Technical Product Owner - Robotic Process Automation

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’. As a Technical Product Owner (UAE National), you are the bridge between the engineering teams and your stakeholders. You will help to define the vision of the products we create; drive the planning, prioritisation and execution of backlogs and deliver new features that support our strategic goals. You will join us as a Technical Product Owner in our Innovation – Robotics & Tech Futures team. 
 

What You’ll Do:  

• Maximize product value and the work of the development teams within our innovation -Robotics and Tech Futures team.


• Work with Technical Product Manager and Developers in our RPA Centre of Excellence, using bots to evangelize RPA solutions and create a community of RPA end-users


• Continually improve these methods and processes as well as  work with various groups within Emirates and dnata and drive new features and improve existing applications and as a TPO with working knowledge and experience in an agile team environment, you will develop stories and establish backlog priorities, whilst introducing new solutions.


• Work with the Product Manager/Principal Developer and business unit SMEs to elicit business requirements and translate into user stories and acceptance criteria.


• Assist the RPA developers in clarifying requirements and helping them to understand the business side.


• Work with the senior RPA developer and Agile Delivery Lead to set realistic expectations for delivery timelines, mitigate impediments and risks, and ensure timely and quality delivery of RPA solutions.


• Continuously work on RPA/BPM backlog refinement and adjust the priorities accordingly.


• Receive product demonstrations from the RPA developers and accept user stories as done.

Desirable skills:

• Robotic Process Automation (RPA)


• Business process automation


• Workflow automation

What you will bring:

• Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent)


• 5+ years’ experience in product ownership/management in a ‘team facing’ capacity, though less experience may be considered


• Whilst not essential, some experience of working within an agile environment, across multiple initiatives and teams


• Appetite for building and identifying value, with a customer centric mind-set.


• Well-versed with the tools for the Product Management aspects of software delivery


• Possess strong communication skills and be able to enthusiastically convey your Product Vision to stakeholders and effectively influence a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation.


• A positive attitude and an ability to drive discernible change and delivery, at pace, in a pressurised environment


• Build strong relationships with peers and team members


• Agile and innovative mind-set with the tenacity to adapt and thrive in a constantly changing environment.

How You'll Work:

• In cross-functional squads - (Product Owner + Scrum Master + Developers + QA’s),


• We work within the Atlassian suite, maintaining our backlogs in JIRA and leveraging Confluence for knowledge management


• Customer centric mind-set, the customer is the focal point of delivering products, services, and experiences.


• Leveraging your domain knowledge and experience to solve complex business problems and support them in achieving their goals