Product Owner – Powerpack Engineering Part Time

JLR

A leading premium automotive business and leading to move towards electric autonomous vehicles.

WHAT TO EXPECT

We are looking for a Talented product owner to lead the BEV Powerpack to deliver our propulsion systems of the future for our world class portfolio of products. You will be working with JLR’s partner organisation in the delivery of their vehicle using JLR’s electric vehicle platform.

The ideal candidate will have extensive ideas and strategies that foster an environment of collaboration and creativity. This role is ideal for someone with an entrepreneurial mindset and real-world experience, distilling business value and goals into roadmaps and refined product backlogs. In this role, you will have the opportunity to define a completely new product within JLR working with a supportive team with the newest technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Part of your duties will include defining the vision and convey this vision to the squad.
• Set and drive delivery direction (for the squad) through prioritisation of work by being the central decision maker for priorities based on business and customer impact.
• You’ll be collaborating closely with key stakeholders in own Group (POs, GL), other Groups & customers.
• Establish/ Facilitate/ Participate in key agile ceremonies including showcases across co-located & virtual teams.
• You’ll own and manages the product backlog.
• Supports the squad in removing impediments.
• Ensures the voice of the customer is heard at the squad level.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Will we need you to be highly organised, disciplined, flexible and self-motivated.
• Have experience of managing projects & backlogs in tools such as Confluence & JIRA.
• Knowledge of Agile/ Scrum/ DevOps methodologies.
• We would love it if you had the ability to manage projects across diverse teams and an ability to juggle multiple priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills, focus on results/ outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
• Decisive, able to make decisions that set direction of the team independently.
• Engineering knowledge of BEV Propulsion systems and system integration experience