Operational Product Owner

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Your role

We are looking for a operational product manager who is familiar with software development in an agile environment. Your role would be to synchronize the planning and efforts towards our software releases. The person we are looking for likes to be in contact with a variety of other roles; development team leads, release manager, project managers and systems engineers. Your closest cooperation will be with the release manager and the release engineer.

You will be the interface between development plans, customer project needs.

The key responsibilities will include:

• Plan and monitor sprints in such a way that the scope of the next release is met
• Maintain good communication with stakeholders such as RM, development team, project managers and systems engineer
• Resolve conflicts within the release planning
• Detect and manage risks in the development process
• Secure that the development is done in accordance with agreed procedures, including development, testing and documentation
• Strive for maintaining our branching strategy

Your profile

Required qualifications:

• Experience/knowledge of software development
• Solid understanding of branching models and version management
• Highly organized and efficient
• Excellent communications skills
• Ready to take own initiative and to work both independently and in team
• Ability to work in a complex environment
• Excellent knowledge in Jira

Nice to have:

• Previous experience working with product ownership
• Experience with configuration management

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

What you will be a part of

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Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 26,100 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here

Air traffic management Tower Systems (ATM TS) develops world-class air traffic control products. These systems streamline air traffic control for airports ranging in size from small private airports to global hubs. Saab ATM continues to be a world leader in air traffic control systems by continuously developing innovative products, such as the Integrated Digital Tower Suite (I-DTS), which digitally upgrades and consolidates air traffic control towers, and the Digital Tower system, which allows airports to be remotely controlled. Our solutions manage thousands of incoming and outgoing flights all over the world. As such, accessibility and safety are of the highest priority.

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.