R&D Technical Product Owner

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This position reports to

R&D Project Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be a technical expert for a specific product or system or its components. Each day, you will act as the primary contact in Research and Development (R&D) for (market-facing) Product Management and will support them on product-related issues. You will also showcase your expertise by driving the technical direction of development (e.g. acting as product owner in an agile team) and by organizing product maintenance. The work model for the role is: Hybrid #LI Hybrid This role is contributing to the Process Automation Business of Paper/ Process Industry Division in Bangalore. You will be mainly accountable for: • Identify, evaluate, and execute R&D plans for digital portfolio within PI Digital Business line for global process industries customers. • Own the requirements to meet the product demands, make sure that the features developed by scrum team are in line with the identified needs • Be part of the development scrum team, work closely with developers to get the productive deliverables from team • Working directly on development tasks; providing technical leadership, coordinating with other resources and creating high quality products within the defined schedules and budgets.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field
• - Minimum 10 years of exp in Technical Product Owner of industrial solutions, in digital products and Industry experience (P&P / any process industry)
• Supports strategic technology direction in own organization through own work and by proposing innovative technology development, application and solutions.
• Maintains awareness of state-of-art technology and market trends affecting company products and services and recommends appropriate actions in response
• Applies a variety of accepted scientific principles and technology concepts as well as having the resourcefulness to apply new methodologies and technologies to projects and problems
• Acts as project leader or senior project member providing experience and expertise in the execution and use of supporting tools, processes and methods. Manages or co- ordinates major technology/ engineering projects of substantial impact to the Business Unit/Company
• Monitors and develops IP strategies within own area of expertise based on good understanding of IP strategies and competitors' patents in relevant ABB domains. Actively works to identify and mitigate risks in research and development (R&D) projects and activities.
• Fully conversant with agile, scrum methodology.
• Excellent Communication skills and ability to influence both internally and externally.

More about us

The Process Industries Division serves the mining, minerals processing, metals, cement, pulp and paper, battery manufacturing, and food and beverage, as well as their associated service industries. The Division brings deep industry domain expertise coupled with the ability to integrate both automation and electrical systems, increase productivity and reduce overall capital and operating costs for customers. For mining, metals and cement customers, solutions include specialized products and services, as well as total production systems. The Division designs, plans, engineers, supplies, installs and commissions integrated electrical and motion systems, including electric equipment, drives, motors, high power rectifiers and equipment for automation and supervisory control within a variety of areas including mineral handling, mining operations, aluminum smelting, hot and cold steel applications and cement production. The offering for the pulp and paper industries includes control systems, quality control systems, drive systems, on-line sensors, actuators and field instruments. Digitalization solutions, including collaborative operations and augmented reality, help improve plant and enterprise productivity, and reduce maintenance and energy costs. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory