Product Owner

Job Description

Come create the technology that helps the world act togetherNokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people?s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work.The team youll be part ofThe Customer Experience organization provides a common interface to customers including account and relationship management, acting as the voice of the customer internally and creating demand across our business groups. While bringing deep understanding of local markets for our customer, the CX organization ensures strong alignment between sales and delivery teams.What you will learn and contribute toAs part of our team, you will:?

• Discuss with requesters to understand their needs and find the best way to address their needs with development team
• Define the priortization of featurerequestsand should be treated first, to maximize the value of the tool
• Write tickets on jira and make sure the backlog is organized correctly (see previous point)
• Lead the meetings with the dev team according to scum (planning, mid-sprint, retrospective, backlog refining meeting weekly)
• Writing specifications for the feature requests that require it
• Explain specifications to dev team to make sure everything is clear
• Write acceptance tests & perform them
• Use the tool, try all kinds of cases, see if anything doesn?t make sense
• Suggest improvement for the tool (for this, previous point is important)
• Understand what happens if existing tests start failing, as the developer don?t have the telecom knowledge required in some cases
• Update user documentation (wiki) for each new feature/change
• Provide support to users on a daily basis
• Provide support to dev team on a daily basis: when something is not clear they contact the product owner
• Make sure everything is ok when a new release happens
• Discuss with requesters to understand their needs and find the best way to address their needs
• Define which request is more important and should be treated first, to maximize the value of the tool
• Write tickets on jira and make sure the backlog is organized correctly (see previous point)
• Lead the meetings with the dev team according to scum (planning, mid-sprint, retrospective, backlog refining meeting weekly)
• Writing specifications for requests that require it
• Explain specifications to dev team to make sure everything is clear
• Write acceptance tests
• Use the tool, try all kinds of cases, see if anything doesn?t make sense
• Suggest improvement for the tool (for this, previous point is important)
• Understand what happens if existing tests start failing, as the developer don?t have the telecom knowledge required in some cases
• Update user documentation (wiki) for each new feature/change
• Provide support to users on a daily basis
• Provide support to dev team on a daily basis: when something is not clear they contact the product owner
• Make sure everything is ok when a new release happens

Your skills and experienceYou have:

• 9+ years of Experience in Product Owner/Management role withE2E Telecommunication Tranport knowledge (Microwave/IP/Optical), capacity to understand quickly, to be able to discuss with stakeholders and understand their requests even on ?unknown? subjects.
• Good communication skills . To be able to communicate and avoid misunderstanding with users, features requesters and dev team.
• Being meticulous and organized is very important for this position: you need to be capable to get your work done while being interrupted several times per day (users and developers need your help and you should not make them wait, the product owner should be a facilitator, not a bottleneck)
• Spider knowledge is VERY nice to have. Spider has a lot of features and assimilating everything takes a lot of time. User often contact me for question/support/requests and it?s the product owner role to be ?the spider expert? that can provide support.
• Knowledge of scrum/agile methodology is nice-to-have
• Product owner experience with another project is nice-to-have (jira knowledge is nice-to-have too, but not so hard to learn)
• Software development experience is plus, it helps to understand the view of the dev team, but is not mandatory at all.

What we offerNokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.Local Benefits:

• Market-competitive salary based on your skills
• 3 annual bonuses (Performance, Christmas and Easter)
• Meal tickets + extra food allowance
• Monthly reimbursement for Sport, Wellness, Culture activities, Kindegarden/After-school expenses
• Annual reimbursement for Dental/Eyeglasses/Lenses costs
• Public Transport/Private Parking monthly allowance or bike/electrical scooter annual cost reimbursement
• 24+ paid vacation days-off
• Flexible time and teleworking
• Private health and life insurance
• Bookster
• E-learning platforms such as NokiaEDU, Harvard ManageMentor, Learning etc. at your disposal for certified technical training and personal development
• Everyday Excellence ? Employee Recognition Program (awards can be redeemed via our
• online store)
• Share in Success - Nokia?s voluntary employee share purchase plan
• Personal Support Service (PSS) ? free access to confidential and professional support and guidance on a range of emotional, practical and work-life topics
• Events and conferences on technical matters but also on well-being at work and other general-purpose subjects
• Access to Nokia Garage innovation space where you can express your technical creativity and implement new projects with support from local community
• Relocation package for Timisoara non-residents
• One of the highest employee referral bonuses on the market so you can bring your friends too :)

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employerNokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World?s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
• LGBT+ equality & best place to work by HRC Foundation

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people.Nokia?s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.Additional Information

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