Product Owner - FanSound

At Sorama, our mission is simple: make the world sound right. We visualize sound to create actionable insights that improve quality of life. From reducing noise pollution in cities to enhancing fan engagement in stadiums, our technology transforms environments into smarter, safer, and more enjoyable spaces.The Livable Cities team develops solutions for stadiums, sports clubs, and municipalities. Ranging from FanSound for immersive fan experiences to Smart City applications for noise monitoring and safety. Picture matchday in the field with the customerTwo hours before kickoff you step into the control room. The bowl is waking up; comms chatter fills your headset. You open the Sorama FanSound dashboard and scan the pre‑flight: latency, AV sync, camera health, crowd heatmap. You huddle with game ops and the sponsor lead:“South Stand is building early, let’s arm the Decibel Duel at minute 12. We’ll couple the chase lights and board graphics; push a social call‑to‑action on the app.” Anthem. Goosebumps. The first surge rolls around the stadium as LEDs chase the loudest blocks, the big screen calls out the noisiest section, and the app dares fans to beat last week’s peak. You watch it happen in real time; clean triggers, tight sync, zero dropped frames. After the match you capture quick wins, review the activation with the sponsor, and leave the venue knowing you turned raw fan energy into measurable engagement.Picture office day with the FanSound R&D teamNext morning at Strijp‑T, you drop last night’s telemetry into a working session. Together with engineering and UX you replay the spikes, confirm what drove them, and decide what ships next. You sketch a new “Derby Surge” moment on the whiteboard, debate a trade‑off between responsiveness and visual persistence, and align with our AV partners on a smoother control‑room trigger. By lunch you’ve locked the next release slice. By late afternoon the playbook is updated so the next stadium spins up twice as fast. Strategy meets execution, and your decisions ripple from code to crowd.A note from Rick (Founder & CEO)Match nights remind us why we build: fans, together, creating moments you can feel. FanSound listens, understands, and turns that energy into experiences on screen, in light, and across social. I’m looking for a Product Owner who will turn that promise into a product clubs, sponsors, and supporters worldwide can’t live without. - RickWhy this role mattersFanSound is Sorama’s immersive fan‑engagement platform. We transform stadium sound into live visualizations, gamified competitions, and sponsorable moments, integrated with screens, lighting, and control‑room workflows. Your mission is to own the vision, roadmap, and delivery so that every matchday is more alive, more measurable, and more valuable for fans and for our partners.What you will doOwn the product from spark to stadium: Shape vision and roadmap; translate market pull and club insights into prioritized problems that ship as small, high‑quality increments.Orchestrate a cross‑functional squad: Work with software, data, UX, and AV/lighting partners to make complex integrations simple and reliable on matchday.Design for engagement and ROI: Turn crowd energy into repeatable, sponsorable activations clubs can plan around and sponsors can buy.Live‑ops excellence: Guard latency budgets, reliability, and control‑room ergonomics; make the system something crews love to run.Tell the story: Demo on site, contribute to case studies, and represent FanSound at customer meetings and industry events.Your first 90 daysUnderstand & align: Sit in the control room, in the stands, and in sprint reviews. Map the value chain from fan to sponsor.Ship a signature moment: Deliver one new activation end‑to‑end (brief → build → broadcast) with a clear KPI lift.Tighten the loop: Introduce a lightweight experiment framework for match‑to‑match iteration (hypothesis → metric → decision).Map the integrations: Publish a crisp AV and data‑flow blueprint so installs are predictable, upgrades are safe, and playbooks travel.What success looks like (12 Months)Loved by clubs, trusted by crews: Clear runbooks and integrations; FanSound is part of every home fixture, not just the big nights.Repeatable, sponsorable moments: From “Loudest Block” to goal celebrations, your features deliver measurable engagement and partner value.Scale across geographies and sports: The core travels—football, basketball, hockey, cricket—while moments feel local.Operational excellence: Uptime where it needs to be, latency within budget, and data that closes the loop from bowl to boardroom.What are we looking for5+ years in product management/ownership for tech products with live or real‑time characteristics.A builder’s mindset: you turn ambiguity into a crisp problem, a lean experiment, and a shipped improvement.Cred with engineers and game‑ops/AV teams; you balance UX, reliability, and integration realities.Stakeholder finesse—from sponsors to stadium operators—and communication that moves rooms.Comfort on the road: ~30% international travel to stadiums and partners.A love for sport and live events; matchday energy fuels you.You are based in or near Eindhoven and are willing to commute to our office as needed. Bonus: experience with stadium AV ecosystems, control‑room workflows, or integrations across screens, lighting, and broadcast.Why join Sorama?Competitive salary + attractive bonus scheme25 vacation days (option to purchase more)A role with global impact, your work lights up matchdayInspiring workspaces at Philips Stadion and Strijp‑TLaptop, phone, and mobility planExcellent coffee, fresh fruit, and rooftop BBQsA culture that values innovation, collaboration, and funInterested?Send your CV and a short motivation to hr@sorama.eu.To stand out, include a case or link showing how you turned a live moment into measurable impact.