering team

• Write high-level product to-dos and collaborate with engineers to refine them

• Ensure proper end-to-end testing is in place and support in testing product features

• Monitor product quality and identify improvement opportunities

This position is ideal for someone who is passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive innovation in the pet food industry and is keen on working in a dynamic, collaborative environment where your work directly contributes to the wellbeing of pets worldwide. Join us at Just Russel and be a part of a team that’s redefining pet nutrition through technology.

This role reports to the Tech lead and is located in Nevele.

Experience

• 4+ years of experience in a product management or product operations role, ideally within a digital or SaaS environment

• Proven track record of working cross-functionally with engineering, design, data, customer service, marketing, and operations

• Experience defining and managing a product backlog based on business strategy and user insights

• Hands-on experience conducting or leveraging user research, market research, and data analysis

• Familiarity with agile methodologies, backlog grooming, and sprint planningExperience in coordinating end-to-end testing and ensuring product quality in production

Skills

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data and feedback into clear product decisions

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially when aligning multiple stakeholders

• Ability to write high-level product requirements and break them down with engineering into actionable tasks

• Comfortable working with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Figma, and basic data tools (e.g., BigQuery, Looker, or similar)

• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities and keep momentum across product initiatives

Competencies

• User-centric and business-minded: able to balance customer needs with company goals

• Structured and pragmatic: can bring clarity to complex problems and move from strategy to execution

• Proactive and ownership-driven: takes initiative and follows through on commitments

• Fast learner with a growth mindset: open to feedback, curious, and always improving

• Strategic thinker: understands how product decisions tie into broader company objectives