Lead Operative Product Owner (754417)

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About this opportunity:
Radio Software strives to be the most competitive Radio Network R&D unit in the industry. We work in an agile set up to develop and maintain competitive, high-quality Radio products which give our customers solutions securing future growth. We develop 5G, LTE, WCDMA, GSM Network solutions to operators all over the world. We are also heavily involved in creating the new openness in the Radio industry by developing Radios according to the ORAN and NG-OLLS standards.

Radio software is part of the Product Engineering Unit Radio Unit Software (PEU RU SW) within Hardware Engineering Unit (EUHW). Radio software provides possibility to work with the newest technology such as AI and machine learning within telecommunication development and offers a rich number of opportunities in an everyday learning, creative and challenging atmosphere. Kista, Stockholm, is our base but the world is our arena meaning a multi-site organization with offices in Ottawa, Zagreb, Beijing, Nanjing, Chengdu, Kista and Lund.

We emphasize teamwork, communication and co-operation, which is why we seek a strong team player to contribute to the teams’ successes.
As a Lead OPO (Operative Product Owner) you will be a part of our Radio SW OPO function which is the owner of the Radio SW backlog and thus has the governance responsibility of the global Radio SW to make sure that we always have an updated and prioritized backlog.

As a Lead OPO for Remote Radio Requirement Area (RA) and for NG-OLLS, you will have the overall responsibility of the SW backlog in those RAs and to do prioritizations within those RAs and also between other RAs when needed. You are also a key player in the area of Capability planning of the RA’s.


What you will do:
You will be part of RA solution team to secure Radio SW participation in concept studies and prioritize the items in Radio SW RA backlog. You will be SPOC towards CA (Continued Analysis) Kanban Masters to support OA (Opportunity Analyses) studies.

You will lead the RSW (Radio Software) Core team and balance between the capability for studies in the solution team, OA/DMS and supporting execution. You will participate in RA meetings to represent the RSW OPO function as well make sure there is a continually updated RSW capability view for the RA.

You will work closely with RA lead, other RSW OPO’s, capability manager, line and teams to make sure the ask for work is in balance with the available capability set for the RA.

The skills you bring:
• Background in leading technical teams
• Proven experience in product development with a good understanding of systemization, design and verification
• Deep experience of E2E product development flow with a good understanding of systemization, development, test, release and maintenance
• Strong leadership skills
• Knowledge of Lean and Agile ways of working
• Outstanding interpersonal, communication skills and ability to build networks
• Ability to identify and drive efficiency and quality improvements
• Ability to make an effective risk management and reporting
• A large degree of flexibility and willingness to take on different tasks
• Business and customer focus with high accountability to deliver results

Nice to have:
• Radio telecommunication system (5G NR, LTE, WCDMA, GSM)
• Radio SW Architecture
• Radio SW and RAN UP release process flow

Why join Ericsson?
At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

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Primary country and city: Sweden (SE) || Stockholm
Req ID: 754417