Product Owner - Harmondsworth, Greater London, United Kingdom - myGwork

Description

This inclusive employer is a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

The British Airways (BA) Delivery team is part of BA Digital within the International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world's leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky.

Our vision is to become the most trusted digital airline.

We seek to delight our customers, enable our colleagues, accelerate business performance, increase shareholder value, and protect our business through the innovative and agile use of technology and data.

Together we are building a better BA (British Airways).

As a Product Owner, you will be leading one of our Product teams in one or more of our domains within the BA Digital Delivery Team to bring agile change to life.

We are doing this by role modelling and embedding agile ways of working and applying SAFe as an overarching umbrella.

As a Product Owner, you will be an integral member of our Agile Team, acting as the primary voice of the customer.

Your focus remains unwavering on delivering quality and value, ensuring that each feature or component developed is both functional and in line with the users' expectations.

Your proactive approach and commitment to excellence make you a cornerstone in the product development process, driving both innovation and user satisfaction.

Prepare for Programme Increment (PI) planning events, update the team(s) backlog and contributes to the programme vision, roadmap, and content presentations
Support programme backlog refinement and prep for Program Increment (PI) planning and plays a significant role in the planning event itself
Determine their team Programme Increment objectives together with the entire Agile team(s)
Prioritise and reprioritise the backlog items based on user value, time, and other team dependencies determined in the PI planning event and refined during the PI
Collaborate with the product team(s) to detail stories with acceptance criteria and examples in the form of acceptance tests (Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD))
Participate in team demos and retrospectives with their team(s) and any other stakeholders including the Iteration Retrospectives, with the aim of improving Agile Release Train's (ART's), processes and working practices
Work across teams to define and implement improvement stories that will increase the velocity and quality of the program
Attend the relevant Product Management events for planning and Programme Backlog/Vision refinement

We are looking for individuals with ability to provide both a technical and a commercial focus, with the ability to analyse and understand complex business processes, drive change assessment, and identify opportunities for improvement, simplification, and re-usability.

This role may require some travel and working from multiple sites/locations within UK and internationally. You must be willing and able to travel to participate in meetings, workshops and other related activities.
Recognised Agile qualifications (SAFe)
Business partnering, working as a valued partner with senior stakeholders across a diverse operation, delivering a valueadded service to business customers
Fluent written and spoken English
Proven experience of working as a Product Owner in a SAFe Agile environment, with strong understanding of Agile ceremonies
Demonstratable experience of successfully leading Product teams in an Agile setting, whilst also taking into consideration Waterfall delivery initiatives