Senior Product Owner, Engineering Workflows

KONE; Espoo; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

KONE Technology and Innovation is seeking a Senior Product Owner, Engineering Workflows in Espoo, Finland. You will own the product design for the Engineering Workflows domain within KONE IT, collaborating with stakeholders across Customer Solutions Engineering, KONE Supply Chain and a global user network.

You will lead cross-functional teams to deliver digital experiences, define roadmaps, prioritize backlogs, set KPIs, and ensure value realization while managing cost of ownership across the

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT development experience including processes, tools and data models.
• Experience in IT governance and financial management.
• Ability to translate business needs into functional designs.

Responsibilities

• Define product roadmaps and prioritize backlogs to maximize value.
• Collaborate with multiple business lines to gather and manage demand.
• Own solution design for Engineering Workflows with awareness of interdependencies.
• Set up product performance KPIs and report to stakeholders.
• Promote agile ways of working and manage backlog transparently.
• Manage total cost of ownership across the product lifecycle.

Skills

Business mindset

Analytical thinking

Conceptual thinking

Problem solving

Team player

Service-oriented mindset

Job description

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle.

Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world's cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable.

Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.

KONE's vision is to create the Best People Flow experience by providing ease, effectiveness and experience to our customers and users. In line with our strategy, Sustainable Success with Customers, we will focus on increasing the value we create for customers with new intelligent solutions and embed sustainability even deeper across all of our operations. By closer collaboration with customers and partners, KONE will increase the speed of bringing new services and solutions to the market.

KONE Technology and Innovation Unit (KTI) is where we combine the physical world - escalators and elevators - with smart and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to expand and develop new digital solutions that are based on emerging technologies.

IT professionals - KONE Corporation

KONE Technology and Innovation (KTI) is where the magic happens at KONE. It's where we combine the physical world - escalators and elevators - with smart and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to expand and develop new digital solutions that are based on emerging technologies.

We are now looking for a

Senior Product Owner, Engineering Workflows

Are you passionate about shaping the future of digital experiences? Are you driven by innovation and have a desire to create products that delight users? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

As a Senior Product Owner, you will own the product design for the Engineering Workflows domain within KONE IT. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders across Customer Solutions Engineering, KONE Supply Chain, and our global key user network.

You will work with cross-functional teams spanning design, development, business process ownership, and the wider IT organization to deliver best-in-class digital experiences and business outcomes, improving engineering efficiency and transparency.

The position is based in Espoo, Finland, and you will report to the Product Director for Lifecycle, Modernization and Customer Solutions Engineering in KONE IT's Commercial & Operations Solutions organization.

In this role, you get to:

• Realize maximum value from product investments through the product life cycle by defining product roadmaps , prioritizing the product backlogs and planning their execution .
• Work in close collaboration with the stakeholders from several business lines to influence, collect, prioritize and manage business demand.
• Own the solution design for Engineering Workflow products, understand the big picture with interdependencies to integrated solutions, as well as in detail.
• Set up the overall product performance KPIs and targets including for operations and IT activities related to benefit realization. Responsible for regularly following the KPIs and communicating them to key stakeholders.
• Facilitate agile ways of working and planning, bring clarity and manage the backlog efficiently & transparently. Apply incremental and iterative development and learning driven development principles.
• Ensure that the product operations and performance are as planned in-line with the product value proposition, and timely corrective actions are taken when needed. Follow and address technical debt in the product to ensure continued and sustained operations.
• Be responsible for managing the financial aspects of the product lifecycle taking the Total cost of ownership across the lifecycle into account including development costs, license costs, run costs.
• Promote continuous improvement to the product and ways of working within the agile team. Actively contribute to development initiatives within own tribe and department.

Skills & experience we`re looking for:

• A business mindset with the ability to comprehend the commercial drivers of stakeholders, utilizing strong analytical & conceptual thinking, and problem-solving skills to translate business requirements into functional design.
• Highly motivated team player with a service-oriented mindset, enjoying consulting and co-creating solutions.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience working with IT development including IT processes, tools, technologies, data models and integrations. Experience in IT governance and financial managemen