Product Owner

Job Description

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare

access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected,

compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Product owner

Senior Software Product Owner with 8+ years of experience in Agile and Stakeholder Management. Should have

worked in a dynamic environment while handling multiple projects parallelly. Previous medical domain experience

is preferred.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Product Vision & Strategy:

o Collaborate with stakeholders to define product vision, strategy, and roadmap that align with business

goals and customer needs.

o Clearly communicate the product vision to the scrum team and ensure alignment with the business'

strategic objectives.

• Product Backlog Management:

o Collaborating with global Systems leads to managing the product backlog, ensuring that it is wellgroomed.

o Write clear and actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, and other relevant documentation.

o Translate high level strategy product direction into work breakdown and prioritize for the backlog

o Continuously refine and prioritize the backlog based on changing requirements, marketing feedback, and

technical feasibility.

• Stakeholder Engagement:

o Act as the primary point of contact between business unit stakeholders and the scrum team.

o Gather and translate business requirements into product features and functionality in collaboration with

global Systems lead

o Regularly communicate progress, updates, and risks to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and

alignment.

o Experience working with distributed teams across time zones

• Sprint Planning & Execution:

o Collaborate with the scrum team during sprint planning, ensuring that high-priority tasks are selected for

development.

o Experience with agile product development including requirements and work management in epics and

stories

o Participate in daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to provide guidance and clarity

on product requirements.

o Ensure that the development team fully understands the features and delivers high-quality, customerfocused

products.

o Identifying product risks early and driving mitigation strategies

• Success Measurement:

o Define and track product backlog readiness and make data-driven decisions for future improvements.

o Having a complete overview of the quality standards of the product and guiding the team accordingly.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through

advanced education combined with experience.

• Solid understanding of software development processes & functional use cases and the ability to

effectively communicate with technical teams.

• Experience in working on Mobile, Web and cloud-based applications.

• Practical knowledge of Product and its use cases

• Requires a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience as a PO and managing the stakeholders

• Readiness to understand and enhance the product functionally

• Should be excellent in stakeholder management

• Experienced in managing teams with end-to-end product accountability

• Excellent communication skills

• Should have handled dynamic work environment and show flexibility in playing multiple roles where

needed to ensure product commitment and quality

• Proven track record of building effective, collaborative relationships with BU

• Should be instrumental in engaging and driving any process changes

• Agile/Scrum Knowledge: Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum. Certified

Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification is a must. Certified Scrum Master is a plus.

• Leadership: Strong leadership abilities to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority and

drive results.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering

Communication and Influence:

• Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors.

• Exchange information of facts, status, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision making.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate product vision,

requirements, and priorities.

Leadership and Talent Management:

• May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.

• May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others' work product.

Good to Have:

• Familiarity with medical device regulations (e.g., FDA, MDR, ISO 13485, IEC 62304)

• Familiarity with Figma, or similar tools