Minimum Skills and Qualifications\:
- Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of product or project development experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Experience presenting to Customers & Leaders, and experience in saying 'No' when required
- Experience in successfully building and leading teams in a matrix environment.
- Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
- Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams
·Very strong verbal and written English communication skills
·Battery or energy storage related experience is a plus.
LOCATION:
Bangalore, India
Schneider Electric has an outstanding opportunity for a qualified and motivated professional to assume the role of Product Owner/ PLM for UPS battery on a WW basis.
Responsibilities:
The Product Owner will report to the 3-Phase offer management director/Systems UPS league leader, and is a key position in a global organization, delivering value to the business and customers while maintaining a clear view on what the customer needs and what needs to get done. Product Owners represent the customer and act autonomously to communicate the right vision of the product within the Squad while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders (customers / commercial / plant / internal sponsors). They partner with League Leaders to set priorities (define, own and maintain the backlog), drive the strategic intent of the product and maximize the value of work done with the Squad. They create a conducive and collaborative environment through effective leadership.
The Product Owner’s responsibilities\:
·Define value proposition & set product strategy, in alignment with League vision & to ensure team achieves strategic goals
oSpend time with customers & stakeholders to identify value drivers
oUnderstand customer values, application, competitive environment, market trends, go to market and anticipate evolutions
oGather and analyze customer’s needs by meeting customers and collaborating regularly with business stakeholders
oEvaluate the strategic value of the offer
oDefine and validate the offer value propositions (UVP, business models, go to market)
oUnderstand technical trends to identify valuable innovations in the product environment
oLead and contribute to the customer interaction strategy
·Build, follow-up and support business in collaboration with commercial zones
oCo-build or analyze business cases with zones
oPropose value base pricing recommendations
oPeriodic analysis of business performances (volumes, sales, profitability, evolutions)
oSupport business (reviews with zones, trainings, meetings with customers, technical prescription, animate supply chain rebalancing,..)
oPrepare the launch activities of the offer and coordinate with the geographies
·Create, prioritize & communicate with Squad members the Squad backlog, release map & roadmap.
oChallenge and evaluate requests (from business, quality...)
oPeriodically review critical quality issues and associated mitigation plans
oBuild and prioritize the product backlog
oCommunicate backlog refinement
oDefine, update and validate the offer/marketing requirement (in sync with companion Squads and Leagues guidelines / strategy) within backlog product prioritization
oBuild the releases plan and global roadmap according to technology, feasibility, budget, resources, TTM
oCommunicate the product roadmap to all stakeholders
oPeriodically review customers demo feedback to assess new needs
oPeriodically review with internal stakeholders (including management agreement)
oLead the offer requirement trade-offs
·Define with Squad members the sprint strategy and achievement criteria. Take accountability in sharing outcomes with stakeholders
oOrganize iterative deliverables for each sprint based on release objectives
oEnsure team understands and refines backlog items before committing to them
oEnsure sprint objectives contribute to value for customer (backlog) and product/process robustness
oDefine and update achievement criteria
oConsider retro session outcomes in the iterative sprint definition
oGuide the Squad to set-up and re-prioritize realistic but ambitious enough sprint objectives\: squad velocity
·Support the Squad to deliver on sprints & “rendezvous”, acting as obstacle troubleshooter\: - Be the voice of the customer for the squad questions
oSupport the squad on all obstacles (including capacity issues)
oPeriodic analysis of the product cost to deliver the right level of product cost
oDefine the best trade-offs between all parameters (e.g.\: Squad budget, schedule, product cost and business stake, quality, time to market, innovation)
oEnsure product/process robustness (according to « major rendezvous »)
oReview periodically main acceptance criteria with the Squad.
oSynchronize with companion Squads
·Create a conducive and collaborative environment through effective leadership:
oOrganize, lead, challenge and motivate the Squad
oBe the voice of the Squad in case of tradeoffs and success needs with stakeholders outside of the Squad
oProvide transparency to key stakeholders
oBe part of the Agile rendezvous
oCelebrate team's success
