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Panasonic Avionics Corporation is #1 in the industry for delivering inflight products such as movies, games, WiFi, and now Bluetooth headphone connectivity.

The Position:

The Product Owner will be responsible for owning the team backlog and maximizing the value delivered to ensure alignment with customer and stakeholder needs. Partner with Product Management, Engineering and other stakeholders to translate business features into technical tasks. Responsible for executing the team backlog through the entire life cycle management of a product, including purpose, definition, design, planning, development, prototyping and testing.

Execution & Delivery

• Responsible for executing the team backlog through the entire life cycle management of a product, including purpose, definition, design, planning, development prototyping and testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and prioritize product features based on business objectives and customer needs for entire product life cycle.
• Act as intermediary between the team and the customer. Provides daily insights that guide the developers towards providing the highest value outputs and the team towards meeting iteration goals. Enables the team to delivery continuous value.
• Creates user stories from high level Epics/Features and maintaining the technical and feature level integrity
• Works with cross-functional teams on PI objectives and goals and also sprint specific goals.
• Tracks and is able to provide regular updates on progress, including KPIs and metrics, to leadership and stakeholders.
• Applies a customer-centric mindset along with design thinking tools to guide the team toward delivering solutions that are desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable.

Backlog Management

• Owns the team's backlog and its Stories, its prioritization and health (the quality and readiness of stories)
• Translates complex technical features into user-centric stories.
• Owns their teams mechanisms including backlog refinement, system demos, and other team events.
• Participates/conducts pre-PI Planning necessary, specifically User Story refinement.
• Ensures Stories have concrete acceptance criteria, maturing toward an acceptance test driven development and shared understanding of "complete/ready".
• Collaborates with team on ensuring User stories to Meet Definition of Ready and defines acceptance criteria for User stories.

Communication

• Communicates with stakeholders, understands and prioritizes requirements from competing stakeholders. Enabling the continuous feedback loops from stakeholders and customers that fuel the value to the customer.
• Understands the Definition of Ready and is communicates the changes required to the Product Manager in a clear and informative manner.
• Support and empower Agile teams by providing clear goals, guidance, and a shared understanding of priorities aligned with the team's backlog.

Mentoring

• Contribute to a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

The salary range of $102,000 – $171,000 is just one component of Panasonic’s total package. The final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives. The minimum hourly wage for this role will be the greater of the posted range, or minimum wage for the location where the employee will be working, subject to local minimum wage requirements.

What we're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree or 9 years of experience in an engineering product development delivery role in lieu of a degree. Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Software or other Technical degree (STEM) preferred.
• 5+ years of moderate to complex project management or product development delivery experience with development of complex systems in aerospace sector and/or experience in driving a product roadmap, leveraging data and analytics to ensure sophisticated customer engagement.
• Agile Certifications (ie, CSM, CSPO, APM, SSM).
• In-flight entertainment preferred.
• Prior experience in breaking down larger complex solutions into achievable goals and tasks and written into User Stories.
• Excellent verbal/written communication; comfortable presenting ideas and decisions to a larger audience.
• Prior experience with Atlassian products including JIRA and Confluence.
• Prior experience in agile methodologies. Understanding of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Experience in prioritizing tasks, manage time efficiently, and adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to navigate and excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Prior experience in Avionics with knowledge of IFE customers, competition.

At Panasonic Avionics Corporation we realize the most important aspects in leading our industry are the bright minds behind everything we do. We are proud to offer our employees a highly competitive, comprehensive and flexible benefits program.

• Paid time off: Exempt Salaried employees receive flexible paid time off. This means that there is no fixed number, range, or limit to the amount of Personal and Vacation Days that may be taken for exempt employees. Non-exempt hourly employees accrue 14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days. Accrual rate increases with tenure. All employees receive 11 company paid holidays per year. We also close our offices at the corporate level in the U.S. between Christmas and New Year. For operational positions that are expected to work on holidays, we provide additional compensation for hours worked.
• Health Insurance: Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA & HI). Options for Employee Only, Employee + Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee + Children, or Family. Dental PPO and DMO options & Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
• 401K with 50% match on up to 8% contribution, full vested from day 1.
• Washington residents only are eligible for: Washington’s Family and Medical Leave program and Washington’s Paid Sick Leave program.
• Other offerings include: Wellness Program, Counseling services, FSA & HSA, Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child, AD&D Insurance, Long-term and Short-term disability, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Dependent Care FLSA, Education Assistance, Commuter Program, Employee Purchase Program, Service Award Program.

All applicants are subject to Company policies, third party customer and worksite requirements, and government requirements regarding vaccination and/or testing for COVID-19. Where permitted by applicable law, applicants may be required to be fully vaccinated with an authorized COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment, unless they are eligible for and obtain an exemption based on a reasonable accommodation because of a disability or a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. Panasonic is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Pre‑employment drug testing is required for safety sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S.