Product Owner

 

Environment\:

Being part of Schneider Electric energy management R&D Center in India, you are responsible for design, implement, test and deliver high quality software to drive the selling of Schneider Electric products/solutions and services.

 

We are looking for an experienced Product Owner who can

- Translate business and market requirements to software requirements by working closely with cross-functional teams, including data engineers, software engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to define product vision, strategy, and execution.

 

- Plan and execute the roadmap using agile scrum methodology

 

 

Responsibilities

·  Take the lead of scrum teams as the Product Owner

·  Work closely with Product Manager, UI/UX, SMEs to create and maintain product backlog by translating business requirements to features and user stories.

·  Plan and prioritize product feature and user stories backlog in consultation with the product manager and other members of product management team

·  Work with the scrums teams to come up with a sprint and PI based release plan

·  Conduct the agile rituals and meetings for backlog grooming & demos

·  Provide direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the PI

·  Work closely with the team architect and tech leads to ensure development progress

·  Consult technical leads to prioritize technical debts and customer issues along with product manager

·  Manage software localization and translation requirements

·  Represent the product in various governance forum – DODs & relevant stage gates

·  Be the voice of the customer to the development teams

·  Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur

·  Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it

·  Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information

·  Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on

·  Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy

Specific Competencies

·  Strong understanding of Software domain and agile development lifecycle is a must

·  Proven Customer focus

·  Prior experience with Software product development teams using Agile/Scrum

·  Proven track of record of successful projects in an agile environment

·  Ability to work in a fast-paced and challenging environment in a matrix organization with geographical distributed teams

·  Good understanding of .NET technology, Web applications, REST services and AZURE.

·  Calm and effective in a high-pressure environment

·  Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

·  Ability to build and leverage collaboration and networking.

·  In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles 

Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skillsExcellent organizational and time management skillsSharp analytical and problem-solving skillsCreative thinker with a visionAttention to details

Qualifications\:

·  BE in Electronics/ Computers/Electrical with at least 5 years’ experience as product owner.

·  Minimum 8 yrs of overall experience with a development background (mandatory)

·  Understanding of electrical domain is a plus.