Senior Product Owner (Infrastructure Platforms)

TL;DR

Senior Product Owner (Infrastructure Platforms): Leading the strategic evolution of Database (SQL) and Server (WinTel / Hypervisor) platforms within a SaaS organization, with an accent on vision, roadmap, and modernization toward cloud-native architectures. Focus on defining platform lifecycle, ensuring stability, managing technical debt, and aligning with product roadmaps for scalable, secure SaaS services.

Location: Hybrid model, with offices in Europe and Mauritius. Workation possibility from any hirify.global EU location (4 weeks per year).

Company

hirify.global is a leading European provider of Payroll & HR services with global reach, focusing on people solutions across the entire employee journey.

What you will do

• Define and own the vision, roadmap, and lifecycle for Database (SQL) and Server (WinTel/Hypervisor) platforms.
• Lead cloud migration strategy (PaaS/IaaS/hybrid) and govern platform stability, performance, and security compliance.
• Modernize compute platforms, improve automation, and guide cloud-first design.
• Act as the primary liaison between infrastructure squads and product tribes, translating business needs into backlog items.
• Maintain structured, prioritized backlogs, balancing stability, modernization, and risk.
• Partner with Technical Lead and Scrum Master to ensure strong Agile practices and drive outcome-focused delivery.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in infrastructure, platform, or SaaS environments.
• Strong domain knowledge in SQL Server platforms, Windows Server environments, VMware/Hypervisors, and Cloud migration strategies.
• Experience operating in Agile delivery models with demonstrated backlog ownership and prioritization capability.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance operational stability with modernization efforts.

Nice to have

• Exposure to Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Understanding of FinOps principles.
• Experience with DR and resilience architecture and Platform engineering transformation programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours and work-from-home options.
• 25 days holiday + 8 public holidays, with flexible benefits (including option to buy 5 additional days).
• Pension up to 6% matched, car allowance, private medical insurance, and variable pay bonus.
• Workation: 4 weeks per year from any hirify.global location (EU only).
• Opportunities for learning, individual development plans, professional training, and career growth.