Sub-Product Owner (Senior) 1613

Opensource Intelligent Solutions; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Opensource Intelligent Solutions seeks a Senior Sub-Product Owner to drive a complex vehicle-integrated product landscape across cloud, development, and enterprise platforms. You will own the backlog, write clear user stories, and collaborate with feature teams to ensure timely delivery within a global IT environment.

The role focuses on vehicle systems integration, quality assurance, and production enablement, while guiding incident, change, and continuous improvement processes and mentoring

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Sub-Product Owner or Proxy Product Owner.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the product backlog for a defined sub-product.

Skills

Sub-Product Owner

Azure

Java

CI/CD

DevOps

Backlog management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Jira

Azure Monitor

Application Insights

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Sub-Product Owner to join a global IT environment delivering innovative solutions across cloud, development, and enterprise platforms.
This role sits within a complex product landscape focused on vehicle systems integration, quality assurance, and production enablement, ensuring error-free customer functionality across electrical/electronic systems, driving dynamics, and overall vehicle performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the product backlog for a defined sub-product
• Define clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and definition of done
• Collaborate with feature teams to ensure timely delivery
• Coordinate development, operations, and maintenance activities
• Make release decisions based on product quality and readiness
• Manage stakeholders and align business and technical requirements
• Drive Agile and DevOps best practices
• Oversee incident, problem, and change processes
• Support documentation, compliance, and continuous improvement
• Mentor team members and support capability development

Required Experience & Skills

• Proven experience as a Sub-Product Owner / Proxy Product Owner
• Solid Microsoft Azure knowledge and cloud-native concepts
• Strong Java background and understanding of related architectures
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Strong backlog management and prioritisation skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication

Advantageous

• Jira or similar tools for backlog and sprint management
• ITSM processes and tools (incident, problem, change, CMDB)
• Monitoring and observability tools (Azure Monitor, Application Insights)
• Experience working across global teams