Team:
Join us in tackling one of the most fascinating challenges in logistics: the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP).

HERE Tour planning is the engine behind multi-vehicle route optimization, empowering businesses to design smarter, faster, and more driver-friendly tours.

We harness the world’s most precise and up-to-date map data, real-time traffic insights, road restrictions, and driver preferences to craft tours that are both efficient and practical. Our mission? To transform complexity into clarity—delivering solutions that reduce travel time, cut costs, and keep logistics running like clockwork.

But we don’t stop at optimization. Our algorithms factor in every critical detail—driver preferences, delivery time windows, vehicle capacities, and compliance requirements—to ensure that every plan isn’t just efficient and adhering to required constraints. This holistic approach drives cost savings, delivery accuracy, and driver satisfaction while ensuring operations remain sustainable and compliant.

Learn more about the product here: https://www.here.com/platform/tour-planning

Are you passionate about building high-impact products that solve real-world logistics challenges? Do you have the vision to shape cutting-edge optimization solutions and the ability to translate complex technical capabilities into customer value? We are looking for a Product Owner to drive the development and success of our Tour Planning and Extended Services for Logistics Optimization products.

About the Role

As a Product Owner, you will be at the intersection of technology, business, and customer needs—participating in the product vision, prioritizing the roadmap, and ensuring that our solutions deliver maximum value. You will work closely with engineering, research, internal enablers, and business stakeholders to shape the evolution of our VRP solver (Tour Planning) and its supporting services that leverage map data, live traffic, and geospatial insights.

This role requires a strong analytical mindset, deep technical understanding, and a strategic approach to product development. You will also engage directly with customers to understand feature requests, conduct product demos, and ensure internal teams (sales, support) are well-equipped to drive adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Product management to define Product Vision & Strategy: Collaborate in developing and maintaining a clear vision and roadmap for Tour Planning and Extended Services, aligning with customer needs and business goals.
• Own the Backlog: Prioritize features and technical improvements, ensuring that development efforts focus on the highest-impact initiatives.
• Customer-Centric Approach: Participate in customer discussions, dive deep into feature requests, and translate them into actionable product requirements.
• Collaboration with Engineering & Research: Work closely with developers, researchers, and internal enablers to ensure that cutting-edge algorithms and geospatial technologies translate into practical, high-performing solutions.
• Bridge Technical & Business Needs: Translate complex algorithms and technical concepts into clear product requirements and value propositions.
• Internal Enablement & Cross-Team Collaboration: Work with internal teams to align feature development and ensure necessary platform capabilities are available for the product.
• Product Demos & Training: Conduct product demos for customers, provide trainings for sales and support teams, and ensure internal stakeholders understand the product’s capabilities.
• Performance & Impact Evaluation: Define success metrics, track performance, and iterate based on data-driven insights.
• Stakeholder Communication: Align with internal teams, leadership, and external partners to ensure seamless execution and adoption of product capabilities.

• Proven experience as a Product Owner (or similar role) in a B2B SaaS, logistics, geospatial, or optimization-focused product environment.
• Strong understanding of Logistics, Transport management system, Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP), geospatial data, and optimization is a big plus.
• Technical acumen to collaborate effectively with engineering teams, ideally with experience in API-based products, cloud platforms (AWS), and data-driven solutions.
• Ability to translate complex algorithms and technical concepts into clear product requirements and value propositions.
• Experience in customer interactions, gathering insights, and translating needs into high-impact features.
• Strong communication skills for customer demos, training sessions, and internal alignment.
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and decision-making skills, with a data-driven approach.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, with strong backlog management and iterative development mindset.

What Do We Offer?

• Work on the development of high scale services, serving and storing petabytes of data
• Work with cutting edge, modern technologies
• A great work-life balance
• 30 paid vacation days
• Flexible working hours
• Competitive salary plus bonus
• Fantastic & talented people from 60+ countries worldwide
• Brown bag talks, team events, BBQ on the rooftop and more!

Change is HERE. Apply Now!

As part of HERE Technologies employment process, candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This offer and any related claims are subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. This will involve employment, education, and criminal verification if applicable.

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HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.