Product Owner III - Hybrid

Panasonic•Beaverton, OR

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Ever wonder who brings the entertainment to your flights? Panasonic Avionics Corporation is #1 in the industry for delivering inflight products such as movies, games, WiFi, and now Bluetooth headphone connectivity! How exciting would it be to be a part of the innovation that goes into creating technology that delights millions of people in an industry that’s here to stay! With our company’s history spanning over 40 years, you will have stability, career growth opportunities, and will work with the brightest minds in the industry. And we are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture that will help our organization thrive! We seek diversity in many areas such as background, culture, gender, ways of thinking, skills and more. If you want to learn more about us visit us at www.panasonic.aero. And for a full listing of open job opportunities go to www.panasonic.aero/join-us/.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or 9 years of experience in an engineering product development delivery role in lieu of a degree.
Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Software or other Technical degree (STEM) preferred.
5+ years of moderate to complex project management or product development delivery experience with development of complex systems in aerospace sector and /or experience in driving a product roadmap, leveraging data and analytics to ensure sophisticated customer engagement.
Agile Certifications (ie, CSM, CSPO, APM, SSM).
Prior experience in breaking down larger complex solutions into achievable goals and tasks and written into User Stories.
Excellent verbal/written communication; comfortable presenting ideas and decisions to a larger audience.
Prior experience with Atlassian products including JIRA and Confluence.
Prior experience in agile methodologies. Understanding of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
Experience in prioritizing tasks, manage time efficiently, and adapt to changing priorities.
Ability to navigate and excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Prior experience in Avionics with knowledge of IFE customers, competition.
All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

In-flight entertainment preferred.

Responsibilities

Owning the team backlog and maximizing the value delivered to ensure alignment with customer and stakeholder needs.
Partnering with Product Management, Engineering and other stakeholders to translate business features into technical tasks.
Executing the team backlog through the entire life cycle management of a product, including purpose, definition, design, planning, development prototyping and testing.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and prioritize product features based on business objectives and customer needs for the entire product life cycle.
Acting as an intermediary between the team and the customer, providing daily insights that guide developers and enable the team to deliver continuous value.
Creating user stories from high-level Epics/Features and maintaining technical and feature-level integrity.
Working with cross-functional teams on PI objectives and goals, as well as sprint-specific goals.
Tracking and providing regular updates on progress, including KPIs and metrics, to leadership and stakeholders.
Applying a customer-centric mindset along with design thinking tools to guide the team toward delivering solutions that are desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable.
Owning the team's backlog and its Stories, its prioritization and health (the quality and readiness of stories).
Translating complex technical features into user-centric stories.
Owning their teams mechanisms including backlog refinement, system demos, and other team events.
Participating/conducting pre-PI Planning necessary, specifically User Story refinement.
Ensuring Stories have concrete acceptance criteria, maturing toward an acceptance test driven development and shared understanding of "complete/ready".
Collaborating with the team on ensuring User stories meet the Definition of Ready and defining acceptance criteria for User stories.
Communicating with stakeholders, understanding and prioritizing requirements from competing stakeholders, enabling continuous feedback loops from stakeholders and customers that fuel value to the customer.
Understanding the Definition of Ready and communicating the changes required to the Product Manager in a clear and informative manner.
Supporting and empowering Agile teams by providing clear goals, guidance, and a shared understanding of priorities aligned with the team's backlog.
Contributing to a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Flexible paid time off for exempt salaried employees.
14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days for non-exempt hourly employees, with accrual rate increasing with tenure.
11 company paid holidays per year.
Office closure between Christmas and New Year.
Additional compensation for operational positions working on holidays.
Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA & HI) with options for Employee Only, Employee + Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee + Children, or Family.
Dental PPO and DMO options.
Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
401K with 50% match on up to 8% contribution, fully vested from day 1.
Washington’s Family and Medical Leave program (for Washington residents).
Washington’s Paid Sick Leave program (for Washington residents).
Wellness Program.
Counseling services.
FSA & HSA.
Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child.
AD&D Insurance.
Long-term and Short-term disability.
Critical Illness Insurance.
Accident Insurance.
Legal Assistance.
Pet Insurance.
Identity Theft Protection.
Dependent Care FLSA.
Education Assistance.
Commuter Program.
Employee Purchase Program.
Service Award Program.