Product Owner

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Västerås kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Health care & wellness allowance

Career possibilities within Hitachi E

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Product Owner for its software development team.

You will work on performance-critical energy applications and collaborate with software developers, researchers, and product management to deliver smarter and greener energy solutions. You will decompose business requirements into detailed functional and non-functional specs, ensure artifacts are created and approved, and act as the Voice of the Customer during development and deployment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years in Product Owner role in software development.
• Experience with Agile software development, processes and best practices.
• Sharp analytical mind with problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management abilities.
• Good communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Willingness to work in an international project setup and strong teamwork.
• Understanding of power system domain through education or experience.
• Nice to have: UX experience.

Responsibilities

• Supports PM in customer discussions to understand needs and workflows.
• Review and approve PM drafted business requirements for R&D.
• Decompose requirements into functional and non-functional specs.
• Ensure development artifacts are created and approved.
• Acts as Voice of the Customer during development and deployment.
• Serves as the main focal point between development team and stakeholders.
• Assist team managers in prioritizing work and evaluating progress.
• Create and groom backlog items with acceptance criteria.
• Identify scope changes and trigger change control when needed.
• Capture release notes and customer-facing material input.

Skills

Product Owner in software development

Agile methodologies

Analytical thinking

Organizational & time management

Communication, presentation &leadship

Team player in international projects

English proficiency

UX familiarity (nice to have)

Education

Master Electrical/Power Systems Engineering

Master’s degree or equivalent in electric power field

Job description

Join Hitachi Energy and become part of a global team driving innovation in the energy sector. As a PO, you will join a product team developing advanced energy applications for performance‑critical systems, including algorithms that determine the state of electrical power networks. You will work closely with software developers, scientists from Hitachi Energy Research, and Product Management to deliver smarter, greener, and more reliable energy solutions.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Supports Product Management (PM) in customer discussions (and engagements) to better understand needs, pain points, and workflows.
• Act as R&D’s guardian, by reviewing (an ultimately approving) PM drafted business requirements to ensure they are sufficiently detailed for R&D consumption (i.e., requirements are understood & actionable).
• Decomposes business requirements into a detailed set of functional and non-functional requirements (i.e., technical requirements), the same subsequently sent for PM review & approval.
• Ensures that all required development artifacts (e.g., estimates, flow diagrams, OLH, product handbooks, development record, etc.) are created and approved (when deemed fit for purpose), be that by him/herself or other members of the assigned development team (incl. architects and suchlike).
• Acts as the Voice of the Customer (and/or other stakeholders) during development & deployment, providing/obtaining timely clarifications to/for the development team (and/or other stakeholders) as/when required.
• Together with Tier 2A: Solution‑Level Stewards, acts as R&Ds main focal point between the development team(s) and all major stakeholders.
• Supports development team managers in the discharge of their duties (e.g., prioritizing feature workitems, evaluating development progress, validation, etc.).

Other Key Activities

• Creates (with the development team) and subsequently grooms related feature development artifacts in the working backlog (e.g., ADO work items - user stories, tasks, issues & linked bugs), while ensuring documented acceptance criteria has been attained prior to closure.
• Identifies and highlights scope changes/slippages at the earliest opportunity, ensuring the change control process is triggered as/when necessary.

Identifies the need to capture development items in release notes and/or other customer facing material (e.g., training, sales & marketing), providing input as/when necessary.

Your background

At least 5 years in Product Owner role in software development.

• Master Electrical/Power Systems Engineering, or Master’s degree with equivalent electric power industry experience. Familiarity with WAMS/WAMPAC, PMU data, and protection and control applications or power system dynamics would be added advantage
• Experience working in Agile software development environments with in-depth knowledge of Agile principles, processes, and best practices.
• Sharp analytical mind and skills to solve problems and extract their essence.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Good communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
• Willingness to work in an international project set-up and excellent team player
• Understanding (by education or professional experience) of power system domain
• Nice to have: Technical experience in software development and experience in UX.
• Proficiency in English

What We Offer

• Collective agreement
• Flexible working hours
• Health care and wellness allowance
• Fantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy, both within Sweden and globally
• Various training and education supporting employee development
• Diversified company with over 70+ nationalities working in Sweden
• Supplementary compensation for parental leave
• Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks

More About Us

Union representatives – Sveriges Ingenjörer: Adnan Glibo+46 107-38 63 78;Unionen: Karin Ulvemark [phone]; Ledarna: Frank Hollstedt, [phone]. All other questions can be directed to Talent Acquisition Partner Filip Henriksson, [e-mail]

Publication date : 2026-10-06