Technical Director - Product Owner

Technical Director - Product Owner
Role is part of Tech Ops HLF leadership team, in turn part of the larger game project. The role reports into Project Technical Director.
The role as Product Owner means that you will be responsible for the vision and roadmap for the team. The role means leading and managing the POD leaders and their ICs.
Collaborate with Tech Ops leadership and Glacier Leadership to create roadmaps for all teams encompassed in TechOps.
Identify opportunities to improve TechOps technology/product, by providing Glacier leadership direction for internal investment, research and innovation efforts.
Represent TechOps with his leadership partners to all internal teams and external partners.
Provide product leadership and inspiration to a large team of experienced software engineers.
Ensure the entire team always knows the most important and urgent things to be working on. Keep updated, refined, prioritized backlog. (PO Resp #1)
Collaborate, representing your team’s contribution and value to Glacier through product business planning, from strategic planning.
Constantly communicate the Tech Ops vision, aligned with glacier needs, across a broad spectrum of stakeholders such as execs, production counterparts and development teams.
Drive and contribute in planning activities throughout the cycle of designing, building and running each game and the entire Battlefield Franchise across the entire Game Development Framework.
Accurately describe creative and product features in technical terms, constructing roadmaps and breaking them down into deliverables via a groomed backlog
Through appropriate scope and capacity management (developed by the DDs), ensure TechOps delivers on promises and contributes to great Battlefield games, delivered on time, on budget and on quality.
Provide guidance and instruction towards a clear key result (a single feature) or group of aligned results (multiple features and games).
Set delivery goals that prioritize the quality of the work with the overall product in mind
Work with QA to quantify and qualify product quality at each milestone and communicate this to entire development team
Drive product and development direction using metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and data to make informed decisions.
In partnership, manage risk by identifying, assessing and prioritizing specifics to minimize, mitigate or control impacts in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Build teams through recruiting, orientation and onboarding, as well as managing performance and talent through goal and object setting, 1-on-1 conversations, reward and compensation management, leading organizational effectiveness and change to ultimately build high-performing individuals and teams.