Product Owner - Aviation Industry

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 340,000 employees as of January 2024. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500, and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.Cognizant Consulting At Cognizant, our consultants orchestrate the capabilities to truly change the game across strategy, design, technology, and industry/functional knowledge to deliver insight at speed and solutions at scale. Our consulting services elevate the unique abilities and business aspirations of customers and employees and build relationships based on trust and value.As a member of one of Cognizant's fastest-growing consulting practices, the successful candidate must be able to integrate well and develop their leadership within a global matrixed organization, working collaboratively in agile environments with subject matter experts and technologists to develop sound enterprise architectures, technology strategies, and solutions.Description : This role is responsible for developing Self-service capabilities across the airline's digital channels to ensure the website continues to drive key digital KPIs. The role interacts with various business teams in Guest Relations, Digital, and Ecommerce to ensure that the priorities set by the business are collected in the form of requirements and are implemented successfully by the team.Key Responsibilities Work with Product Manager to deliver the product strategy, vision, and roadmap.Manage the team backlog as part of Iteration Planning, including coordinating dependencies with other Product Owners. Responsible for accepting the final Iteration Plan.Continuously improve the backlog with the team, ensure all items are clearly described, estimated, and prioritized.Ensure the scrum team understands the required features and functionality to be delivered in each iteration.Responsible for detailing features and user stories with acceptance criteria and acceptance tests.Responsible for business acceptance of features and user stories, including validating that the stories meet the acceptance criteria, persistent acceptance tests, and compliance with the Definition of Done (Do D).Provide regular demos with the team, ensuring the most critical aspects are shown and validated with stakeholders.Facilitate iteration retrospectives and drive discussions on improvements to increase velocity and quality.Follow and participate in all SAFe Agile product cadences including PO Sync, Sprint Planning, and PI Planning, representing the product area fully.Manage and keep up to date the team's backlog, product roadmap, program Kanban, and all relevant artifacts to ensure communication across leadership, business stakeholders, and the development team.Required Skills and Qualifications5+ years' experience in product development or as a Product Owner.Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent.SAFe Product Owner certification or equivalent is desirable.Experience with Agile methodologies including SAFe, Scrum, and Lean Portfolio Management.Experience handling transactional services on Amadeus and E-commerce manage my booking engine is desirable.Working experience in airline technology or operations with exposure to passenger services systems (PSS), reservations, ticketing, and revenue management.Act as SME for Amadeus APIs and services, ensuring robust integration with airline systems.Strong experience with JIRA, maintaining sprint backlog, epics, features, and user stories.Hands-on experience with Amadeus Web Services, ARD Web, ALTEA, and NDC APIs.Proven success in defining, delivering, and launching products.Technical and business operations knowledge with the ability to drive solutions.Experience defining vision and strategy for a technical product.Strong data analysis skills to drive feature development based on analytics.Excellent communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work with multiple teams.Strong stakeholder management skills to prioritize requirements and ensure high value delivery.#J-18808-Ljbffr