Job Summary

We are currently seeking a Technical Product Owner to join our growing R&D team in Bangalore. In this role, you will be responsible for the Schneider Electric Plant Room Sensor Platform. These sensors support critical HVAC and mechanical room applications within building automation systems by ensuring reliable equipment operation, enabling early fault detection, and improving energy efficiency across plant rooms and central utility spaces.

As part of a talented Agile team of embedded engineers, you will develop robust sensor solutions that support the digital transformation of building infrastructure. Your focus will be on delivering high-reliability sensing solutions for demanding environments, enabling enhanced system visibility, predictive maintenance, and optimized building performance.

Key Responsibilities

Product Ownership & Requirements Management

• Serve as the primary Technical Product Owner for the Plant Room Sensor Platform, partnering closely with the Offer Manager, who is responsible for defining customer and market requirements.

• Translate high-level business and customer requirements into:

  • Detailed user stories
  • Clear acceptance criteria
  • Well-structured and prioritized backlog items

• Ensure requirements are technically feasible, unambiguous, and development-ready, effectively bridging business needs and engineering execution.

• Own and manage the product backlog, including prioritization, refinement, and alignment with release goals.

• Provide day-to-day direction to the Agile development team, ensuring clarity on scope, priorities, and expected outcomes.

• Drive engineering changes end-to-end as Product Owner, ensuring proper implementation in collaboration with manufacturing teams.

Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as the primary R&D point of contact for the offering.

• Ensure alignment and shared understanding among Offer Management, Engineering, Quality, and Operations teams.

• Define and communicate release scope, trade-offs, and technical impacts in partnership with the Offer Manager.

• Support Offer Management and Marketing teams through:

  • Requirements clarification and feasibility assessments
  • Competitive analysis and bid support
  • Technical input for feature positioning and messaging

Quality, Reliability & Lifecycle Management

• Ensure product quality and readiness by partnering with:

  • Quality teams to track and resolve critical issues
  • Technical support teams to incorporate field feedback
  • Manufacturing and supply chain teams to support product industrialization

• Lead or support sustainment (run) activities for the existing product portfolio, including:

  • Managing field issues, defect triage, and prioritization
  • Driving resolution of critical customer issues
  • Maintaining a backlog of improvements, fixes, and cost/quality optimizations
  • Ensuring continuous product reliability and performance in deployed environments

Agile Leadership

• Champion Agile best practices by:

  • Leading backlog refinement sessions
  • Facilitating sprint planning activities
  • Participating in Agile ceremonies, including:
    • Daily stand-ups
    • Sprint reviews
    • Retrospectives
  • Ensuring user stories meet the Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD)

• Monitor product performance and drive continuous improvement using field data and customer feedback.

• Mentor team members and foster a strong product ownership and Agile mindset.

Travel

• Flexibility to travel 1-2 times per year.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electronics, Mechanical, or a related field).

• 8+ years of overall professional experience, including:

  • 4+ years in Product Ownership, System Engineering, or Product Development.

• Strong ability to translate technical concepts into customer-centric solutions.

• Proven experience working with cross-functional and globally distributed teams.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

• Hands-on experience with:

  • Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
  • Backlog management and prioritization
  • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

• Demonstrated ability to make data-driven decisions and manage technical and business trade-offs.

• Self-motivated, proactive, and results-oriented approach.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Experience with HVAC systems, plant room equipment, or building automation systems.

• Understanding of sensor technologies, including:

  • Temperature sensors
  • Pressure sensors
  • Humidity sensors
  • Air quality sensors

• Familiarity with IoT technologies, connectivity protocols, and smart building platforms.

• Experience with tools such as:

  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Similar Agile project management platforms

• Knowledge of:

  • Integration testing
  • System validation
  • Field deployment challenges

What's in It for You?

• Flexible hybrid work environment.

• Comprehensive well-being and employee support programs.

• Opportunity to work on next-generation smart building and sensing technologies.

• Career growth within a global, innovation-driven organization.

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• +9% organic growth

• 150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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