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This Position reports to:
Digital Integration Leader
In this role you will be part of the Digital Platforms and Capabilities Agile Unit. Your direct reporting line will be to a Chapter Leader and the dotted reporting line to your Agile Unit Leader. Agile Unit mission: We enable the Solution and Product Platform Agile Units to make the best use of digital technologies, common standards and capabilities.
We are looking for a Product Owner for our Agile Team “Innovate: Digital Services & Technologies”. Agile Team mission: “We shape and execute strategic trajectories to embrace new technologies and business models, by cultivating key partnerships and research ecosystems, to amplify the digital innovation across our portfolio.”
Work model: onsite/hybrid/remote.
The location is flexible with the preference to Sweden, Finland ,Germany, Italy, Switzerland , Spain, France.
Your responsibilities:

• Outline and iterate the Agile Team mission and direction as defined in the Annual Business Review / Quarterly Business Review (ABR/QBR) by developing vision, purpose, requirements, and priorities in key focus areas, together with the Agile Team members • Empower the agile team members to co-create and contribute to the vision and the roadmap of the agile team to take ownership of the team deliverables

• Ensure organizational alignment with stakeholders by transferring their needs into prioritized requirements
• Mitigate impediments that impact successful completion of the release/sprint goals
• Manage and prioritize the backlog (backlog refinement), align with the entire Agile Team and jointly specify concrete user stories (sprint planning) Your main accountabilities specific to new Agile Team scope
• Define vision and innovation strategy for Digital portfolio evolution, according to global macrotrends, new state-of-the-art technologies and products long term evolution
• Manage and experiment new digital technologies and business models for new projects with the aim to develop innovative solutions according to the strategy
• Create, manage and coordinate a digital partners ecosystem (Research Centers, Universities, Technology giants and partners, Startup) to develop common projects and new field of applications
• Manage and develop digital prototypes and POC to boost digital innovation within the Digital Portfolio
• Organize, attend and design specific trainings to learn state-of-the-art tools, technologies, methodologies and services, even if not part of ELSP typical scope
• Drive scaling-up of successful POCs together with other Agile Teams and stakeholders

Qualifications for the role:

• Experience in design, management and maintenance of digital cloud infrastructure, common hardware, and software
• Understanding of digital business models of the existing Electrification/ELSP digital portfolio, the competitive landscape and digital improvement processes
• Skilled in managing a horizontal team together with internal and external stakeholders
• Digital/start-up mindset: “Keep it simple, make it happen.”
• Understanding of customer needs, business and market dynamics as well as the key challenges that drive potential solutions
• Proven capability for constructive cross-functional collaboration, paired with good communication, coordination, and coaching skills
• Fluency in English

MORE ABOUT US

ABB Smart Power provides energy distribution solutions for data centers, industrial and
manufacturing plants, critical infrastructure and commercial buildings. The Division’s technical teams
work closely with industry partners, delivering advanced solutions that support rapid growth, energy
transition, and sustainability objectives. The Division’s portfolio includes industrial circuit breakers,
low-voltage systems, motor starting applications, and safety devices like switches and relays. Its Power Protection unit supports the world’s largest data center companies with advanced energy-efficient UPS solutions. The Division’s ABB Ability™ Energy Manager provides a scalable, easy-to-use platform that helps organizations save energy and reduce CO2 emissions.

• Outline and iterate the Agile Team mission and direction as defined in the Annual Business Review / Quarterly Business Review (ABR/QBR) by developing vision, purpose, requirements, and priorities in key focus areas, together with the Agile Team members • Empower the agile team members to co-create and contribute to the vision and the roadmap of the agile team to take ownership of the team deliverables

• Ensure organizational alignment with stakeholders by transferring their needs into prioritized requirements
• Mitigate impediments that impact successful completion of the release/sprint goals
• Manage and prioritize the backlog (backlog refinement), align with the entire Agile Team and jointly specify concrete user stories (sprint planning) Your main accountabilities specific to new Agile Team scope
• Define vision and innovation strategy for Digital portfolio evolution, according to global macrotrends, new state-of-the-art technologies and products long term evolution
• Manage and experiment new digital technologies and business models for new projects with the aim to develop innovative solutions according to the strategy
• Create, manage and coordinate a digital partners ecosystem (Research Centers, Universities, Technology giants and partners, Startup) to develop common projects and new field of applications
• Manage and develop digital prototypes and POC to boost digital innovation within the Digital Portfolio
• Organize, attend and design specific trainings to learn state-of-the-art tools, technologies, methodologies and services, even if not part of ELSP typical scope
• Drive scaling-up of successful POCs together with other Agile Teams and stakeholder

Qualifications for the role:

• Experience in design, management and maintenance of digital cloud infrastructure, common hardware, and software
• Understanding of digital business models of the existing Electrification/ELSP digital portfolio, the competitive landscape and digital improvement processes
• Skilled in managing a horizontal team together with internal and external stakeholders
• Digital/start-up mindset: “Keep it simple, make it happen.”
• Understanding of customer needs, business and market dynamics as well as the key challenges that drive potential solutions
• Proven capability for constructive cross-functional collaboration, paired with good communication, coordination, and coaching skills
• Fluency in Englis