Product Owner GNSS Products

u-blox; Thalwil; Remote; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Flexible working hours

Multicultural team

Learning environment

Sport activities and team events

Video on company mission

Job summary

u-blox AG in Thalwil invites a Product Owner for GNSS products to shape Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing solutions. You translate strategy into a prioritized backlog and guide agile teams across multiple sites to deliver customer value throughout the product lifecycle.

You will collaborate with product managers, architects and engineers, own backlog, plan effectively, and ensure readiness for industrialization and market release.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master of Science in relevant field, e.g. Electrical or Computer Engineering
• Languages: Fluent in English (oral and in writing)
• Certification: Product Owner, Scrum Master or Agile certification is an advantage

Responsibilities

• Creating and prioritizing backlog and quarterly plans for Assured PNT to maximize the value of the user stories.
• Planning and negotiating so that team commitments can be delivered.
• Communicating early the impact of any changes and deviations.
• Providing leadership and inspiration for the development team(s) of engineers working in multiple sites on product creation and maintenance.
• Defining, communicating, and executing the team(s) product vision and development roadmap.
• Coordinating and interfacing between various stakeholders.
• Autonomously making decisions and driving product development execution through prioritized backlog(s) of features, enhancements, and bug fixes according to customer value.
• Owning the backlog taking into account the team(s) execution capacity with the purpose of achieving the timeline of the committed development activities.
• Ensuring product maturity at each stage of the Product Life Cycle Process.
• Contributing to relevant Scrum meetings and owning product sprints review and planning meetings

Skills

Product owner experience

GNSS industry

Industry trends

Leadership (lateral)

Fluent in English

Product development

Electronics/Embedded tech

Education

Bachelor/Master in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Job description

Full details of the job.

Vacancy Name

Vacancy Name Product Owner GNSS Products

Location City

Location City Thalwil

Location Region

Location Country

Role also available in

Role also available in Espoo, Finland; Tampere, Finland

About u-blox

u-blox is a global leader in automotive, industrial, and consumer markets, driving innovation through our cutting-edge positioning and short-range communication technologies. We are the pioneers behind high-precision technologies, providing smart and reliable solutions that enable people, vehicles, and machines to determine their precise position and communicate wirelessly. With headquarters in Thalwil, Switzerland, and offices across Europe, Asia, and the USA, we are making a global impact.

Job Description

Join our international product development team and help shape the future of Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions for industrial and defense markets. As Product Owner, you will lead the development of a portfolio of GNSS products, translating product strategy into a prioritized backlog and guiding agile development teams toward successful delivery.
Working closely with product manager, product architect, and multidisciplinary engineering team across multiple sites, you will drive product execution, align stakeholders, and ensure products deliver maximum customer value throughout their lifecycle. Our agile teams are given significant autonomy to define their goals and organize their work.
As the Product Owner, you provide direction and make prioritization decisions that enable the team to maximize customer value and deliver on business objectives. You support medium-terms planning, provide clarity on priorities and objectives, and help the team make informed trade-offs to deliver on its commitments.
Working with engineering, operations, and other stakeholders, you help ensure products are ready for successful industrialization, manufacturing, and market release.
You are curious about technology and motivated to understand the complex use cases underpinning our cutting-edge GNSS solutions. You enjoy exploring new technical domains, learning how technologies evolve, and working closely with experts to translate customer and business needs into successful products.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating and prioritizing backlog and quarterly plans for Assured PNT to maximize the value of the user stories.
• Planning and negotiating so that team commitments can be delivered.
• Communicating early the impact of any changes and deviations.
• Providing leadership and inspiration for the development team(s) of engineers working in multiple sites on product creation and maintenance.
• Defining, communicating, and executing the team(s) product vision and development roadmap.
• Coordinating and interfacing between various stakeholders.
• Autonomously making decisions and driving product development execution through prioritized backlog(s) of features, enhancements, and bug fixes according to customer value.
• Owning the backlog taking into account the team(s) execution capacity with the purpose of achieving the timeline of the committed development activities.
• Ensuring product maturity at each stage of the Product Life Cycle Process.
• Contributing to relevant Scrum meetings and owning product sprints review and planning meetings.

Key Accountabilities/Desired Outcomes

• Agreed team(s) product vision and development roadmap in close collaboration with key stakeholders (Product Strategy, Platform, Business Unit leadership)
• Solid, customer value-driven execution of the product vision with the agile product development team through product backlog.
• Timely availability of the products with planned functionality, quality, and cost.
• Product development team leadership and motivation

Key Competencies

• Behavioral
  • Natural team player with strong collaboration skills and servant leadership.
  • Innovation mindset.
  • Ability to communicate with engineers and stakeholders.
  • Experience in multi-site and multi-cultural environment.
  • Strong in facilitation, driving motivation and engagement.
  • Decision making with the ability to create consensus and understanding.
• Technical/Hard Skills
  • At least 2 years’ experience as a product owner, product manager or project manager in an agile (scrum) environment.
  • Relevant experience in all aspects of development of products, including electronics and embedded software, from product idea to mass production and maintenance.
  • Electronics or IT industry working experience, preferably in the semiconductor and GNSS industry.
  • Interest and passion to learn about products, industry trends, competition, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation.
• Leadership skills:
  • Lateral leadership of agile product development team(s)

Profile

• Education: Bachelor/Master of Science in relevant field, e.g. Electrical or Computer Engineering
• Languages: Fluent in English (oral and in writing)
• Certification: Product Owner, Scrum Master or Agile certification is an advantage

What are your perks?

• A multicultural and international company with over 60 different nationalities
• Project-based activities working with colleagues distributed across the globe
• A start-up and innovation mindset while in the process of scaling-up processes and efficiencies
• Hybrid working model & flexible working hours
• A strong learning environment
• Sport activities and team events
• ... and discover even more by talking with us!

Learn more about u-blox and its mission by watching this video!

We see diversity as a strength and promote a culture of inclusion among our employees. Our varied backgrounds, ideas and experiences are critical to our success. We strive to become a strong learning organization and are committed to provide our employees with equal opportunities regardless of differences such as gender, race, ethnicity, generations, belief.

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