Product Owner

Function

Customer Fulfillment

Location

Waterloo, Ontario

Reference

Contract type

Permanent

Working time

Full Time

**Job Summary**:
NAVBLUE is looking for a SAFe Product Owner (PO).
The Product Owner (PO) is an integral part of the NAVBLUE Portfolio & Product team.
As per SAFe framework deployed in NAVBLUE:
The Product Owner (PO) is a member of the Agile Team responsible for defining Stories and prioritizing the Team Backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the Features or components for the team. The PO has a significant role in maximizing the value produced by the team and ensuring Stories meet the user’s needs and comply with the Definition of Done. For most enterprises moving to Agile, this is a new and critical role, typically translating into a full-time job, requiring one PO to support each Agile team (or, at most, two teams). This role has significant relationships and responsibilities outside the local team, including working with Product Management, Customers, Business Owners, and other stakeholders.
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**Responsibilities**:
More specifically in NAVBLUE, the Product Owner is a key asset turning the business / operational needs collected with the Product Management into User Stories, and then working closely with the development team to get these User Stories properly implemented as per Definition of Done objectives.
This position is open to fulfill the need for Product Owner on multiple teams.

**Education**:

- Engineer or Master degree in software engineering or aeronautics or commensurate experience

**Experience**:

- 5 years experience in a PO role and experience in SAFE
- Solid experience in Software engineering
- Solid experience in Aviation industry, noticeably Flight Operations
- Some experience in EFB solutions, Crew and/or Dispatch

**Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities & Competencies**:

- Superior analytical and problem solving skills
- High energy, driven to innovate, and a team player
- Strongly focused and self-motivated to overachieve goals

**Communication Skills**:

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to interact effectively with senior management, customers and partners
- English negotiation level

**Travel Required**:5 % Domestic and International

**Annual Salary**:$80,000-90,000
Benefits: Comprehensive benefit package including health, dental, life insurance, AD&D, RRSP (matching program)

**How to Apply**:
We thank all applicants for applying. Only selected applicants will be contacted.

**About Us**:
NAVBLUE is proud to have been recognized as one of **Waterloo Area’s Top Employers for** **2021**. Based on eight criteria: physical workplace, work atmosphere and social, health financial and family benefits, vacation and time off, employee communication, performance manager, training and skills development and lastly community involvement, it was determined that we offer some of the most progressive and forward-thinking programs within the area.
NAVBLUE was also recognized as one of **Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates in** **2021**. We are excited and grateful for both these recognitions. We realize that it is our employees that have allowed us to succeed and will allow us to continuing succeeding.
NAVBLUE, an Airbus Company, is a leading global provider of flight operations solutions, including aeronautical charts, navigation data solutions, flight planning, aircraft performance software (take-off/landing, weight and balance), and crew planning solutions. These products directly support millions of flights each year and help NAVBLUE customers maximize efficiency, reduce costs, ensure compliance with complex national and international safety regulations, and effectively deliver their services.
Through digital and collaborative innovation, our passionate and customer-focused team develops solutions to enhance the safety and efficiency of air transport. Over the last few years,
Airbus has been supportive of various initiatives such as Going Digital, Performance Based Navigation Services, Air Traffic Management Modernization Programs, FlySmart on iOS and other digital projects related to new aircraft technologies; the launch of NAVBLUE was therefore a natural step to further develop its Flight Operations and Air Traffic Management Portfolio.
NAVBLUE is a fully owned subsidiary of Services by Airbus, fueled by the agility of Airbus ProSky and Navtech (acquired in 2016), and the pioneering spirit of Airbus, NAVBLUE was created in July 2016 with one mission: _lead aviation into the digital age._
NAVBLUE is based in Hersham (UK), Cardiff (UK), Toulouse (France), Waterloo, ON (Canada), Bangkok (Thailand) and Malmö (Sweden), with other offices all around the w