Product Owner – Consumer Electronics

Salary: £48,000 – £60,000 per year

Due to an exciting expansion of the Product roadmap, a new role is to be created to help support the Product Manager in the specification of innovative new products. We are looking for a well-balanced Product Owner/Technical Product Manager able to understand our business requirements and any technical limitations.

·As a member of the Product Management team, you will play a critical and pivotal role in the future development and success of our transceiver business, ensuring that new products are properly specified and ensuring the support documentation such as technical information and manuals are created and maintained to the highest standards.

·Work closely with stakeholders across the organisation, to prioritise and maintain a sprint backlog for assigned products and inform product features and prioritisation

·Work as part of a cross functional project team from requirements definition through to delivery.

·Work closely with the Software Development Team, Product Management and Customer Support Team as well as business users and Senior Management, as required

·Working with user-focused departments to define the user experience of assigned products, support, and monitoring for customers

·Developing product functionality and features into detailed product requirements – to include defining detailed use flows, user stories and acceptance criteria from high level requirements

·Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals

·Understanding and translating the needs of the customers and end users of the product

·Working in an Agile environment and continuously reviewing the business needs, refining priorities, outlining milestones and deliverables, and identifying opportunities and risks.

Essential:

·Degree educated in a relevant discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Electronic Engineering)

·Previous experience as a Product Owner for a minimum of 3 years within a product development environment, helping drive the development of electronic devises or software-based consumer orientated light commercial products where user/consumer experience is critical. (Bring new hardware and software products to the market).

·Ability to adapt quickly and understand complex systems, new functions and features

·Be experienced in defining products in the consumer electronics space where an excellent knowledge of user experience is critical to success.

·Ability to use a systematic approach to prioritise tasks

·You must be highly analytical, organised and a logical thinker.

·Outstanding communication and presentation skills with the ability to produce high quality, clear and detailed documentation for internal and external audiences such as user manuals and datasheets

·Have experience of developing detailed product specifications using Agile methodologies to create ‘user stories’ which focus on the user experience of the product.

·A positive and enthusiastic outlook with a passion for product development with attention to detail

·Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills

·Be a self-starter, able to work to a very high standard of accuracy under tight deadlines with minimal support.

Desirable

• Knowledge of software and system security requirements
• Experience in command, control and/or electronic monitoring systems, ideally for maritime and/or security/defence markets
• Background in communications and monitoring systems including multiple technologies such as marine automatic identification systems (AIS) and VHF communications
• Ideally, experience in product development of both embedded software and mobile apps