Lead Product Owner

The Company

Cubic³ is a leading provider of innovative software solutions that integrate connectivity, analytics, and automation for the automotive and IoT sectors. Our mission is to transform how businesses operate through intelligent technology. At Cubic³, we believe in fostering a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement.

The Role

We are looking for a Lead Product Owner who thrives on working in a fast-paced, highly flexible environment. This is a great opportunity for an experienced people manager looking to further develop and broaden their leadership skills within the product owner domain. The lead product owner will work in a high performing product management team, leading a number of Product Owners, driving execution of the product road map using agile development methodologies and working with the product manager to develop the strategic product plan. They will work closely with commercial and engineering functions to meet customer needs. They will become a driving force in the next stage of development and growth of Cubic as the leading IoT connectivity solution provider.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, coaching, and support to a number of Product Owners to ensure consistent growth and team effectiveness
• Conduct regular one-on-ones, performance reviews, and career development for your direct reports
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture within the Product Owner team, encouraging best practices
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying areas for growth and driving adoption of process enhancements across your team
• Understand assigned products at a high level and assists the Product Team with technical and business analysis activities
• Work closely with the Product Manager to build and maintain a deep understanding of the IoT connectivity and applications market to be able to collaborate on definition of Cubic product vision and strategy
• Understand assigned products at a high level and assists the Product Team with technical and business analysis activities
• Write detailed requirements & specifications, including User Story Acceptance Criteria and Non-functional Requirements in collaboration
• Serve as the voice of the customer internally: Understand the system users and the user experiences.
• Work closely with the Product Manager to solidify the user experience with the functional requirements and to translate the business and service performance requirements into non-functional requirements
• Work with Engineering teams to ensure that they understand the vision and scope for each feature
• Work closely with other Cubic departments (Network, SIM, Finance) to define internal requirements in collaboration with the Product Manager
• Actively contribute to Agile processes and ceremonies: acting in a product owner role
• Track release schedule in collaboration with Project Management Office
• Work closely with Engineering teams to clarify the product requirements, and ultimately to secure product release scope and timeline as agreed in the product roadmap
• Support customer interactions, specifically when validating new functionality or collating information about enhancement requests or defects
• Be proactive and diligent in setting up meetings, taking meeting minutes and publishing minutes to the Product Team
• Review and validate test plans and approve test results prior to the customer deployments
• Work with Project Managers, Scrum Masters and Technical Team Leads to collaborate on processes, timelines and conflict resolution
• Produce and maintain product documentation and collaterals: sales and pre-sales tools, user documentation
• Provide product training to Sales, delivery, and support teams
• Support Product Management with replies to RFxs by providing answers to technical questions where required
• Support Product Management in continuously analysing and documenting product performance and state of the business and deliver quarterly status summary reports to Senior Leadership Team

Requirements

• 2+ years of people management experience, including practical experience in personal development and performance management.

• 5+ years of Agile Product Owner experience, with Software background and including SaaS architecture, business models, implementation challenges
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, IT, Information Systems or Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Substantial technical background is useful, including experience working with complex software products
• Strong time-management and prioritization skills as well as attention to detail
• Ability to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business AND the technology
• Good presentation skills using tools such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
• A real team player, with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to create excellent working relationships with diverse teams and job functions throughout the organization; especially proven respect for and track record successfully working with designers and developers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions
• This position may require international travel

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + 2 company days
• Health Insurance
• Pension Contribution
• ESOP
• Tax saver scheme
• Bike to work scheme
• Sports and social activities
• Great annual office outings (Summer BBQ, Christmas party, charity runs)
• Bits & Bobs days (Half day every quarter to get your Bits & Bobs done)
• Learning and Development Opportunities

Cubic Telecom is an equal opportunities employer and committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.