Geared toward candidates with CMS expertise and experience in agile environments, comfortable with translating client needs into technical requirements and working remotely from Hungary
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Original posting from Beyond Sports via Ashby
Product Owner (Contractor)
Contract/freelance basis
Location: Hungary, Remote (Must be based in Hungary)
Duration: 3 months
We’re looking for a freelance Product Owner with strong CMS experience to work on the digital platforms of some of the biggest sporting organisations in the world. For the next three months you’ll own the roadmap, technical requirements and ticketing for CMS-driven websites and mobile apps used by millions of fans worldwide.
You’ll work day to day with engineers, designers and QA. Your job is to turn client and fan needs into clear, buildable requirements and keep delivery moving. You should be able to get up to speed quickly, make decisions and start adding value from week one.
Your Role
As our Product Owner, you will:
- Own and maintain the product roadmap, keeping it aligned with client objectives and delivery capacity.
- Define technical requirements and turn them into well-structured epics, user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Manage the backlog end to end, including ticket creation, refinement, prioritisation and keeping JIRA accurate and up to date.
- Work closely with engineers to clarify requirements, unblock issues and make pragmatic trade-offs on scope and feasibility.
- Lead CMS-related product decisions, including content models, editorial workflows, integrations and platform configuration.
- Run or contribute to agile ceremonies: backlog refinement, sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews and retros.
- Act as the main point of contact between engineering and client stakeholders, translating business needs into technical tasks.
- Use analytics and user feedback to prioritise improvements and measure outcomes.
What We’re Looking For
You’re an experienced Product Owner or technical Product Manager with a background in the digital sector, ideally from an agency or client-facing delivery environment. You’re comfortable working closely with engineering teams.
Essential
- CMS experience. You must have owned or delivered products built on a CMS (e.g. WordPress, Contentful, Drupal, Sitecore, Adobe Experience Manager or similar headless/traditional platforms). You understand content models, editorial workflows, integrations and how CMS decisions affect engineering and content teams.
Skills & Experience
- A strong track record in the digital market, delivering consumer-facing websites and/or mobile apps.
- Experience writing technical requirements and detailed user stories that engineers can build from.
- Strong backlog and ticket management skills in JIRA, with Confluence for documentation.
- A solid working understanding of web and app technologies (APIs, integrations, front-end/back-end concepts), so you can hold your own in technical discussions.
- Experience in agile/Scrum teams, including sprint planning, refinement and iterative delivery.
- Clear, structured communication that you can adapt for engineers, designers and clients.
- Comfortable with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Slack and Miro.
Desirable
- Experience in sports, media or high-traffic content platforms.
- Familiarity with headless CMS architectures.
- Experience with analytics tools (e.g. GA4, Adobe Analytics, Amplitude).
Soft Skills & Approach
- Pragmatic and focused on delivery. You keep tickets moving and sprints on track.
- Quick to build trust with engineering teams and client stakeholders.
- Hands-on and detail-oriented, willing to roll up your sleeves on the backlog.
- You know when to push back on scope, when to compromise and when to just get it shipped.
Source: Beyond Sports careers (Ashby)