Job Description

Product Owner

Roles & Responsibilities

As a product owner on the team, you will be responsible for:

• Creating and driving the product/component roadmap with research and business/engineering stakeholders to create impactful features for the target users;
• Understanding how our customers interface with our products and owning the customer experience - defining user flows and working closely with UX design to enhance the customer experience.
• Facilitating discussions and driving sprint planning sessions with the engineering team - incorporating their priorities and constraints
• Defining comprehensive business requirements and user-stories - with strong emphasis on market/customer context, business rationale, impacting KPIs/metrics, and clear acceptance criteria to guide product development;
• Owning the product/component backlog and facilitating the full lifecycle of moving from idea, to design, to prototype testing, to development, and then to release.
• Owning the timelines and quality of deliverables of the scrum teams
• Maintaining the software documentation with new features and enhancements

Requirements

Must Have

• A demonstrated track record of achievement;
• 2-3 years of experience working as a Product Owner / Business Analyst in deep-tech products preferably having Robotics or AI domain and applications understanding;
• Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Strong ability to identify business problems, drive solutions, and objectively measure the impact through KPIs/metrics;
• Product mindset and the ability to think MVP and focus on the highest priority features for development
• Exceptional analytical problem-solving skills and experience working with technical teams
• Exceptional interpersonal communication, relationship management, and organizational skills in cross-functional international teams;
• Experience in product lifecycle management and Agile development (epics and user stories – creation, prioritization, backlog grooming, etc) is highly desirable
• An entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment;

Good to Have

• Experience in robotics, manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and developer APIs.
• BS/MS in a technical degree (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math) or work experience of comparable technical content;
• Product Owner certification
• Proficient in Japanese (JLPT N2 and above)

Benefits

• Remuneration: competitive package comprising salary
• Healthcare package (Private health insurance and annual health check)
• Flexible working environment
• Happy lunch every Friday
• A great team around you - great people who love what they do
• A pleasant, enthusiastic, international work environment (we have offices in Singapore, France, and Japan too)
• A promising training and career path
• Opportunities to travel to other offices