IT Product Owner & Team Lead for SAP Finance & Controlling (f/m/div.)

Company Description

At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Our promise to our associates is rock-solid: We grow together, we enjoy our work, and we inspire each other. Welcome to Bosch.

Building solutions for a better life. The business area Bosch Building Technologies is a leading international supplier of systems, solutions, and services that enhance the safety of people, buildings, and property, and contribute to greater comfort, energy efficiency, and sustainability.

Bosch Building Technologies is divided into the international product business and the regional system integration business. Currently, the three product areas of video systems, access control & intrusion detection systems and communication systems as well as the associated cross-sectional functions within the business area are to be set up as an independent unit and then further developed by a new owner as a sustainable core business

Job Description

• International and interdisciplinary collaboration: You will become part of the company being restructured in the future and will therefore work in a globally networked team of around 4,300 colleagues that operates in over 50 countries.
• Creative freedom and development opportunities: Both during the realignment phase and in the future, you can expect exciting tasks and a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities in a dynamic team and a highly attractive market environment.
• Take responsibility: You are responsible to build and lead a self-organized, agile scrum team of Inhouse Consultants for Finance & Controlling in a scaled agile environment, both technically and disciplinarily. In cooperation with the agile master, you drive and coach the team to continuously improve performance and cooperation within the team and with other teams of the scaled agile environment. You ensure that the team have the right competences and resources available in alignment with the upcoming product roadmap and you drive performance management and career development processes for all individuals of the team. You manage and prioritize the team backlog with a view to the program and product priorities and considering all stakeholders.
• Networked communication: The analysis and optimization of processes in cooperation with the respective business departments are part of your tasks.
• Think holistically: You frequently align with other process areas, thereby ensuring consistent integrated process- and IT solutions. Additionally, you manage relationships with business partners, understand their needs, refine, and prioritize their requirements and integrate them in the delivery roadmap of the team. Together with other IT Product Owners and roles of the scaled agile environment, you contribute to the continuous improvement of the collaboration within the scaled agile environment and to the further development and professionalization of the role of the IT Product Owner, and improvement of product management processes within the scaled agile environment. You manage risks on team and program level and regularly align dependencies with other teams and other scaled agile environment roles.

Qualifications

• Education: degree in Business Administration, Information Management, Business Engineering or equivalent. Alternatively, a relevant apprenticeship as well as extensive specialist skills and qualified trainings or a comparable qualification.
• Personality and Working Practice: excellent communication skills and a confident behavior. In addition, structured and goal-oriented working style as well as strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills. Along with, cooperative, positive, entrepreneurial, agile, and future oriented mindset.
• Experience and Knowledge: many years of experience in functional configuration, design, and implementation of IT solutions in SAP Finance and Controlling. Experience in working within a scaled agile environment (SAFe or similar) in an IT-related department in a Product Owner or similar role. Proficiency in leading a team of software engineers and similar roles. Experience in integrating a modern servant leader mindset with the demands of traditional line management and a more traditional organization structure and hierarchy. Deep understanding of agile principles and methodology; and what their guardrails are within a mid-size company IT department. Experience in managing a group of stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel: up to 30%
• Languages: fluent written and spoken English language skills, German skills are beneficial.

Additional Information

What we offer you:
Diversity and inclusion are not just trends for us but are firmly anchored in our corporate culture. Therefore, we welcome all applications, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, ethnic origin, or sexual identity.

Challenges in an international environment | career opportunities in one of the best companies in the world | flexible hours | medical services | discounts for employees | sports and health related activities | canteen | good access to public transports | space for creativity.