Product Owner jobs in Germany

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At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life Job Specific Summary

In this role, you will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform within the Surgical Operating unit. The Hugo Surgical Robot is part of Medtronic’s Robotic Assisted Surgery portfolio. The Surgical Operating Unit brings together Surgical Robotics and Surgical Innovations to advance robotics and digital solutions for customers and patients.

Make your impact by exploring a career with the world’s leading Medical Device company, striving “to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.”

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working a minimum of four days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we engineer the extraordinary.

Located at the Medtronic office in the Seaport District of Boston, MA, as a Software Product Owner.

• Lead the product development efforts in the Software Center of Excellence of the Surgical Robotics Organization.
• Work with multiple stakeholders from an all-access position within the Software Engineering Center of Excellence to prioritize and define the scope of the development work.
• Work with scrum teams to develop, groom and prioritize the backlog using SAFe framework for scaled agile development.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders including Core teams, PMO, UX/UI, systems, hardware, and others to define user needs and requirements.
• Work on developing next-generation instruments and platform for the Hugo Surgical Robot.
• Work in a fast-paced and highly regulated environment with a cross-functional group of software developers, test engineers and quality engineers, collaborating to develop and design next generation features for the Hugo system, including requirements definition, design, code implementation, unit testing, and software and system verification and validation.
• Participate in SAFe/Agile activities including Increment Planning, Increment Review, and Feature refinement.

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or
• Advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
• Experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager of at least 3 years working on complex products.

• Experience leading multiple teams as a product owner
• Experience leading distributed teams as a product owner
• Formal Scrum/SAFe certification and experience
• Experience working on hybrid HW/SW products using scaled agile framework
• Familiarity with object-oriented design and modern programming languages (C++, Python, Simulink)
• Hands-on experience in developing, debugging, and troubleshooting software issues
• Experience in software architecture design, creating design documents and diagrams
• Understanding of SDLC processes and tools (e.g., JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence, Git, CMake)
• Good understanding of software concepts and IEC 62304
• Ability to distill software requirements from system requirements and manage multiple projects
• Experience in software development in the medical devices industry
• Experience or basic understanding of surgical robotics
• Experience working in highly regulated environments
• Experience with medical device regulations (ISO 13485/14971, GMP, FDA, IEC 62304)
• Experience performing risk management analysis of software (e.g., SW FMEA)

The statements describe the general nature and level of work and are not exhaustive. The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities. For office roles: regular mobility, computer use, and interaction with peers and co-workers are required.

Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package. We recognize contributions and offer a range of benefits and compensation plans to support employees at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S. locations (USD): $122,400.00 - $183,600.00. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding certain locations. The offered rate may vary based on experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location.

The following benefits are available to regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: health, dental and vision insurance; Health Savings Account; Healthcare Flexible Spending Account; life insurance; long-term disability leave; dependent daycare spending account; tuition assistance/reimbursement; and wellness programs.

The following benefits are available to all regular employees: incentive plans, 401(k) with employer match, short-term disability, paid time off, paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, and retirement plan options.

Regular employees are those who are not temporary. Some benefits may vary by location. Details are available at the benefits page.

About Medtronic — We lead global healthcare technology and are committed to equality in employment. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and are an equal opportunity employer. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Medtronic complies with fair chance employment laws in applicable jurisdictions.

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack challenging health problems by finding solutions. Our mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We are engineers at heart—innovating from R&D to production to the field to engineer the extraordinary.

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