About us:
Mitsubishi Electric is a global innovator in energy, automation and building technologies. From air conditioning and lifts to robotics and power systems that power homes and businesses across the UK. With 150,000 employees worldwide and 850 in the UK, we’re creating “Changes for the Better.” Join us to make a real impact for a smarter, sustainable future.
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Role summary:
The primary goal in a Product Owner role is to represent the customer to the development team.
The Product Owner role is responsible for helping to shape and deliver the Product strategy that underpins our customer proposition by shaping the vision and objectives for the team and driving the delivery of the roadmap. A key activity is to manage and make visible the product backlog, or the prioritized list of requirements for future product development.
Skills/Responsibilities:
* Serve as the voice of the client/stakeholders.
* Act as an ambassador for the product.
* Responsible for innovation and end-to-end launch of products.
* Collaborates with stakeholders and customers to co-develop a roadmap and drive products and features from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment.
* Works with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, and user enablement.
* Turns data insights into products with actionable outcomes to the ultimate customer.
* Works in an Agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks.
* Partners with stakeholders and customers across the organization to inform the product vision, strategy, features, and prioritization.
* Develops, owns, and executes product roadmap.
* Works with user-focused departments to define the self-service user experience, support, and monitoring for customers.
* Translates product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories and acceptance test criteria.
* Priorities and maintains the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders.
* Leads the product functional design process based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology.
* Defines and executes go-to-market plan, working to ensure that product management, marketing, and sales have what they need to be successful.
* Develops and maintains appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance post-launch to evaluate future investment.
Experience:
* Bachelor’s degree
* Extensive product development experience (minimum of 5 years)
* Extensive product management experience (minimum of 5 years)
* Extensive Internet of Things experience (minimum of 5 years)
* Extensive experience in HVAC and/or Building technical services (minimum of 5 years)
* Balance of technical knowledge and business acumen.
* Customer first, ABCD thinking mind set.
* Proactive, self-starter with excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.
* High degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
* Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success
* Strong stakeholder management skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to present to wide variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Team player, able to contribute ideas improving and influencing all software deliverables and related processes.
* Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, able to evaluate designs and technologies in a pragmatic manner.
In return for your commitment, we will offer you some fantastic benefits:
* Generous annual leave allowance - 25 days per year, plus bank holidays increasing by one day with each year of service until 27 days per year.
* Flexible Working - we offer a range of flexible working options that include working from home or hybrid working.
* Pension.
* Life Assurance.
* Group Income Protection Scheme.
* Private Medical, Dental Insurance and a Cash Plan Scheme - Single cover funded by Mitsubishi.
* Access to Mitsubishi’s very own discount platform.
* Colleague Referral Scheme.
* Holiday Buy.
* Long Service Awards.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Sports & Social Club (Recent events such as theatre trips, Ascot, Paintball, The Darts)
* Employee Assistance Programme including additional services Eldercare & Best Doctors.
Equality and Diversity
As the business environment around Mitsubishi Electric Group is rapidly changing, providing a workplace where employees can work to their full potential regardless of gender or age is essential to business development. Based on this, Mitsubishi Electric promotes employee diversity through the following measures.