Product Owner

Position description and career opportunities

Radio Frequency Software department is looking for motivated professionals for the position of Product Owner. We are a part of Nokia Radio Frequency and Advanced Antennas organization. RF Software is responsible for specifying, designing, implementing, testing and maintaining radio products’ software for various radio access technologies, including GSM, WCDMA, LTE and 5G. We are divided into self-organizing teams, working in Agile environment. Our products are developed mainly in C++ and C on several software architecture layers, including those close to hardware, as well as on higher levels of abstraction. We are also responsible for our products’ integration throughout the whole product life cycle, which is performed in the automated Continuous Integration environment.

A common and clearly defined vision, open communication and a deep passion for innovation are the features that best describe our work environment and its unique atmosphere. We believe these are the values that shape the future of technology.

Product Owner is mainly responsible for:

• Backlog management for development team(s) in close cooperation with project managers and other product owners

• Leading Scrum ceremonies: backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily meeting, retrospective etc.

• Committing sprint content towards Area Product Owner on behalf of the development team

• Executing department Feature Development Process (Agile iterative process based on Scrum framework and Lean principles and practices); Monitoring process KPIs

• Supervising the progress of current sprint and taking actions when needed; ensuring timely realization of sprint content and high level of product quality

• Assuring capacity allocation for maintenance in close cooperation with fault coordinators and project managers

• Building team’s Way of Working

• Providing directions and support for team members in the areas of processes and operations

• Contributing to evolution of internal processes; Constantly increasing efficiency of software development

• Proposing and leading internal improvement projects and initiatives; performing business analysis, managing tradeoffs, risks, problems etc. and making decisions within the limits of authority;

Requirements:

• Good understanding of Agile software development

• Very good knowledge of Scrum framework

• Proven experience in programming and/or software testing

• Experience in estimation and task planning

• Understating of project management aspects

• Leadership and problem solving skills

• Ability to influence without authority

• Excellent communication skills

• Attention to details

• Fluent English, both spoken and written

Bonus points:

• Basic project management experience

• Understanding of Kanban, Continuous Integration and Lean Software Development

• Certificate proving Scrum skills and knowledge

• Experience in team leading

• Knowledge of quality tools and techniques