Product Owner and Computational Designer Expert

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Milan
Hybrid
35K-45K Annually
3-5 Years Experience
Consumer Web • Marketing Tech • Design
The Role
The Product Owner and Computational Designer at ZURU Tech will manage product backlogs, write user stories, and collaborate with the design and programming teams. Responsibilities include contributing to BIM software development, prototyping with Grasshopper, and designing structural components for prefabricated buildings.
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About our Mission & Product  

 

ZURU Tech is on a mission to digitalize the construction process of buildings all around the world. We have a multinational team developing the first BIM software able to build your real dream home: you design, we build it! 

 

ZURU and ZURU Tech have seen unprecedented expansion, achieving significant milestones.

Our trailblazing BIM software continuously pushes the innovation envelope, solidifying our position as industry leaders. Fuelling our vision are over 120 markets worldwide that have embraced our ground-breaking solutions. But our journey doesn't stop here! 


Brilliant inventions take shape from brilliant minds. We all believe our product is extraordinary so we’re looking for extraordinary people too. Step into the future with ZURU Tech, where technology and creativity intertwine to reshape the construction industry worldwide. 


Welcome to the future! 

 

About the Role 

 

Our goal is to make architectural design and direct manufacturing of houses accessible to everyone through an architectural design software that offers exceptional graphic visualization and usability. We are currently developing the first BIM software that is linked to the direct production of buildings. 

 

Our PO & Computational Designer will define the roadmap, organize milestones and user stories for the structural features of our ZURU Home application. You will write on GitLab epics, User Stories and documentation related to structural elements.

You are going to work directly with CTO and CDO of Zuru Tech.

 

What You Will Do:

  • Organize the product backlog, write user stories, participate in the scrum events and regular meetings to establish product priorities and the product roadmap. Provide constructive feedback to the programming and design teams.
  • Serve as a Computational Designer with a focus on system learning and processing. As part of this role, you will work closely with fellow Product Owners, engage in strategic prototyping prior to requirement implementation, and facilitate communication with the product design team to incorporate their requirements into a cohesive system-level framework. 
  • Contribute significantly to software development, focused specifically on the Milan BIM Structures group. 
  • Collaborate symbiotically with both UX and C++ teams, build prototypes using Grasshopper and delegate tasks for effective feature execution. 
  • Participate in the design of hardware features. This will involve creating prototypes, working closely with product designers across New Zealand and Los Angeles, and aiming to produce an optimalprefab product. 
  • Take partin designing the core structural components of our products, including connections, materials, and structuring of walls, waffle slabs, among others. 

Sounds Nice? Check the following requirements:

  • Minimum 2+ years of experience with 3D design software (Autocad, Revit, Sketchup, ArchiCad, Rhino). 
  • Demonstrable experience with Computational Design

  • At least 3 years of experience working with prefabricated systems. Ideal backgrounds might include: 

  • Product designer for mass-produced, prefabricated systems (for example, furniture, windows, or temporary construction for events) 
  •  Architect or Engineer who has worked on Residential, Infrastructure, or Facades design.
  • Any experience in a Product Design discipline that includes some element of the manufacture of the product will be considered an advantage. 

The Ideal Candidate will demonstrate the pillars of our DNA:

  • Initiate Action: Manage a small team with the ambition of achieving significant results. You should have the innate ability to inspire progress and foster a productive environment. 
  • Compounding improvement & Shift the Needle: eagerly lean about product management and industry best practices;
  • Radical Candor: translate complex concepts into clear, transparent and actionable tasks using thriving presentation skills;
  • Overprepare & Win: reduce complexity, keep things simple and work out how to win the battle before entering the arena;
  • Collaboration: cooperate with all stakeholders to ensure the smooth execution of product development plans;
  • Decision-making & Problem-solving: handle chaotic scenarios with ambition and resilience;

What we offer: 

 

⌛️Flex Time: you can decide when to work from 6am to 10pm. We have a Core Time from 10:00 to 12:00 am in which presence is required (wfh/office), and the rest of the day is up to you!

🧑‍💻 Hybrid Work from Home Policy - ZURU Tech has an office first approach.

🏡 Paid relocation in Modena for three months (ZURU Home)

🌎 International environment 

👟 Gym in our Modena office

🍓 Fresh coffee, drinks...and a lot of parties! 


A lot more! Come and discover us! 



PLACE OF WORK: MILAN 

 

The research is addressed to both sexes (Legislative Decree No. 198/2006) and to people of all ages and all nationalities, pursuant to legislative decrees 215/03 and 216/03. Candidates interested and in possession of the requirements are invited to send their curriculum vitae, including the authorization to process personal data, pursuant to Legislative Decree 196/03 and to the art. 13 GDPR 679/16. 

Top Skills

Archicad
Autocad
C++
Revit
Rhino
Sketchup
The Company
Los Angeles, CA
220 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

ZURU is a disruptive and award-winning company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative toys and consumer products.

Inspired by kids and imaginative play, ZURU is one of the fastest growing toy companies in the world and is known for their agility, creativity and new-age manufacturing techniques.

The company that started in New Zealand now employs more than 5,000 staff across 18 offices, produces 600,000 toys a day and distributes to most major retailers in over 120 countries.

ZURU has delighted millions of families all over the world with brands such as Bunch O Balloons™, X-Shot™, Rainbocorns™, Robo Alive™, Smashers™, 5 Surprise™ and Metal Machines™ as well as through partnerships with entertainment properties, including Nickelodeon, Disney, Universal Studios and DreamWorks.

With a strong commitment to the community, ZURU supports Captivating International, local China orphanages and also student development programs in Asia and in New Zealand.

ZURU will continue to pave new ways for kids to play and focuses on reimagining what this looks like every day.

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