Product Owner

Verisure Securitas Direct creates services and products for smarter, safer, and more secure homes, serving customers throughout Europe and Latin America.

We are an award winning ‘Internet of Things’ company, specializing in home security and safety, and have amassed a wealth of experience and expertise over more than 25 years. We do most things in-house to guarantee premium quality every step of the way.

Our office in Madrid is a top R&D Center in the connected smart home market.

Job description

We are looking for a dynamic candidate, customer and result oriented, driven by processes and methodology, and powerful negotiation/communication skills.

Do you want to have an impact every day by making people safe - and bringing them peace of mind? Interested in being part of a dedicated, passionate team which believes that security is a human right? Looking to join a company where innovation and technology are at the heart of its solutions? Then this is your opportunity.

Our people take care of people, we connect caring, knowledgeable and decisive experts with innovative technology to protect what matters most.

Main Responsibilities

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We are a technology team of a fast growing IoT Company and we now have the opportunity for a Global Product Owner in our Technology Hub in Madrid. This role works closely with business owners from discovery to implementation of products, driving Verisure Securitas Direct’s strategic vision. Playing a key role as part of an agile development team in defining and shaping projects and approaches to delivery working in a fast-paced customer focused IoT environment.  Vision, road mapping and prioritization will be a key part of daily work, meanwhile you really understand different product necessities, from business to technical.

We would like to be platform owners, so we develop in a high-quality environment, implementing SW development best practices and maintaining our platform with a zero bugs target.

You will interact with internal and external staff which demands a continuous communication and teamwork. Relevant international display (Europe & South America) for the technical solution integration of the other countries, which are part of the group Securitas Direct.

• Work closely with Stakeholders and Scrum team to develop and prioritise product backlog.
• Work with Scrum Master to ensure requirements are managed in a manner that ensures agile best practices are maintained.
• Translate high-level business requirements/epics into user stories and work as part of agile development team to deliver new products collaborating with stakeholders.
• Help team defining acceptance criteria in every user story.
• Ensure quality and area WoW within his/her teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Computer Engineering / Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience in Process Design and Business Analysis.
• Advanced English
• Defining requirements and creating user stories.
• Experience in working in agile teams, responsive to changing business priorities.
• Experience in stakeholder management.
• Experience in managing several teams.
• At least 7 years of provable experience in IT.

Competencies:

• Organized, methodical and responsible.
• Initiative and ability to work in team.
• Proactivity and autonomy.
• High communications and negotiation skills.
• Results and Customer oriented.
• Ability to deal with providers.

Preferred Qualifications

Will be a plus:

• Technical background.
• Experience in Digital Channels and Mobile Apps.

We Offer

Passion for our People

We believe that we make a difference every day. To do that, we need committed and engaged employees. Our people are accountable for delivering world-class service and they are passionate about making the world a safer and more secure place. Our teams operate with integrity and respect for one another fueled by an entrepreneurial spirit. We are building a high-performance organization through investing in our people with great development and growth opportunities.

Passion for Innovation

We are a growth company. Our continuous investment in innovation has led to consistent top and bottom-line growth. The more we grow, the safer the world becomes.

Our Investors

We are owned by a leading private equity firm: Hellman & Friedman. Our sponsor has invested in our innovation pipeline and in our organization to fuel our accelerated growth and play a leading role in the industry.