Associate Technical Product Owner - Web & Mobile

The Emirates Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Emirates Group seeks an Associate Technical Product Owner to join our IT and Technical Product Management team in Dubai. You will help shape product backlogs, define acceptance criteria, and ensure value delivery across PI planning cycles.

This role emphasizes close collaboration with TPMs and cross-functional teams to deliver impactful digital products and services. You will contribute to defining metrics, manage debt and non-functional requirements, and participate in management forums to

Qualifications

• Degree in Operations Research, Marketing science, Information Systems, e-Commerce or equivalent with 12+ years of relevant experience.
• 2+ years practical experience in a Technology function, to commence a career in Product Management as Associate Technical Product Owner.
• Scaled Agile framework experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Identify and capture team-driven innovation ideas across peer groups.
• Define story content and acceptance criteria for team backlogs.
• Prioritize work aligned with PI planning and other backlogs.
• Capture and prioritise Technical Debt and NFRs.
• Prepare contributions to PI Demos with stakeholders.
• Attend management meetings including PI Planning.
• Define metrics to measure success of prioritised work.
• Contribute to Portfolio Product Management Playbook.

Skills

Versed with TPM tools

Strong communicator

Relationship building

Customer centric mindset

Value focus

Education

Degree in Operations Research, Marketing science, Information Systems, e-Commerce or equivalent with 12+ years of relevant experience

Job description

At Emirates we believe in connecting the world to and through our global hub in Dubai and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers Fly Better. Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology. Being pioneers in aviation innovation we are always at the forefront pushing boundaries. We are on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry. Embark on a journey with the world’s largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting‑edge information and technology team as an Associate Technical Product Owner. Join our Technical Product Management team where we build effective technology products and services that our customers love. We offer a mix of B2B and B2C products and services in domains such as Digital, Airline and Airport Operations, Group Services and Commercial. Our goal is to continuously evolve our products, enriching them with features that focus on delivering value to our customers and users. If you are passionate about creating impactful technology products and ensuring their success, we are excited to hear from you.

Associate Technical Product Owners (ATPO) are the first step on the ladder of roles in the Technical Product Management Succession Path where the focus is upon learning and development gathered via experiencing the role first hand at a team level. This may be from direct Team Facing Product Owner (PO) responsibilities or by supporting Technical Product Owners (TPOs) and Technical Product Managers (TPMs) in a more complex team environment, also via the team facing aspect. ATPO acts as a voice of the customer stakeholder ensuring value is at the core of everything they do and ensuring sufficient measurement can be achieved post delivery.

Job Outline

Working with your team’s to identify and capture team driven innovation ideas consolidating across peer group for playback up to TPM community. Responsible for the story content, acceptance criteria definition and end story sign off across team backlogs ensuring prepared on time for future PIs and refined frequently with the entire team and prioritised accordingly in alignment with other team backlogs. Ensures Technical Debt and NFRs are captured, refined and prioritised across all sprints. Captures additional BAU Ceremony and Spike activities and incorporates into team backlogs within the boundaries of available capacity. Prepare contribution to PI Demo in conjunction with other applicable stakeholders. Maintain the quality and integrity of features within their technical and team boundaries ensuring identification and contribution of risks and dependencies back to the Product Portfolio backlog. Attends Management meetings in particular PI Planning. Defines metrics to measure the success and performance of prioritised work ensuring any further BAU iterations can be proposed and prioritised accordingly within the boundaries of available capacity. Participates and contributes in growing a community of Product Owners and continuously identify opportunities for improvement and growth. Contribute to the Portfolio Product Management Playbook and its continual evolution to help drive efficient practices and empowered teams.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Operations Research, Marketing science, Information Systems, e-Commerce or a combination of industry certification and 12+ years of relevant experience
• 2+ years practical experience working in a role inside or outside of a Technology function, where the experience gained is suitable enough to qualify the individual to commence their career in Product Management, via the role of Associate Technical Product Owner.
• Whilst not essential, some experience of working within a Scaled Agile framework is desirable.

Knowledge / skills

• Versed with the tools for the Technical Product Management aspects of software delivery
• Strong and concise communicator
• Builds strong relationships with peers and team members
• Appetite for building and identifying value, with a customer centric mindset
• Leadership Role - No