Al Futtaim Jobs - Automation Product Owner | Al Futtaim Automotive | Dubai (AE)

Job Requisition ID: 108724 

No two days are the same at Al-Futtaim, no matter what role you have. Our work is driven by the desire to make a difference and to have a meaningful impact with the goal of enriching everyday lives. Take our engaging and supportive work environment and couple it with a company culture that recognises and rewards quality performance, and what do you get? The chance to push the limits every single day.

 

As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You’ll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.

 

Come join us to live well, work better, and be the best.

About the Role

The Automation Product Owner is responsible for the identification of automation opportunities and defining the strategic roadmap for the Al-Futtaim Automotive global network. This individual will have a deep understanding of the Automotive industry and ability to build close relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that the automation delivery teams efforts align to the overall strategy. An Automation Product Owner manages dependencies across the business, Digital and Technology functions, whilst identifying, building and managing strategic partnerships across the different teams. They will work closely within their team to ensure business value and user feedback is translated into new developments, be accountable for automation specific KPIs and ensure effective agile practices are followed throughout the delivery process.

 

Key Responsibuilities among others:
•    Set an ambitious and clear vision for automation, in consultation with senior leadership across the business, digital and technology functions.
•    Facilitate and drive automation identification events across local and international entities.
•    Analyze processes and write user stories for RPA (Robotic Process Automation) and digital workflow solutions.
•    Support the building of business cases for potential automation opportunities.
•    Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure the automation vision and products align to the delivery teams’ strategy and requirements.
•    Experience in full life cycle implementations (i.e., requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing, deploying and operations & maintenance).
•    Accountable for automation specific KPIs once new process automations enter production as well as regularly communicating and reporting on delivery progress.

 

About You

Education:
•    Undergraduate bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business or Computer Science.
•    Automation Anywhere Business Analyst / Developer certification (or equivalent).
•    Agile Scrum Master / Product Owner.
•    Lean Six Sigma certification is preferred.
•    Masters or MBA will be an asset.

 

Minimum Experience and Knowledge:  
•    3+ years of end-to-end Robotic Process Automation implementation experience, preferably Automation Anywhere.
•    5+ years of experience in setting product definitions and roadmaps.
•    5+ years of experience in facilitating agile ceremonies, managing a backlog/release plan, tracking team level metrics, removing blockers (burndown charts, release burn up, etc.)
•    2+ years in the Automotive industry.
•    Excellent Microsoft Office skills. Experience of SAP will be an advantage.

Advanced
•    Robotic Process Automation
•    Product Owner
•    Business Process Analysis
Proficient
•    Design Thinking
•    Scrum Master
Developing
•    Technical product knowledge

 

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