Technical Product Owner at Amadeus

Job Description:

Job Title

Technical Product Owner

Navitaire, a wholly owned Amadeus Company, delivers industry-leading technology services supporting growth, profitability and innovation to airlines and rail clients worldwide, including many of the world’s most successful airlines. Navitaire offers a full suite of proven solutions focused on revenue generation and streamlining costs in the areas of reservations, ancillary sales, loyalty, revenue management, revenue accounting and business intelligence. Each day, more than 500 employees based in five global offices develop, support and operate Navitaire solutions to help our clients continue to move the travel industry forward.

Purpose of the Role:

A key part of Navitaire’s business strategy is to migrate existing and introducing new Cloud based solutions.   The Technical Product Owner/Business Analyst is responsible for managing the product backlog and working with engineering and the Cloud Leadership team to identify, prioritize and document actionable Product Backlog items. The Product Owner must be able gather requirements from all stakeholders including customers, Operations, Security and Navitaire Business stakeholders.

In this Role, you'll:

• Lead the team through the launch of Cloud production using the Agile Scrum methodologies
• Lead grooming and maturation of technical user stories insuring that clear acceptance criteria are documented
• Assist in the planning and delivery of the Navitaire Cloud Options that meet customers, Marketplace and Regulatory demands
• Develop crisp business requirements and user stories that can be used to create product architecture for each product and application
• Manage prioritization balancing value, timelines and dependencies
• Collaborate with all other Navitaire and Amadeus departments including other product teams, development, operations, marketing, Account Management

About the Ideal Candidate:

• BS in Computer Science/Mathematics/Physics/Data Science or equivalent experience
• At least 3 years of development experience working with a company practicing Agile software development practices
• In-depth technical experience understanding the needs of developers and customers
• Working experience with Agile Methodologies to deliver project on tight deadlines
• Familiarity with cloud and back end application infrastructure
• Demonstrated capabilities to understand cloud technologies spanning compute, storage and networking
• Experience in delivering quality technology product in a highly dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts
• Experience in bringing technical Product to market and through a New Product Entry process in coordination with other company stakeholders
• Experience defining and delivering cloud technology environment, including micros services, working with 3rd party Cloud providers (e.g. AWS, Azure)
• Experience with DEVOPS including Telemetry, Security and CI/CD