Our Company
We’re Hitachi Vantara, a global infrastructure business. Our people are the force of meaningful progress. We enable the incredible with data – from taking theme park fans on magical rides, conserving natural resources, protecting rainforests to saving lives. We empower businesses to automate, optimize and advance innovation. Together, we create a sustainable future for all. Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to inspire the future.
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Product Owner with a strong background in metadata management products to lead the development and enhancement of our Pentaho-based solutions. As the Product Owner, you will be responsible for working with the Product Manager and Technical Product Manager to translate the roadmap into detailed features & requirements and with Engineering to deliver a high-quality product.
The role
Key Responsibilities:
• Backlog Management:
o Create, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog, ensuring that it reflects the product vision and strategic goals.
o Write detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and use cases that clearly articulate business needs and product requirements.
o Continuously refine the backlog based on feedback, changing requirements, and new opportunities.
• Product Development:
o Work closely with the development team to ensure that features are implemented according to specifications and timelines.
o Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, providing guidance and making decisions to keep the project on track.
o Conduct regular reviews of product progress, ensuring that the delivered features meet the desired quality standards and business objectives.
• Stakeholder Management:
o Collaborate closely with Sales, Services, and Customer Support teams, to ensure product requirements are relevant
o Serve as the primary point of contact between stakeholders and the Engineering team, facilitating clear communication and managing expectations
o Collaborate with Sales Enablement to develop sales enablement material for delivered product features
What you’ll bring
Qualifications:
• Education & Experience:
o 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role, preferably within data integration, business intelligence, or analytics platforms
o Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field
o Proven experience with Pentaho or similar data integration/BI tools
• Technical Skills:
o Strong understanding of data integration, ETL processes, and business analytics.
o Experience with Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum or Kanban.
o Proficiency in writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical documentation.
o Familiarity with SQL, data warehousing concepts, and big data technologies is a plus.
• Soft Skills:
o Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
o Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
o Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
o Leadership qualities with the ability to influence and drive cross-functional teams.
About us
We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.
Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
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What We Do
Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., guides our customers from what’s now to what’s next by solving their digital challenges. Working alongside each customer, we apply our unmatched industrial and digital capabilities to their data and applications to benefit both business and society. More than 80% of the Fortune 100 trust Hitachi Vantara to help them develop new revenue streams, unlock competitive advantages, lower costs, enhance customer experiences, and deliver social and environmental value. Visit us at hitachivantara.com.
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