Senior Specialist - Product Owner

Accelya Group; Pune District; Hybride; INR 1 600 000 - 2 400 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible hours

Hybrid remote/office work

Work-life balance

Multicultural environment

Résumé du poste

Accelya is seeking a Senior Specialist - Product Owner to lead backlog management, sprint planning, and Agile delivery for complex airline software products. You will drive the use of AI tools for user stories and acceptance criteria, shaping product strategy and roadmaps in collaboration with engineering, design, and commercial teams.

You will partner with stakeholders to translate airline customer needs into compelling product solutions, conducting market analyses and guiding product decisions

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of product experience with demonstrated product leadership.
• Expert product strategy and roadmapping skills.
• Deep understanding of airline technology markets and customer needs.

Responsabilités

• Lead backlog management and sprint planning as senior product authority.
• Drive adoption of Jira AI, Confluence AI and Claude for user story generation.
• Develop product strategy and roadmap balancing customer needs and business objectives.
• Conduct market and competitive analysis to inform product positioning.
• Partner with engineering, design and commercial teams on product decisions.
• Lead customer discovery translating airline needs into product solutions.

Connaissances

Product leadership

Product strategy

Roadmapping

Stakeholder management

Airline technology

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Business, CS, Engineering or related

Description du poste

For more than 40 years, Accelya has been the industry’s partner for change, simplifying airline financial and commercial processes and empowering the air transport community to take better control of the future. Whether partnering with IATA on industry-wide initiatives or enabling digital transformation to simplify airline processes, Accelya drives the airline industry forward and proudly puts control back in the hands of airlines so they can move further, faster.

Role Purpose

As Senior Specialist - Product Owner at Accelya, you will lead Product Owner activities, providing expert backlog management, sprint planning and Agile product delivery and acting as the senior authority on product matters for complex airline software products.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead complex backlog management, sprint planning and Agile product delivery workstreams, acting as the senior product authority for key products or features
• Drive adoption of Jira AI, Confluence AI and Claude for user story generation, acceptance criteria drafting and sprint planning support across the product team to improve quality and velocity
• Develop product strategy and roadmap for assigned products, balancing customer needs and business objectives
• Conduct deep market and competitive analysis, translating insights into clear product positioning and priorities
• Partner with engineering leadership, design and commercial teams on complex product decisions
• Lead customer discovery, translating airline customer needs into compelling product solutions
• Use generative AI (Claude, ChatGPT) for strategy papers, PRDs, roadmap communication and stakeholder content

Required Experience & Skills

• 5–7 years of product experience with demonstrated product leadership
• Expert product strategy and roadmapping skills
• Deep understanding of airline technology markets and customer needs
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Strong experience using Jira AI, Confluence AI and Claude for user story generation, acceptance criteria drafting and sprint planning support to improve product strategy quality, roadmap communication and customer insight generation
• Deep knowledge of airline technology competitive landscape including Amadeus, Sabre, PROS, FLYR and IATA NDC standards
• Understanding of how Modern Airline Retailing and NDC are reshaping the airline software market and Accelya’s product opportunities
• Experience using AI to drive product innovation in airline technology, including AI-native pricing, AI-powered retailing and intelligent airline operations software

What do we offer?

• An open culture with a creative and challenging opportunity to satisfy your intellectual needs
• Flexible working hours
• Smart working: a hybrid remote/office working environment
• Work-life balance
• An excellent, dynamic and multicultural environment to work in

About Accelya

Accelya is a leading global software provider to the airline industry, powering over 200 airlines with an open, modular software platform. Owned by Vista Equity Partners, we bring together 2,000+ employees across 10 global offices. We are proud partners of AWS and pioneers in NDC expertise. Find out more at www.accelya.com

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