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Senior Technical Product Owner | Billing & APIs | Telecom & Fintech | AI-Driven Automation
Cisnădie, Romania
Only remote
Bsc. Computer ScienceAbout me
Technical Product Owner with 15+ years in telecom, fintech, SaaS, and API-based platforms. Experienced in billing, payments, compliance, and scalable delivery. Recently building AI-driven automation using OpenAI and Python. Open for remote B2B projects focused on execution and delivery.
Acceptance TestingTelecommunicationsBillingSoftware as a ServiceE-CommerceGovernance Risk Management and ComplianceJSONJava API For RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS)Python (Programming Language)Unix ShellSoapUISQL and Java (SQLJ)Stakeholder ManagementUMLWorkflows
I am a Technical Product Owner and Digital Automation Consultant with 15+ years of experience across telecom, fintech, e-commerce, and SaaS. I combine product ownership with hands-on technical execution, enabling efficient collaboration with engineering teams and fast translation of business needs into scalable solutions. My background as a software developer gives me strong architectural understanding, analytical thinking, and end-to-end delivery skills—from requirements to deployment.
Core Competencies:
? Product Leadership & Delivery
• Product strategy & roadmap ownership
• EPIC shaping, blueprints, BRDs, backlog planning
• Stakeholder management & cross-tribal alignment
• Acceptance criteria, UAT, demos, go-live readiness
• RAID tracking & compliance risk assessment
? Engineering Collaboration & Technical Ownership
• Microservices & API-driven ecosystems
• REST & SOAP integrations
• Data & system mapping
• Dependency management
• Versioning & rollout planning
⚙️ Technical Tools & Skills
• Java, SQL, PL/SQL, Bash, Python
• Oracle, Postgres, MySQL
• Unix/HP-UX, distributed systems
• Jira, Confluence, Git, Jenkins
• UML, BPMN, sequence diagrams
? Governance & Quality
• GDPR alignment
• Payments, billing, partner integrations
• Release readiness checkpoints
• Operational continuity mechanisms
AI Automation & Intelligent Workflows
Recent focus on LLM-based automation:
✔ Structured content generation pipelines
✔ Prompt engineering via YAML/JSON
✔ Retrieval-augmented workflows with embeddings
✔ Document analysis, validation, summarisation
✔ Automated TTS flows using Python & SSML
✔ Audio/video assembly & normalization
✔ CLI-based repeatable batch execution
Tools used: GPT-4/4o, function calling, evals, embeddings, ElevenLabs multi-voice synthesis, Stable Diffusion, and FFmpeg workflows.
Examples delivered:
• Automated story/video generation systems
• Document analysis and internal assistants
• Multilingual content automation pipelines
Experience Highlights:
Telefónica RAITT
Technical Product Owner – PartnerAPI
• Led EPIC scope, blueprinting & integrations
• Coordinated Buy, Partner, InLife & Migration tribes
• Managed GDPR impact, RAID logs, UAT & final sign-off
Alphacomm – Checkmaxx Commerce Platform
• Roadmap ownership, prioritisation, and delivery
• Versioned APIs, onboarding optimisation & compliance
Hutchison Drei Austria – Billing & VAS
• Delivered automated billing tools
• Integrated Google Play & iTunes platforms
• Improved reconciliation efficiency
What I Bring
✓ Ability to translate between business & engineering
✓ Ownership from concept to production
✓ Clear documentation and PoC validation
✓ Structured planning through dependencies, milestones & release gates
Engagement Model
✔ Remote-first delivery
✔ B2B/SRL contract
✔ Fluent English & Romanian, basic German
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2012
Languages
GermanBasic knowledgeEnglishFluentRomanianNative speaker
Project history
Project Management
Continues Integration
GIT, Bamboo, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira
Web Services (REST, SOAP)
UNIX (HP-UX)
Java 7 (J2EE)
Git version control
Solidity
Continues Integration
GIT, Bamboo, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira
Web Services (REST, SOAP)
UNIX (HP-UX)
Java 7 (J2EE)
Git version control
Solidity
Orchestrated end-to-end project lifecycles, developing architecture and business *
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Managed project design, development, and test specifications, ensuring high- *
* quality deliverables.
Implemented and optimized continuous integration processes for improved *
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Managed project design, development, and test specifications, ensuring high- *
* quality deliverables.
Implemented and optimized continuous integration processes for improved *
* efficiency.
Led the design of the backend charging system architecture and related *
* components.
Collaborated with stakeholders and business departments, managing projects *
* from conception to handover.
Successfully integrated business partners into the alternative billing system, *
* including Google Play Store, iTunes, and Microsoft.
Proactively identified and resolved issues, enhancing project efficiency. *
* Collaborated with the Ops Team, employing script writing for streamlined issue
* tracking.
Established priorities for releases and tasks, ensuring project timelines were met. *
* components.
Collaborated with stakeholders and business departments, managing projects *
* from conception to handover.
Successfully integrated business partners into the alternative billing system, *
* including Google Play Store, iTunes, and Microsoft.
Proactively identified and resolved issues, enhancing project efficiency. *
* Collaborated with the Ops Team, employing script writing for streamlined issue
* tracking.
Established priorities for releases and tasks, ensuring project timelines were met. *