Product Owner – EV Charging - 37124795
Number of Positions: 1
Duties:
Seamless and Smart Energy (S&SE) is responsible for the customer experiences within this theme. As the Charging Product Owner within the S&SE theme you will be responsible for co-ordinating the release of value from all supporting Portfolio Epics and their respective owners in line with an agreed quarterly ambition.
You will collaborate across domains and work on problem-to-solution engineering, ensuring that Technologies, Services and Features are aligned with Modern Luxury, House of Brands and the Theme. In addition, you will manage the interface with Portfolio Epic / Capability owners and their delivery teams, working collaboratively to define and deliver the key work packages each Quarter.
Main Responsibilities
* Own the product backlog, ensuring it is up to date, prioritised and reflects stakeholder needs. Escalation where required.
* Overall plan alignment with respect to timing and delivery
* Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and development teams.
* Facilitate regular communication with internal and external stakeholders in order to align priorities and expectations.
* Manage competing priorities and negotiate with stakeholders to balance short-term needs with long-term goals.
* Responsible for the co-ordination and governance cadence of the Theme including QBR/BRP ceremonies and Theme level sprint showcases as required
* Collaborate across the Theme to ensure synergies are captured and dependencies are highlighted.
* Lead Charging Customer experience landscape
Skills:
Essential Criteria
* Customer first mindset
* Good understanding of automotive industry, including competitor and market awareness
* Project management, leadership and planning skills are essential, along with good teamwork and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strategic thinking is also essential.
* Able to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with longer term strategic view.
* Significant knowledge & practical experience of High Voltage Electronic Charging systems
* Knowledge & practical experience of the Charging Communications protocol and software development processes.
* Knowledge of Powertrain Units & Systems design principles and attributes.
Desirable Skills
* Ability to rapidly understand the key concepts of the system of interest and to lead groups of subject matter experts to design and architect these systems
* Ability to resolve complex, cross functional and cross-domain systems engineering problems
* Experience operating inside an Agile framework
* Knowledge of programme delivery systems and lifecycles
* EVSE/ energy aggregators
Education: Degree or relevant equivalent experience