Product Owner - Hardware

Oxford
11 months ago
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We are looking for a Product Owner who will be responsible for proposing, road mapping, releasing, and maintaining products within a defined market sector. These products include software, input to hardware and accessories, and product documentation that constitute an end user solution.

Aligning products to meet company strategic goals and technology needs, with the key measure of success being profitable product lines that fulfil customer and market needs. Therefore, this role will work collaboratively with the other members of the Product Delivery Team and interface directly with senior managers across Product Delivery, Engineering, and Machine Learning & Research to achieve this alignment.

Product Owners collect input from key stakeholders including Product Managers, Sales, Sales Enablement, Project Management, Support and Engineering, alongside strategic goals, and prioritised product plans. This is then translated to collaborative work packages.

Working with Product Marketing to ensure that products align with current company branding guidelines and assist in the generation of marketing asset content. The Product Management Team provide the technical input and domain knowledge into the creation of technical content including specification sheets, brochures, videos, press releases and product web pages. Product Management and Product Marketing also work closely to form product marketing messages.

Key Responsibilities

This role is an exciting opportunity to help build and manage the hardware roadmap and our integration with third party vendors. The main hardware product are cameras which are used across all markets served, with other products and third-party integrations having market specific features.

As the Product Owner for Hardware & Integration you will help define the direction and development of all hardware products including embedded software.

You have a strong background in electro-mechanical engineering with some product management experience. Dynamic communication and presentation skills are important. Experience with production manufacturing techniques, optics, broadcast standards and embedded software would be distinct assets.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

· Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as Engineering, Design, or a closely aligned field.

· A minimum of 2 year as a product manager or product owner in a related technology area industry.

· Detailed knowledge and experience of electromechanical design.

· Demonstrable knowledge of optics and PCs.

· Knowledge of embedded software, broadcast standards and RF is desirable.

· Experience of feature prioritization and product differentiation

· Experience working directly with suppliers in the electrical and mechanical design and manufacturing industries.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

· Confident and demonstrable presentation skills.

· The right to legally work and reside in the UK

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