Product Owner & System Engineer

Thales; France; À distance; EUR 50 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading engineering firm in France is seeking a System Product Owner to define and manage product vision. The role involves engaging customers, managing backlog priorities, and ensuring squad success in a collaborative Agile environment. Ideal candidates have a master's degree and significant experience in project or product management. Opportunities for personal and career development are available within the company.

Prestations

Personal development opportunities

International career development

Flexible work environment

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project or product management.
• Experience working within an Agile team.
• Understanding of customer needs.

Responsabilités

• Define and own the product vision.
• Engage customers and understand their needs.
• Prioritize product backlog items.

Connaissances

Agile methodologies

Business acumen

Effective communication

System Engineering

Team collaboration

Formation

Master of Engineering or Computer Science

Outils

Jira

Rally

Redmine

Description du poste

Overview

Location: Bucharest, Romania

The people we all rely on to make the world go round – they rely on Thales. Thales relies on its employees to invent the future: right here, right now.

Present in Romania for over 40 years, Thales is expanding its presence in the country by growing its Digital capabilities and by developing a Group Engineering Competence Centre (ECC). Operating from Bucharest, Thales delivers solutions in a number of core businesses, from ground transportation, space and defence, to security and aeronautics. Several professional opportunities have arisen. If you are looking for the solidity of a Global Group that is at the forefront of innovation, but with the agility of a human structure that tailors to the personal development of its employees and allows opportunities for evolution in an international environment, then this is the place for you!

System Product Ownership

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product vision.
• Engage customers / end-users and understand their needs.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the field and keep proximity to customer needs.
• Communicate the product vision and define squad goals.
• Facilitate internal and external customer demos with the team for direct feedback.
• Ensure squad success: write and review User Stories, including Acceptance Criteria.
• Accept or reject User Stories using the Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria.
• Prioritize product backlog items and maintain an updated backlog for the squad.
• Co-conduct market research and collect necessary data through studies, surveys, alpha/beta programs and onboard metrics to analyze and identify user needs.
• Remain available for the squad throughout the sprint.
• Interface with Group Functions and key stakeholders.

Qualifications / Profile

• You graduated with a Master of Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent university degree, with significant experience in your field.
• You have previous experience in project and/or product management (ideally as a Product Owner).
• You have already worked within an Agile team.
• You have strong business acumen and want to stay abreast of the latest innovations.
• You have a great understanding of customer needs.
• You are recognised as a team-player and enjoy collaborative work.
• You are a listener and an effective communicator.
• You are a storyteller.
• You are autonomous and know how to get your ideas adopted to improve your team\'s practices.
• You are open-minded and love to receive feedback from all stakeholders.

Competencies

• You know Agile frameworks, Scrum, Kanban, Lean (mastery of Jira, Rally or Redmine type tools) and have an Agile culture.
• You know how to develop a product vision based on your understanding of your field and customer needs (data modeling and object design principles like OOD and UML).
• You have substantial knowledge of System Engineering and can adopt a holistic approach to analyse a system and how parts interrelate over time.
• You understand requirements definition through performance analysis, trade studies, constraint evaluation and cost/benefit analysis.
• You can adopt Model Based Systems Engineering and see how it serves as a basis for architecture.
• You have notions of IVVQ (Integration/Verification/Validation/Qualification), RAMT (Reliability/Maintainability/Availability/Testability) and associated norms & standards.
• You are familiar with System Architecting requirements and related concepts: Architecture Vision, Operational/ System/ Technical Architecture, Migration Planning, Implementation Governance, Architecture Change Management.
• You have knowledge of software development (testing) and know how to apply configuration management.
• You can prioritize tasks according to value and manage your team\'s workload.
• You can simplify and break down complex problems in a functional area.
• You focus on customers and delivery by bringing quick results to users.
• You have experience with brand identity and experience management.

Your Career at Thales

Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your competences in different areas:

• Room and attention to personal development.
• Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or move to a more complex Solution.
• Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path.
• Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!