Product Owner

OverviewWELCOME TO SITAAt SITA, we keep airports moving, airlines flying smoothly, and borders open. Our technology and communication innovations power the success of the global air travel industry. You'll find us in 95% of international airports, working closely with over 2,500 transportation and government clients. Each partnership brings unique challenges, and we thrive on delivering fresh solutions and cutting-edge tech to keep operations running like clockwork.

We don't just move the world forward-we're proud to be recognized as a Great Place to Work® by 79% of our employees and certified in most of our growing locations. Here, we feel empowered, supported, and inspired to grow. Are you ready to love your job? The adventure begins right here, with you, at SITA.

ABOUT THE ROLE

AND THE TEAMAs a Product Owner you will be is responsible for maximizing the business value delivered by Agile Scrum Teams. The PO has a strong technical and operational understanding of the product and, as this is primarily an ‘internal facing’ role, they work closely with their Product Manager to gain a clear understanding of the business problems customers need the product to solve, as well as the vision and strategic direction of the overall portfolio. Furthermore, the Product Owner will usually drive the ‘Design Partner’ process whereby a small number of selected SITA customers are provided with incremental software updates throughout the development process of a new release. Reporting to the Senior Product Owner, you will be a key part of the multiple Airport Management teams.

These teams are delivering a product that harness data and AI to help airports become more efficient.

WHAT YOU WILL

DOFundamentally understands our customers’ business and the outcomes they want us to deliver. Works with the Product Manager to shape the Portfolio Vision. Owns the Product Vision in collaboration with the Product Manager. Responsible for the end to end delivery of the product and as such is supporting the transition by ensuring that the scope of his/her delivery includes the tasks required to ensure the operability of the final solution.

Manages the Product Backlog and plans the sprints. Populates the Product Backlog with artifacts that provides the next level of detail to support the delivery of the product road map as defined with the Product Manager. Specifies Functional requirements, Non‐Functional Requirements & Acceptance Criteria. Responsible for discussing the features of the product and supporting the functional analysis of the backlog and call out priorities of the roadmap.

Knows the costs of a delivery (project or release) in the details and in real-time. Defines PI or Release time-boxes. Defines MVP for a release. Works with the Scrum Teams to define Sprint goals.

Attends Scrum team Daily Stand-ups. Attends Sprint Planning, clarifies requirements for the teamsAccepts (or rejects) the team’s work during the sprint and at the End of Sprint Review. Demos the teams (accepted) work to the wider SITA community & customers. Defines PI or Release time‐boxes.

Defines MVP for a release and does Product DocumentationQualificationsABOUT YOUR SKILLS:Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a significant product owner or similar function. Minimum 3 years of Data science / Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning to manage the external data science delivery/integration. Business Analysis - Analytical and problem-solving skills. Minimum 3 years of experience in Air Transport Industry desirable.

Outstanding communication and presentation skillsBusiness / Engineering / Science related qualification to at least Bachelor’s Degree level typically. Other Degree level backgrounds considered.

Experience

of working with and across multiple agile scrum teams.

Experience

of working directly with customers. Practical experience of running a customer design partnership programA proactive, dynamic, and positive attitude. You like to work well within teams and with external teams. Good to have previous experience with building new products from scratch.

Strong understanding of Product lifecycleDeep knowledge of Agile/Scrum frameworksAbility to translate business requirements into technical specificationsUnderstanding of tools like Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Miro, AHABacklog ManagementStakeholder ManagementWHAT WE OFFERWe're all about diversity. We operate in 200 countries and speak 60 different languages and cultures. We're really proud of our inclusive environment. Our offices are comfortable and fun places to work, and we make sure you get to work from home too.

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