Operational Product Owner

Saab AB; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab AB in Göteborg, Sweden, is seeking an experienced operational product manager to synchronize planning and software releases in an agile environment. You will be the interface between development plans and customer project needs, coordinating with release manager, team leads, project managers and systems engineers.

Key responsibilities include planning and monitoring sprints to meet release scope, maintaining stakeholder communications, resolving conflicts, managing risks, ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience/knowledge of software development
• Solid understanding of branching models and version management
• Highly organized and efficient
• Excellent communications skills
• Ready to take own initiative and to work both independently and in team
• Ability to work in a complex environment
• Excellent knowledge in Jira
• Nice to have: Previous experience working with product ownership
• Nice to have: Experience with configuration management

Responsibilities

• Plan and monitor sprints in such a way that the scope of the next release is met
• Maintain good communication with stakeholders such as RM, development team, project managers and systems engineer
• Resolve conflicts within the release planning
• Detect and manage risks in the development process
• Secure that the development is done in accordance with agreed procedures, including development, testing and documentation
• Strive for maintaining our branching strategy

Skills

Software development experience

Branching models & version control

Organization

Communication skills

Initiative

Complex environments

Jira expertise

Tools

Jira

Job description

Saab is a place where teamwork makes things fly. Literally. Join us and experience our supportive and friendly workplace.

Your role

We are looking for a operational product manager who is familiar with software development in an agile environment. Your role would be to synchronize the planning and efforts towards our software releases. The person we are looking for likes to be in contact with a variety of other roles; development team leads, release manager, project managers and systems engineers. Your closest cooperation will be with the release manager and the release engineer.

You will be the interface between development plans, customer project needs.

The key responsibilities will include:

• Plan and monitor sprints in such a way that the scope of the next release is met
• Maintain good communication with stakeholders such as RM, development team, project managers and systems engineer
• Resolve conflicts within the release planning
• Detect and manage risks in the development process
• Secure that the development is done in accordance with agreed procedures, including development, testing and documentation
• Strive for maintaining our branching strategy

Your profile

Required qualifications:

• Experience/knowledge of software development
• Solid understanding of branching models and version management
• Highly organized and efficient
• Excellent communications skills
• Ready to take own initiative and to work both independently and in team
• Ability to work in a complex environment
• Excellent knowledge in Jira

Nice to have:

• Previous experience working with product ownership
• Experience with configuration management

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

What you will be a part of

Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters.

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 26,100 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufacturers and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here

Air traffic management Tower Systems (ATM TS) develops world-class air traffic control products. These systems streamline air traffic control for airports ranging in size from small private airports to global hubs. Saab ATM continues to be a world leader in air traffic control systems by continuously developing innovative products, such as the Integrated Digital Tower Suite (I-DTS), which digitally upgrades and consolidates air traffic control towers, and the Digital Tower system, which allows airports to be remotely controlled. Our solutions manage thousands of incoming and outgoing flights all over the world. As such, accessibility and safety are of the highest priority.

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.

Regardless of whether you value cutting edge technology, creativity or an innovative environment, everyone at Saab contributes to keeping people and society safe.