Software Product Owner

Job description

Location: Crawley, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Our Data and Digital Strategy team in our Crawley office is growing!

We have a brand new role Software Product Owner, your role is key in maximising the value of our products resulting from the development team. They provide the best items for the development team to deliver high quality product and will also act as an interface between the technical team, the marketing team the customers and end-users.

We are looking for a people person who can confidently interact with other Technical leadership and Engineers across the business working in Data and Digital: understanding the critical customer drivers; owning delivery of solutions and acting as a go-to individual that can connect internal/external stakeholders with the proposed solutions.

The role will be part of the Thales UK Data and Digital Competence Centre team to ensure that the technology strategy, human capabilities and opportunity pipeline is enabling the business strategy and growth.   The role will connect with stakeholders across engineering, Thales UK and Group Digital Competence Centres thinking.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

Engage customers/end-users and understand their needs
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of field and keep proximity to customer needs
Communicate the vision of the product and define squad's goals
Facilitate internal and external Customer demos with the team members for direct feedback
Ensure squad success: Write and reviewing User Stories, including Acceptance Criteria
Accept and rejecting User Stories using the Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria
Prioritise product backlog items and maintaining an updated backlog for the Squad
Co-carry out market research and collect necessary data through studies, surveys, alpha/beta programs and onboard metrics to objectively analyse and identify user needs
Remain available for the Squad throughout the sprint
Interface with Group Functions and key stakeholders

This is an exciting opportunity to drive the evolution of Data offers and data capabilities within Thales and to our customers in order to increase growth in orders and increased customer satisfaction. 

We are keen to hear from anyone who has been in a Software Engineering, project and/or product management or Product Owner role that has worked with complex systems. You will have experience of managing and influencing technical decisions.

In addition we are looking for the below skills and experience. If you don’t quite match all criteria but have a passion to become a Product Owner please do still apply.
 

Familiar within an Agile team and know Agile frameworks, Scrum, Kanban, Lean (mastery of Jira, Rally or Redmine type tool)
Strong business acumen and want to stay abreast of the latest innovations
Great understanding of customer needs and bringing quick results to users
You are autonomous and know how to get your ideas adopted to improve your team's practices
Understand how to develop a product vision based on your understanding of your field and customer needs
Knowledge of software development
You are recognised as a team-player and enjoy collaborative work
Open-minded and love to receive feedback from all stakeholders

Able to simplify and break down problems in a context where the functional area is complex
 

YOUR CAREER AT THALES

Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your competencies in different areas:

Room and attention to personal development
Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or go to a more complex Solution
Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path
Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group

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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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