Product Owner (Chicago, IL, US)

At SES Commercial Aviation, supporting the needs of the commercial aviation community has been our mission. As the world's largest most resilient space systems operator, our ability to create proven broadband solutions is what drives us to innovate for the inflight internet demands of today and tomorrow. As a Product Owner, you will play a leading role in advancing SES 's strategy for the commercial aviation marketplace and deliver industry leading connectivity experiences that delight the customer and rival those in their home, office, and daily lives.
As a Product Owner, you will help define and enable SES Inflight technology solutions that transform airline operations and enhance our position in the marketplace. You will work with internal and external stakeholders to enhance SES Inflight offerings, delivering value for airlines and strengthening our partnerships with aerospace OEMs and third parties.
As a Product Owner, you will lead highly collaborative, cross-functional Agile teams that deliver against overall SES Inflight business goals and product vision. Utilizing Agile / SAFe methodology, the Product Owner will collaborate closely with Product Managers, other Product Owners, Account Management, Development, UX Designers, Systems Engineering/Architecture, Quality Assurance, Dev Ops, and other key stakeholders and represent the team in various SAFe rituals. The Product Owner serves as the voice of the customer to the team and is seen as a leader within the team, and the organization as a whole.
As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for the end to end process and delivery of related features and commitments, on behalf of your Agile team(s).

• With input from System Architect/Engineering/Software Development and other stakeholders, the Product Owner has the primary responsibility for building, editing, and maintaining the Team Backlog in order to iteratively deliver software and maximize the value of the products created by the team.
• Product Owners also contribute to the Program Backlog by partnering with Product Managers for development of an epic and contributing to the organization's vision and roadmap.
• During the Program Increment planning , the Product Owner is involved with story definition, providing the clarifications necessary to assist the team with their story estimates and sequencing, guiding the team on defining their PI objectives, driving commitment on external dependencies, and representing the team plan, commitments, and risks at readouts and management review.
• During execution, the Product Owner will attend regular Agile team meetings including daily standups, backlog grooming, sprint planning and retrospectives. At grooming sessions, the Product Owner will vertically slice features into user stories so that the team can deliver value incrementally. The Product Owner Is responsible for effective communication, ensuring the team understands the business needs, and stakeholders are informed about the product's progress and direction.
• The Product Owner approves story and feature completion. This includes validating that the stories meet the feature acceptance criteria, ensuring the appropriate level of automated testing has been created, and that the feature achieves the Definition of Done (DoD).

Are you up to the challenge?

• The Product Owner acts as a servant leader, promoting continuous improvement with the Agile team and the organization.
• The Product Owner m otivates the team to deliver high-quality software by enabling continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices.
• The Product Owner works in conjunction with the Dev Lead and Scrum Master to review team metrics and conduct sprint retrospectives to identify improvement stories that will increase the team's velocity and predictability.

You should definitely have:

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of working experience in a fast-moving technology-based organization

• Understanding of technology and business with an e stablished background in launching software or services in partnership with engineering team

• Knowledgeable of Agile principles and methodologies

• Experience with tools like Jira, Miro, Jama, Kanban & Scrum boards

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment
• Flexibility to work in a rapidly changing environment

It would be nice if you had:

• Experience in Product Owner role
• Experience in airline industry, eCommerce, or high availability enterprise level software products
• Background in software development or QA
• Exposure to or knowledge of SAFe principles and methodologies
• Experience developing user stories and acceptance criteria definition

What it's like to work with us:
SES is connecting the world and transforming the satellite landscape by reaching beyond the traditional satellite industry. We are defining new products that will open new, profitable markets. To help us reach this goal, you should be a bold thinker who will perform a key role in shaping SES innovation for years to come.

• We emphasize personal and professional growth
• Awesome benefits including Leave Benefits, medical and training
• Fun, diverse, and inclusive culture