Technical Product Owner - CPS/Innovation/Aviation

Job Purpose

At Emirates we believe in connecting the world to and through our global hub in Dubai and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers Fly Better. Do you want to play a part in that journey and own technical products used by stakeholders and customers across the world? Join us in Cosmopolitan Dubai as a Technical Product Owner and make your mark on the aviation world by taking our products to the next level.

Join our Technical Product Management team, where we build effective technology products and services that our customers love. We offer a mix of B2B and B2C products and services in domains such as Digital, Airline and Airport Operations, Group Services and Commercial. Our goal is to continuously evolve our products enriching them with features that focus on delivering value to our customers and users. If you are passionate about creating impactful technology products and ensuring their success, we invite you to apply and to contribute to the innovation and excellence at Emirates Group.

Technical Product Owners (TPO) are the "front door" to multiple product engineering teams, owning the backlogs of work spread across feature, function, non-functional (NFR), BAU, Technical Debt, spikes and ceremonies. Leading and empowering their teams, the TPO acts as a "voice of the customer" partnering with business counterparts to lead the lifecycle for designated technology products and the underlying applications in their domain. They are accountable for enabling the business to achieve their objectives strategic outcomes from concept through to operations.

In This Role You Will

• Responsible for the story content acceptance criteria definition and end story sign off across team backlogs ensuring prepared on time for future PI’s, refined frequently with the entire team and prioritised accordingly in alignment with other team backlogs.
• Ensure Technical Debt and Non-functional requirements are captured refined and prioritised across all sprints.
• Captures additional BAU Ceremony and Spike activities and incorporates into team backlogs within the boundaries of available capacity.
• Prepare contribution to PI demo in conjunction with other applicable Product Owners.
• Maintain the quality and integrity of features within their technical and team boundaries ensuring identification and contribution of risks and dependencies back to the Product Portfolio backlog.
• Attends and contributes to key Product Management meetings in particular PI Planning.
• Defines metrics to measure the success and performance of prioritised work ensuring any further BAU iterations can be proposed and prioritised accordingly within the boundaries of available capacity.
• Participates in establishing and growing a community of Product Owners building an identity for the role focus upon collaboration and identifying opportunities for improvement and growth.
• Contribute to the Product Management Communities and their continual evolution to help drive efficient practices and empowered teams.
• Working with your teams to identify and capture team driven innovation ideas consolidating across peer group for playback up to TPM Technical Product Manager.
  
  

Qualification

To be considered for the role you must meet the below requirements:

• Bachelors degree (12+ 3 years or equivalent) in Operations Research, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Security, Aerospace Engineering, e-Commerce or a combination of industry certification.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in Global Product (CSPO/SAFe/PSPO) trained and certified.
• Practical experience of working as a Product Owner/Manager in a team-facing capacity with a proven record of driving discernible change and delivery, at pace.
• Whilst not essential, some experience of working within a Scaled Agile Framework, across multiple initiatives and circa 50 teams is beneficial.
• Demonstrated technical or domain expertise in either Aviation or critical infrastructure, utilizing a depth and breadth of knowledge and practical experience within a specific domain or technical area.
• Practical experience of working in a highly regulated sector (e.g. Aviation critical infrastructure etc.) and dealing with regulatory changes in technical areas and the ability to identify how they apply to the Emirates group.
• Well-versed with the tools for the Project and Product Management aspects of information security initiatives.
• Strong and concise communicator at peer line and stakeholder levels.
• Demonstrated experience with building strong relationships with peers and team members.
• Strong appetite for building and identifying value with a customer-centric and a service excellence mindset.
  
  

Leadership Role: YES

Salary & benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotels stays around the world. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers