Product Owner, PaaS and Container Services Full Time

Boston Consulting Group
WHAT YOU’LL DOTo realize our digital transformation, we need to transform our products, experiences, processes, technology and how we operate. Delivering our clients unrivalled experience of exceptional service, value and flexibility is part of our DNA. We are looking for people who are passionate about Agile ways of working and want to spread this approach within our teams and business processes.

The Product Owner will take end-to-end ownership of Squad goals, set the product roadmap and drives value realization by translating the voice of the customer into product features.

The PaaS and Container Services Product Owner must be a leader who is customer-centric and enjoys working with cross functional teams to ensure the teams deliver exceptional products for their customers with speed and agility. You will own the Digital PaaS (Platform as a Service) platform and vendor relation, lead a multi-skilled engineering Squad and work directly with its members to prioritize and manage what needs to be done and by when. This is a multifaceted role where at one hand you will work with the functional Product Owners across tribes/functional verticals to identify their Platform needs, , drive adoption of an enterprise container based platform, and on the other hand you will also collaborate with other Platform Product owners in your (Cloud & Platform Engineering) tribe to build the right platform capability. Working with Squad members without line management authority over them will be key-you are a servant-leader and embody that in how you approach the work. You will coordinate closely with your Tribe Lead & Tech Area Lead to stay aligned on business goals and make sure your Squad is progressing and delivering against them. You will also represent the voice of the customer, whether internal or external, and make sure that Squad members understand their needs and preferences.YOU’RE GOOD AT

• Understanding Kubernetes based application hosting environments in public cloud.
• Experienced with CI/CD, automated deployment and other DevSecOps concepts
• Experienced in running Kubernetes as a service for internal developers and application teams, with good understanding of full platform lifecycle management
• Good understanding of API & Integration patterns
• Good understanding of secure, modern DevSecOps, micro-services and container-based development practices.
• Experienced in running a Platform team in the past a Product Owner with proven record of driving adoption to deliver the business outcomes
• Being customer-focused and dedicated to understanding and learning about customer needs and requirements
• Working with multi-skilled, cross-functional engineer team
• Operating with a transparency mindset, communicating clearly and openly
• Being comfortable leading, directing, and empowering team members without formal management authority
• Working with ambiguous requirements and multi-disciplinary teams
• Influencing stakeholders up to the senior levels of the organization
• Bringing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs
• Looking for opportunities to innovate and get things done better and faster

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• Total 7+ years relevant experience as Product Owner or Technical Product Owner or Platform Owner of a Platform capability/capabilities.
• Understanding of Enterprise integration landscapes and integration technologies
• Understanding of modern cloud/Kubernetes based technologies and best practices
• Experience in / understanding of modern, cloud native, microservices based architecture is required.
• Understanding of agile principles and ways of working
• Good understanding of technology enabled business transformation, Digital transformation, Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level IT and Digital projects
• Forward thinker who can converge ideas into tangible products
• Exceptional communications and stakeholder management skills

YOU’LL WORK WITHBCG s information technology group collaboratively delivers the latest digital technologies that enable our consultants to lead and our business to grow. For our IT jobs, we seek individuals with expertise in the areas of IT infrastructure, application development, business systems, collaborative and social technologies, information security, and project leadership.ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONCandidates should be aware that BCG currently maintains a policy requiring all US & Canada based employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated prior to their employment start date. BCG is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons where it is not an undue hardship to the company to do so as provided under applicable federal, state, provincial and local law.