Technical Product Owner, Swapcard
AI-powered virtual & hybrid event platform
Open for applications
AI-powered virtual & hybrid event platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower human connections and enhance the way people network.
Role
Who you are
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- 4+ years of experience as a Product Owner or in a similar product role within a software product development environment
- A strong analytical and technical mindset with a proven ability to make data-driven decisions regarding feature feasibility, performance, and prioritization
- Curiosity, initiative, and a proactive attitude towards understanding technical systems and solving challenging problems
- Excellent prioritization skills, balancing technical debt, new feature development, and bug fixes with a clear focus on customer impact
- Experience engaging directly with clients to gather requirements, conduct research, and co-build solutions
- Strong collaboration skills, comfortable working closely with developers on system architecture, designers on technical feasibility, and stakeholders on roadmaps
- An empathetic, people-first approach to teamwork and leadership
- Fluency in English
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Technical Product Owner to join a squad dedicated to delivering a superior on-site event experience through robust and scalable solutions
- This development team owns a technical stack responsible for, among others:
- Floor Plan & Geolocation Services - Architecting and managing features for both outdoor and indoor positioning systems
- Third-Party Integrations - Collaborating with and integrating external APIs for maps and indoor positioning providers
- Authentication & Onboarding - Owning the entire technical flow for user login and onboarding within the event application
- As a Technical Product Owner, you will drive the technical vision and execution for your squad of dedicated developers and work hand-in-hand with product designers
- You will be responsible for translating complex customer needs into detailed product specifications, setting priorities based on customer impact, and ensuring the solutions delivered are both technically sound and meet real-world user needs
- You will own the entire feature lifecycle from roadmap planning to final delivery
- This includes engaging directly with clients to understand technical constraints, running UX research, and writing clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria
- Data and technical insights will be the foundation of your decisions, helping you validate assumptions, prioritize the backlog effectively, and measure the success of your team's output
Application process
- Our thorough interview process aims to identify exceptional talent to advance our mission while offering you a chance to explore your career potential at Swapcard
- 1. Screening Interview with a recruiter from our people team
- 2. A remote exercise to demonstrate and assess your skills
- 3. Manager review with your future reporting manager
- 4. Leadership review with one of our department leaders
- 5. Reference check conducted by our people team
- 6. Offer
Our take
Events platform Swapcard is a major player in the events software industry. Impressively adapting to the rise of virtual events, it supplies an end-to-end solution that includes registration, engagement, and networking tools, as well as some novel details like an AI-powered guest matchmaking service.
Acquisitions of MapsPeople and Avolio have seen Swapcard deepen its suite of tools over the years. This is reflective of its approach in positioning itself as a single tech provider capable of handling all aspects of digital, hybrid, and in-person events formats.
Customers like SXSW, Expo Dubai 2020, and Informa are among the high-profile enterprise clients pursuing Swapcard’s services. In a market expected to grow fairly rapidly over the next few years, these players provide a valuable vote of confidence which suggests a bright future for the company.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2018
$4.7m
EARLY VC
Apr 2015
$0.6m
ANGEL
Total funding: $5.3m
Company benefits
- 100% health insurance for all employees
- Coworking budget
- 33 Days PTO
- Learning & development resources
- Work from almost anywhere
- Transport (Country-specific benefits)
- Work-from-home budget
- International team with more than 40 nationalities (and counting)
Company HQ
Porte-Saint-Denis, Paris, France
Leadership
Baptiste Boulard
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a lawyer at VINCI Concessions and Allen & Overy. Current Member of the Digital Innovation Working Group at UFI.
Damien Courbon
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously an Internal Consultant with Nutricia Medical Nutrition, and went on to work as a Financial Auditor with Deloitte.
Godefroy des Francs
(Co-Founder & CPO)A Business Management and Finance graduate, who went on to hold various project and portfolio management positions, including at BNP Paribas.
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