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 skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
• Creative thinker with a vision
• Attention 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.

Schedule: Full-time
Req: 009FJ4