Product Owner - Judiciary

Project overview

Please note! This role is only available for secondments/suppliers or for freelancers who join us on payroll. We can tell you more about this by phone.

Requirements

You think and work like an entrepreneur with a clear vision. Based on your vision, you determine the roadmap and the steps needed to achieve the goals. You are critical of wishes and requests from stakeholders and want to validate the hypothesis before proceeding with actual development. You think out of the box and dare to challenge the status quo.

You are results-oriented. You are more focused on the measurable outcome than the activities and deliverables. You clearly distinguish between means and ends and create insight into different aspects of your product so that you can make choices with data as input. You weigh expected value against expected costs and whether it fits within the technical possibilities of the team. You measure elements surrounding your product to make data-driven choices.

You are able to operate at different levels, adapt your communication to your conversation partner, and possess organizational sensitivity. You are also a good listener and can ask probing questions to understand others well.

Professional Scrum Product Owner 1 & 2 (PSPO 1 & PSPO 2).

You have knowledge of and relevant experience as a Product Owner in complex environments with many dependencies and parties (preferably within a government or similar organization);

Worked full-time as a Product Owner (5 years)

You are solution- and result-oriented, have excellent organizational skills, and are not easily discouraged by setbacks;

You are able to translate unclear and complex stakeholder needs into concrete epics and user stories

A master of stakeholder management

You bring stakeholders along with your vision, lead your team in creating value, and make choices about direction based on validation

Hereby you make choices and dare to say NO

Wishes

You have experience as a Product Owner in both government agencies or other non-profit organizations and commercial organizations. Experience with OKRs, User Story Mapping, and facilitating workshops. Affinity with CMS/Bloomreach; a new Product Owner does not need to be a developer, but must understand what is (im)possible with the CMS/Bloomreach.

Competencies

You know how the different stances of a Product Owner work, when to use them, and are aware of where you need help. You are stress-resistant, even under pressure. You are eager to learn and continuously developing yourself as a Product Owner. It is an extroverted team, and an extroverted Product Owner is also sought. Delegating ability; the team is now set up as self-managing, so a new PO must dare to let go and place ownership with the team.

Additional Information

Subcontracting is not allowed. Delivery by Yellow Friday to the Ministry of Justice and Security is via Sogeti. This is not a case of chain formation/subcontracting, because Yellow Friday carried out the tender together with Sogeti and is a formal subcontractor.

Project details

maximum €95 per hour

Assignment description

As a Product Owner, you will work with your team to create maximum value with your product. You undertake, experiment, analyze, inspire, and make crucial decisions. This way, you make an indispensable contribution to the digitalization of the Judiciary.

You investigate what users and stakeholders want, why they want it, and what the benefits can be. Think, for example, of shorter lead times, higher user satisfaction, or cost reduction. Then you look at whether and how this fits within the plan and create a roadmap. In it, you describe the direction we are going with the product/service, how we will approach it, and how we will measure the effect of the changes.

You act as an entrepreneur. And you have the courage to break through existing processes or ways of thinking, or to say no when you are convinced that a certain idea or need does not lead to an improvement, or is too expensive.

You will be deployed at one of the bases (departments) on one or more teams. For example, within the Public Services base. Public Services realizes and delivers services for external stakeholders of the Judiciary, such as citizens, lawyers, and other professionals. One of the teams here works on the flagship of the Judiciary, namely www.Rechtspraak.nl. You will also participate in the Product Owners professional group.

Background of the assignment

At IVO Rechtspraak, we are working on the digitalization of the Judiciary. We actively collaborate with courts, citizens, and chain partners. Within IVO Rechtspraak, you will work in the Customer & Chain Information Management & Transformation department. To realize the ambitions, you will work closely with stakeholders such as information managers, IT managers, your team, users, and portfolio holders. You are their point of contact for the legal and administrative process. At the same time, you coordinate with other product owners, as their products/services may have interfaces with yours.

• Start: 2026-10-29T23:00:00
• Location: Utrecht, NL
• Languages: Dutch