Senior Product Owner

Senior Product Owner

Location: Galway, Ireland (Hybrid)

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help organisations connect, protect, analyse, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world.

Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves together and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career, our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

About Zerto

At Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, we deliver industry-leading Continuous Data Protection (CDP) solutions that enable disaster recovery, ransomware resilience, and seamless workload mobility across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.

As a Senior Product Owner, you will play a key role in shaping products that allow customers to recover their data to a point in time just seconds before a cyberattack, outage, or disaster. You will work at the intersection of infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and AI-driven innovation to ensure our platform remains scalable, resilient, and customer-centric.

Why Join Zerto?

• Work on mission-critical technology that protects enterprise data worldwide.

• Be part of a leading innovation organisation within HPE.

• Build products that directly impact business continuity and cyber resilience.

• Collaborate with world-class engineers, product leaders, and global customers.

• Gain direct exposure to customers and influence product strategy.

• Take ownership of key business domains and drive innovation from concept to delivery.

• Work with cutting-edge technologies including AI, cyber recovery, cloud, and enterprise infrastructure.

What You'll Do

• Own the product lifecycle for one or more Zerto business domains.

• Act as the bridge between Product Management, Engineering, and customers, translating strategic requirements into deliverable engineering outcomes.

• Take end-to-end ownership of product initiatives from discovery through delivery and post-release optimisation.

• Engage directly with customers to understand their challenges, gather feedback, and identify future opportunities.

• Develop a deep understanding of customer needs and business priorities.

• Identify opportunities for product innovation and customer-centric enhancements.

• Define, manage, and maintain the product backlog.

• Prioritise complex features while balancing customer requirements, engineering constraints, business priorities, and delivery timelines.

• Write product specifications, user stories, and requirements documentation.

• Work closely with UX/UI teams to deliver intuitive and engaging experiences.

• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Support, and Executive Leadership teams.

• Present product initiatives and strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Support go-to-market activities, product launches, and customer communications.

• Track product KPIs, customer feedback, and market trends to drive continuous improvement.

What Success Looks Like

• Taking full ownership of a product domain from concept through delivery.

• Building strong partnerships with engineering teams and business stakeholders.

• Managing and prioritising complex product requirements effectively.

• Balancing technical considerations with customer and business needs.

• Delivering high-quality, customer-focused solutions that create measurable business value.

• Influencing product direction through customer engagement and market insight.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree and typically 7-10+ years of relevant experience.

• Significant Product Owner or Product Management experience within enterprise B2B software organisations.

• Proven experience managing complex software products in both on-premises and SaaS environments.

• A strong ability to bridge technical and business discussions.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.

• Proven experience working within Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data to guide decisions.

• Ability to lead through influence and build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.

• Strategic thinking combined with strong execution capabilities.

• Self-motivated, curious, and passionate about delivering exceptional products.

• Ability to work closely with engineering teams and understand technical trade-offs.

Preferred Experience

• Enterprise B2B software products.

• Data protection, backup, disaster recovery, cyber recovery, or cybersecurity technologies.

• Customer-facing product ownership experience.

• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, virtualization, networking, and AI technologies.

• Experience working with highly technical engineering teams.

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We offer learning and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your career goals, whether that means deepening expertise in your current field or exploring new opportunities across HPE.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We know diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives drive innovation and success. We provide the flexibility to manage work and personal commitments while making bold moves together and being a force for good.