Our OEM Client based in Gaydon is searching for a Digital Product Owner to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position with a proposed end date of 31st March 2027.
Umbrella Pay Rate: £33.64 per hour.
Seamless & Smart Energy PMO — Digital (UX/I/architecture/VCDP/DCP).
Seamless and Smart Energy (S&SE) is responsible for the customer experiences within this theme. As the Digital Product Owner within the S&SE theme you will be responsible for co-ordinating the release of Value from all supporting Portfolio Epics and their respective owners in line with an agreed quarterly ambition.
You will collaborate across domains and work on problem-to-solution engineering, ensuring that Technologies, Services and Features are aligned with Modern Luxury, House of Brands and the Theme. In addition, you will manage the interface with Portfolio Epic / Capability owners and their delivery teams, working collaboratively to define and deliver the key work packages each Quarter.
Main Responsibilities
- Own the product backlog, ensuring it is up to date, prioritised and reflects stakeholder needs. Escalation where required.
- Overall plan alignment with respect to timing and delivery.
- Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and development teams.
- Facilitate regular communication with internal and external stakeholders in order to align priorities and expectations.
- Manage competing priorities and negotiate with stakeholders to balance short-term needs with long-term goals.
- Responsible for the co-ordination and governance cadence of the Theme including QBR/BRP ceremonies and Theme level sprint showcases as required.
- Collaborate across the Theme to ensure synergies are captured and dependencies are highlighted.
Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required
- Competent in digital systems concepts – UX/I/architecture/VCDP/DCP.
- Knowledge in all aspects of systems engineering: concept design, requirements authoring, logical and solution architecture, functional safety, cybersecurity and legal/regulatory compliance.
- Wide, general understanding of automotive architecture, systems, software and features.
- Knowledge of designing and architecting complex systems and architectures.
- Proven knowledge of electrical/electronic automotive physical platform solutions.
- Knowledge of HMI / app integration.
- Understanding of closed loop control systems physical architectures including sensors, actuators.
- Understanding of software architecture and operating systems (Autosar, QNX, Linux, Android)
- Knowledge of networking systems and protocols.
- Project management, Leadership and planning skills are essential, along with good teamwork and excellent writing and verbal communication skills. Strategic thinking is also essential.
- Customer first mindset.
- Good understanding of automotive industry, including competitor and market awareness.
- Project management, Leadership and planning skills are essential, along with good teamwork and excellent writing and verbal communication skills. Strategic thinking is also essential.
- Able to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with longer term strategic view.
Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience Requested
- Ability to rapidly understand the key concepts of the system of interest and to lead groups of subject matter experts to design and architect these systems.
- Ability to resolve complex, cross functional and cross-domain systems engineering problems.
- Experience operating inside an Agile framework.
- Knowledge of programme delivery systems and lifecycles.
- Competence in all aspects of systems engineering: concept design, requirements authoring, logical and solution architecture, functional safety, cybersecurity and legal/regulatory compliance.
Education Required
- Degree or relevant equivalent experience.
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