JOB DESCRIPTION

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Effective date: 4/15/2026
Job Title         Job Grade    Direct
Subordinate Position(s)    
BU/SBU/ Function/DivisionOrg Code    Company/ Location
Product Owner    5    Not applicable    Business Workflows, GDB/AW
    Hyderabad, India

About us

At BASF’s Global Digital Services (GDS), we are passionate about driving digital transformation in the chemical industry. Our dedicated teams deliver tailored digital products and services to internal business partners worldwide, leveraging the power of our Digital Hubs as dynamic centers of innovation and collaboration that bring us closer to our customers and regional needs. 
Here, you’ll join a high-performance culture inspired by our Winning Ways: enabling our customers’ green transformation, accelerating sustainability, and creating a workplace for curious, ambitious talents.
Digitalization is a core part of BASF’s DNA, creating exciting customer experiences, driving business growth, and increasing process efficiency. This is BASF’s digital vision.

Global Digital Services (GDS) supports BASF’s digital transformation. Our mission is to drive the digital transformation of BASF by delivering innovative, global, and high-quality digital products and services, enabled by a strong agile culture.

Objectives of the Position          

In the role as Global Product Owner, you will:
•    Work in a global and diverse team, with true global product ownership responsibility 
•    Take a leading role as Product Owner in process management, providing guidance and support to the team 
•    Consult and develop workflows using Bizagi as a Process Management Platform, including process flows, data models, web forms, integrations, work allocation, and business rules, following a low-code approach 
•    Improve DevOps automation using Node.js, C#, and .NET 
•    Coach colleagues based on your broad professional experience 
•    Act as an ambassador for Business Process Management, highlighting its benefits to business partners 
•    Collaborate closely with middleware teams using Apigee, SAP CPI, and SAP API Management 
•    Manage the application lifecycle as well as change and release management processes 
•    Apply agile development methodologies and tools, such as Kanban boards

Additionally, you will facilitate the ramp-up of our activities in Hyderabad, in this role you will:
•    Orchestrate a cross-functional team and support the integration into the organization
•    Support the hiring process and work with other leaders in the global organization to identify the best candidates
•    Be the local admin lead for all team members working in our segment, which is responsible for Digitalization of R&D and Data Science within BASF group, while the organizational setup is getting established
•    Practice and grow in leadership skills, and lay the foundation for further career development