Product owner - brake control (hybrid) - united states, slavonski brod

bendix commercial vehicle systems, a member of [link available when viewing the job], designs, develops, and supplies leading-edge active safety technologies, energy management solutions, and air brake charging, and control systems and components under the bendix® brand name for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, tractors, trailers, buses, and other commercial vehicles throughout north america.

an industry pioneer, employing more than 4,100 people, bendix is driven to create the best solutions for improved vehicle safety, performance, and overall operating cost.

product owner - brake control

position summary:

as a product owner, this individual is responsible for creating and maintaining a product vision and roadmap for complex products or multiple products.  collaborating with customers and stakeholders, this position identifies the needs and the value the product can bring to the customer and the overall bendix product portfolio.  as the leader of one or more agile teams this individual will be responsible for clearly articulating these needs and priority to the development teams and stakeholders. this position is expected to represent the customer and business interests through the definition and prioritization of the product backlog that provides valuable outcomes that satisfy the larger business features and solutions.

the product owner  is responsible for team backlogs to satisfy customer needs.  they do this by communicating clear deliverables and business value, maintaining frequent interfaces with the various stakeholders, both internal and customer.

essential functions:

champion for the customer by collaborating with the agile team to develop user stories that create value for our customers. understand the wider landscape of products and programs across bendix in order to identify and plan for dependencies with other teams incorporate stakeholder feedback on the product vision and roadmap. maintain a visible, transparent, clear, and data driven product roadmap, product planning, and product backlog for new features and improvements. execute the role of a product owner as described in the scrum guide. work collaboratively with adjacent agile teams to align with product vision, negotiate commitments and maximize value delivery. sequence and balance trade-offs among conflicting business priorities. constantly pursues incremental delivery to reduce risk and increase learning opportunities through frequent, measurable delivery of value. collaborate with stakeholders during sprint reviews, metascrum events, or individually, to show the most critical aspects of a solution. work with the development team and lead the product owner team in their ability to have ready backlog prior to each sprint. foster a strong team interaction that allows people to get information on time by creating an environment where people share ideas and opinions, even when they disagree to ensure optimum solutions, activities.  act as customer advocate for team questions and seek out opportunities to connect the team with end users, stakeholders and customers to develop and improve their understanding and empathy of end user needs. establish and maintain business cases for opportunities based on product and customer strategies.

knowledge:

strong knowledge of scrum and agile strong knowledge of product ownership practices such as story mapping, personas, vision, basic knowledge of financials such as npv, p&l, cost of delay and how to use these to prioritize work understanding of major functional and cross-functional business processes and related metrics. (engineering, operations, financial, marketing, and sales) understanding and utilization of business, management and people processes needed for overall success. market and product trends in the industry methods to validate assumptions via experimentation failure as a means to innovate

experience:

3+ years’ experience negotiating tradeoffs with technical and business resources external and internal customer relationship building or training. experience managing and prioritizing business and customer requirements agile scrum development environment experience is a plus experience in the automotive or transportation industry preferred prior experience leading and motivating teams experience delivering product into the marketplace strong user of jira or similar team collaboration tools

skills:

business acumen and ability to contribute to the larger company strategy ability to listen to, understand, articulate, and anticipate customer needs strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with central functions and business leadership. strong verbal and written communication skills; capable of formal and informal discussions; has professional presence. ability to inspire and build teams of teams around a vision. ability to recognize business and technical assumptions as risks and focus efforts to reduce risks with appropriate prioritization. demonstrated ability to understand complex problems and needs and break them down into smaller hypotheses and experiments. ability to facilitate the alignment of differing priorities across projects, products and viewpoints into a prioritized list. ability to articulate the reasons for a direction or decision to a diverse group of stakeholders and developers. ability to clearly visualize the product development roadmap as a series of releases of visible customer value.

education:

four-year technical, marketing, business degree, or relevant experience required. agile training and certification desired

position requirements: 

the demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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