Junior Product Owner (Sports Tracking)

Location: Budapest, Hungary; hybrid working with 2 days per week in the office

Salary: HUF 679,250–HUF 1,045,500 per month

Company

hirify.global develops sports technology for tracking, automatic officiating, instant replays, broadcast augmentation, and real-time athletic data.

What you will do

• Translate user, operator, and business needs into epics, features, and user stories for small-to-medium changes.
• Own and prioritise the product backlog using data, value, and risk.
• Define and coordinate functional, integration, regression, and UAT activities, including defect triage, validation, and root-cause investigations.
• Work with Engineering, QA, TechOps, and UX teams throughout Agile delivery.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and training materials, and support pilots, staged rollouts, and early-life operations.
• Develop toward roadmap planning, OKR definition, and greater ownership with coaching from senior product professionals.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in a product-related role such as Associate Product Owner, Business Analyst, QA, or Operator.
• Strong technical grounding and the ability to communicate with engineers, QA specialists, and operators.
• Experience coordinating quality-control or regression testing and managing defect resolution.
• Experience with cloud-based and data-oriented products, including basic product analytics and operational telemetry.
• Excellent communication skills, proactive planning, and the ability to handle ambiguity and escalate risks appropriately.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting product launches and creating documentation or tutorial content.
• Exposure to stakeholder engagement, prioritisation frameworks, and roadmap contribution.
• Experience with software, high-performance cameras, and hardware in live broadcast, sports, or other real-time environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Annual leave according to local labour law.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Sony Group discounts on tickets and events.
• Cafeteria benefits including SZÉP Card, nursery and kindergarten support, and MOL Bubi Pass.
• Private medical, life, accident, and dental benefits, plus an Employee Assistance Program.
• Seniority awards and an optional All You Can Move Pass.