Senior Product Owner

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The PositionWho We Are
At Roche, we are passionate about transforming patients’ lives, and we are bold in both decision and action - we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work every single day. We commit ourselves to scientific accuracy, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow. Are you seeking a meaningful job?
Then come aboard!
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Product Owner to help shape and deliver Roche’s new innovative data platform and ecosystem that delivers and connects our diagnostics and digital products to our laboratory and hospital customers.
Role Purpose
The Product Owner (PO) is the member of the Agile Team/Squad that acts as the ‘voice of the customer’ for the agile team. The PO contributes to the Vision and Roadmap, clearly communicating the vision to the team, accepting stories, and continuously refining and prioritising the team backlog.
- Experience working in agile methodologies. SAFe is a plus.
- Experience working with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, Trello,...)"
- Ability to map customer needs to their solutions
- Analytical skills, negotiation, experience in writing stories and/or technical requirements
- Comfortable in presenting and running demos of working software, and speaking to the development team from a user’s perspective
- Background in software development is a plus.
- Background in laboratory workflows, healthcare or biomedical engineering is a plus
Tasks or milestones:
- Lead definition phase to build the delivery backlog.
- Lead refinements with development team in order to plan the delivery of value (sprint /iteration planning)
- Support Business Product Manager to process some customer requests and prioritise the discovery backlog within.
- Contribute as part of the Product Management Team to the preparation of the
features/enablers backlog, ensuring preparedness for next Product Increments ( PI(s))
- Socialise incoming features and enablers with the development team in order to elicit early feedback and preparedness for the next PI, in line with the PI objectives.
- Continuously ensure that the prepared backlog consists of items which maximise value whilst minimising cost, requiring scoping correctly the features with input from architecture+security, development and UX concerns.
- Learn and fully understand all functionalities of the product
- Manage the requirements baseline for the product
Who you are:
We are looking for a motivated and committed person able to encourage our team-oriented towards the values of passion, integrity and courage!
Moreover, you bring:
● Leadership skills to move forward and ensure the delivery of the commitments
● The capacity to question established norms and practices in order to achieve desired outcomes
● Focus on project results aligned with the strategic vision
● Experience in product management within the health domain
● A strong desire to understand and learn about global customer needs
● The proficiency to perform adequate stakeholder management and guide the process to a successful outcome
● Good communication and negotiation skills
● The skill to understand and translate customer requirements into clear, practical, and well-organized expectations
Mindset:
You will be encouraged to demonstrate the We@RD dimensions and help evolve the functions culture beliefs and bring We@RocheDiagnostics to life, as part of the TransformD journey.
The dimensions are:
○ We are passionate about our customers and patients
○ We radically simplify
○ We trust, collaborate & have fun
○ We ALL lead
○ We experiment & learn
What Else?
This role offers a competitive salary, plus an excellent benefits package that includes (among others):
● Fascinating opportunities for your professional growth.
● Wide range of options and platforms for learning and development.
● Agile and flexible working policy, working from home.
● A modern office space designed to enhance your experience
● Pension plan
● Life insurance
● Roche stock options
Are you ready to apply? We want someone who thinks beyond the job offered - someone who knows that this position can be an outstanding opportunity to shape the future of Diagnostics. Roche is strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. We strive to build teams that represent a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Embracing diversity enables us to create a phenomenal place to work and to innovate for patients. Roche is an equal opportunity employer.
Locations:
Sant Cugat, SpainWho we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.