Product Owner – EV Charging - 37124795 (1234)

Join a globally recognised luxury automotive manufacturer leading the future of electrification and connected mobility. As a Product Owner - EV Charging, you will drive the delivery of innovative charging experiences and smart energy solutions, working across complex digital and engineering ecosystems. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape next-generation EV charging technologies, manage cross-functional collaboration, and deliver customer-focused solutions within a fast-paced, Agile environment.

Duties:
Seamless and Smart Energy (S&SE) is responsible for the customer experiences within this theme. As the Charging Product Owner within the S&SE theme you will be responsible for co-ordinating the release of value from all supporting Portfolio Epics and their respective owners in line with an agreed quarterly ambition.

You will collaborate across domains and work on problem-to-solution engineering, ensuring that Technologies, Services and Features are aligned with Modern Luxury, House of Brands and the Theme. In addition, you will manage the interface with Portfolio Epic / Capability owners and their delivery teams, working collaboratively to define and deliver the key work packages each Quarter.

Main Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog, ensuring it is up to date, prioritised and reflects stakeholder needs. Escalation where required.
• Overall plan alignment with respect to timing and delivery
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and development teams.
• Facilitate regular communication with internal and external stakeholders in order to align priorities and expectations.
• Manage competing priorities and negotiate with stakeholders to balance short-term needs with long-term goals.
• Responsible for the co-ordination and governance cadence of the Theme including QBR/BRP ceremonies and Theme level sprint showcases as required
• Collaborate across the Theme to ensure synergies are captured and dependencies are highlighted.
• Lead Charging Customer experience landscape

Skills:
Essential Criteria

• Customer first mindset
• Good understanding of automotive industry, including competitor and market awareness
• Project management, leadership and planning skills are essential, along with good teamwork and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strategic thinking is also essential.
• Able to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with longer term strategic view.
• Significant knowledge & practical experience of High Voltage Electronic Charging systems
• Knowledge & practical experience of the Charging Communications protocol and software development processes.
• Knowledge of Powertrain Units & Systems design principles and attributes.

Desirable Skills

• Ability to rapidly understand the key concepts of the system of interest and to lead groups of subject matter experts to design and architect these systems
• Ability to resolve complex, cross functional and cross-domain systems engineering problems
• Experience operating inside an Agile framework
• Knowledge of programme delivery systems and lifecycles
• EVSE/ energy aggregators

Education: Degree or relevant equivalent experience.