Stibo STEP Lead / POD Team Lead

Location: Poland, Remote

Stibo STEP Lead / POD Team Lead

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Stibo STEP Lead to lead a dedicated delivery POD supporting a large-scale Product Information Management (PIM) transformation program.

As the Stibo STEP Lead, you will serve as the primary point of contact for all POD deliverables, working closely with the client's Product Owner, PIM Technical Lead, and internal development teams. You will be responsible for ensuring predictable delivery, maintaining high engineering standards, managing team performance, and remaining hands-on in the Stibo STEP platform.

This role is ideal for an experienced STEP professional who combines technical leadership, delivery management, and deep platform expertise.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Leadership

• Act as the primary liaison between the delivery team and client stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into sprint-ready user stories, estimates, and delivery plans.
• Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and delivery tracking within a Scrum framework.
• Manage delivery risks, dependencies, assumptions, and escalation paths.

Quality & Governance

• Ensure all solutions align with established architecture standards and engineering practices.
• Own delivery quality and Definition of Done, including peer reviews, testing, documentation, and release readiness.
• Coordinate POD participation in system testing and user acceptance testing activities.
• Ensure compliance with security, data privacy, and governance standards.

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary STEP delivery team.
• Drive knowledge sharing and succession planning.
• Maintain resource continuity across project phases.
• Provide technical guidance and hands-on support for complex STEP implementations.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering MDM or PIM solutions.
• Strong hands-on experience with Stibo Systems STEP.
• Experience leading STEP delivery teams in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • STEP data modeling
  • Contexts and dimensions
  • Workflows and business rules
  • STEPXML
  • IIEP/OIEP integrations
  • Web UI and New UI
• Experience delivering multi-country or multilingual PIM programs.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Current Stibo Systems STEP Certification (required).

Preferred Qualifications

• Retail or consumer electronics industry experience.
• STEP SaaS experience.
• Git-based STEP deployment practices.
• Google Cloud integration experience (Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub).
• Experience with AI-enabled content or translation workflows.
• PSM, CSM, or equivalent Agile certification.

Location

Remote, with overlap required during Central European business hours. Occasional travel may be required for workshops and planning sessions.

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