Senior Product Owner - Virtual Vehicle

At Platform Science, we’re working to connect everything that moves.

Founded in 2015, we are an open IoT platform that partners with innovative fleets, application developers, vehicle manufacturers, and equipment providers in the transportation industry to deliver revolutionary solutions to supply chain professionals across the globe.

Our employees are an engaging, diverse group of people who believe in the power of great ideas. We hire people with different experiences and perspectives to build a company culture that fuels growth through innovation.

We value thoughtful actions and empathy for others. We approach challenges with resiliency and creativity, while encouraging transparency because, no matter our backgrounds or responsibilities, we are one team.

Platform Science is looking for a Sr. Product Owner to join our Virtual Vehicle team in Chennai. In this highly collaborative role, you will be the voice of the customer for two dedicated engineering teams, driving product strategy by converting customer needs and requirements into prioritized features. You will own the team backlog and drive the development process in an Agile/Scrum environment, serving as the critical link between customer value and development execution across complex, overlapping domains.

This is a full-time position based in our Chennai office. You report to the Staff Product Manager, Virtual Vehicle.

• Product Definition & Backlog Ownership: Own, groom, and maintain the Jira backlog for two dedicated engineering teams, including writing, prioritizing, and refining user stories and feature acceptance criteria.

• Agile Leadership: Lead and manage all necessary Scrum ceremonies (refinement, planning, review, retrospective, daily stand-ups) to ensure process efficiency.

• Global Collaboration: Work closely with two US-based Product Managers and two Chennai-based engineering teams on complex domains.

• Roadmap Support: Assist Product Managers in roadmap planning and estimation of program timelines.

• Quality Assurance: Partner with the Quality Assurance (QA) team to ensure clear definitions of done.

Required experience

• 8+ years of prior experience as a Product Owner in a software development environment utilizing Agile/Scrum.

• Must demonstrate experience and proficiency in at least one of the following technical domains: Back Office SaaS Tools, Mobile Device Management (MDM) Software, or General Android Mobile Technology.

• Proven familiarity and hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence.

• Extremely high level of proficiency in verbal and written English for clear, concise, and objective global communication.

Other Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field (implied).

• Proven ability to lead and facilitate discussions with the technology team in the Agile system development process.

• Availability to overlap with the North American Pacific Time Zone (PST) 7-9 AM two to three times per week for effective collaboration with US teams.

• Open-minded, decisive, self-directed, and able to learn new systems and handle changing priorities quickly.

• Effective cross-cultural communication and ability to work with diverse global, onshore, and offshore teams.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (implied requirement).

• You are dedicated to delivering high quality and performant solutions.

The company offers various benefits to regular, full-time employees including:

• Provident fund and gratuity in accordance with applicable laws.

• Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays, in accordance with applicable laws.

• Twenty-Six weeks of paid maternity leave.

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