A Day in the Life This position will be responsible for establishing/enabling the vitality and growth for the portfolio by creating strategic partnerships and effective governance through efficient use of Medtronic s resources and tools. The individual will work closely with the cross-functional platform leader & team teams in MEIC and GBUs. The individual will lead the Strategy roadmap for the feature/component of the overall solution, partnering with other members on the PO & Marketing Team Members. This position will play a vital role in growing business engagements & enabling value-add by focusing on patient and clinician needs.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned
- Seasoned Product Owner with Product Management experience
- Act as the leader of the project team, driving end-to-end execution and accountability.
- Accountable for a products impact on customers, users
- Leads or leverages cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate, develop, and manage new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products and processes
- Assesses product issues and develops resolutions to meet market requirements, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
- Partners closely and serves as a liaison between Product Management and Technical Execution Team (System Engineer, Architect, UI/UX Designers, DevOps, Testers, Scrum Master, etc.)
- Develop mechanisms to understand project progress and for intervention and problem solving with product managers, Scrum master, and other key stakeholders
- Gathers requirements, works on requirements planning, requirements elicitation, and requirements management to ensure they meet the demands of market requirements and key stakeholders
- Communicates with stakeholders, obtains stakeholder engagement to ensure the end products or processes will solve the business problems
- Leads a shared understanding of What we should build and be able to justify Why through discussion and documentation
- Extends shared understanding with the scrum teams who will be executing
- Plays a critical role in sprint demos by utilizing it as a feedback loop for validation of intended impact
- Makes the decision on when enough value has been created to close user stories and ready for release
- Point person to ensure all deliverables are prioritized
Required Knowledge and Experience
- Minimum 14 + years of relevant experience with 5+ years in Product Owner in Web/ Mobile Space.
- Awareness of Industry tools for VOC. Requirement prioritization, Roadmap & long-term solution Strategy
- Good to have experience in medical devices or other regulated industries.
- Strong understanding of agile development principles and practices, including Scrum and Kanban
- Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Familiarity with agile tools such as JIRA or similar software tools
- Experience with product management and product development processes, including user research, market analysis, and product road mapping
- Software Development experience in Agile or Waterfall methodologies especially worked on SDLC.
- Excellent interpersonal and influence management skills including evidence of managing multi-discipline teams
- Technical Understanding and Business Acumen
- Knowledge of Product Life Cycle
- Familiarity with FDA Quality System Regulations (820.30 design controls), European Regulatory Requirements (ISO 13485), and specifically IEC-62304.
- Lean Mindset and proven experience around Build, Measure, Learn (repeat)
- Demonstrates ability to problem solve
- Team oriented ability to motivate and work well with diverse, cross-functional teams
- Proven ability to influence and negotiate internally and with customers.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Medical device product/industry/technical acumen
- Proven ability to work globally
- Strong analytical and process skills
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to work effectively within a matrix environment
- Ability to effectively handle conflict through proactive action, and direct and timely communication
- Experience in working with teams with a diverse cultural background
- Effective planning and organization skills, including the proven ability to work against multiple objectives
