Product Owner - North Alarm & Business Logic

Are you our next customer advocate in the team to secure that customer and stakeholder needs are both met?

Do you strive to bridge the gap between product strategy and development to maximize the value delivered by the team? Then this can be the right job for you!

About the role
Based in Malmö, you will drive requirements and priorities for the team. You will play an important part in laying out the future of part of our system within the tema and of the whole system in interaction with other stakeholders.

You will also be responsible for all the activates connected to product delivery and certification including the communication needed on dial on demand (DOD), rational, schedule as well as the appointment of Proxy Product Owners.

Our team, the North Alarm & Business Logic Team, works in Scrum methodology and is responsible for the Verisure alarm application in the central unit which functions as the brain of our system in constant communication with all the nodes (e.g. smoke detectors, magnet contacts, door locks and cameras). Therefore, connectivity is an essential part of our day-to-day activities working with radio protocols and embedded systems, dealing with radio application for each device, communication and connectivity management of the gateway with the backend, including the security radio protocol, E2PROM data, Mbed TLS and LwIP. 

Quote from the manager
Patric Helm, our Software Development Manager - R&D, shares the following about this opportunity. “As Product Owner of the central part of our alarm system, you will own the team backlog and contribute to the definition and prioritization of future features and development activities. Moreover, you will map how thing works now as well as how they shall work in the future to guarantee effective communication and alignment with all the stakeholders involved”.

About the candidate profile
We are looking for a Product Owner with strong emphasis on our embedded software development area. We expect that you have proven experience in working closely with developers at a system level. If you also have experience with software architecture and system engineering, this is be considered a plus!

You have the ability to coordinate various activities with multiple stakeholders involved thanks to your project management skills. You are persistent and capable of following through led by your positive attitude and “can do” approach.

In addition, you are analytical and have strategic mindset that allow you to make sure decisions are sound and based on data.

You are used to creating structure in an engaged and solution-oriented way as well as to empowering colleagues without formal management authority but rather through the creation of trustful relationships on all levels. 

Lastly, you are equipped with outstanding communication skills enabling you to relay complex information in a simple, clear, and concise manner. We are an international and multicultural work environment, therefore it´s essential you´re fluent in English, both written and spoken forms.

Qualifications
* 5 years or more of experience in a software development organisation.
* Experience in and understanding of embedded systems and connectivity.
* Technical communication skills, both written and oral.
* Experience in and understanding of working with complex systems requiring legacy management and compatibility challenges.
* Proficient English skills.
* Several years of experience with C programming language and Linux systems.
* Experience with software configuration management systems like Git, Gerrit, Bitbucket and incident tracking tools like Jira is considered a merit.
* Hands on experience in software development and software testing is a merit.

 

About Verisure
We are a global leading provider of professionally monitored security solutions. We are an international company with a start-up mindset, fast, agile and lean, high performance and value driven. We protect more than four million customers in 16 countries and growing.

Our business model integrates product development, design and sales with installation, outstanding service and a 24/7 professional monitoring solution. We protect people from intrusion, fire and flood - and we save lives. 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. We are building a high-performance organization through investing in our people, we offer a great opportunity to personal development with an environment characterized by teamwork, knowledge sharing and being proud of what we do.

Our Global R&D team works on a diverse range of products and technology including intelligent camera systems, battery sipping security sensors, advanced access control solutions, and bespoke user interface devices.

Interested in learning more about us? Get inspired by our colleagues talking about how it feels to be part of our exciting journey by clicking here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjDxUndJf98).

Our winning DNA
Everything we do is driven by our DNA.  Our DNA has enabled us to grow at a double-digit pace for many years and is setting us up to continue this journey.
* Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly.
* Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline.
* Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it’s a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are risk takers and we learn continuously.
* Winning as a Team: Our people know that by leveraging one another’s strengths, investing in and developing our team’s capability and by co...