Product Owner

YOU’LL BE OUR: Product owner

YOU’LL BE BASED AT: IBC Knowledge Park, Bengaluru 

YOU’LL BE A MEMBER OF: Product Ownership

Spearhead Ather Energy's enterprise-wide digital transformation by driving strategic technology initiatives across business functions. Enable seamless digital experiences, optimize operational efficiency, and create innovative solutions that power our organizational growth and digital maturity.

WHAT YOU’LL DO AT ATHER: 

Lead cross-functional teams to drive digital transformation initiatives across Ather Energy, focusing on:

• Organizational Digital Enablement

• Drive digitalization initiatives in key areas:

• Scooter business/sales optimization using technology to achieve better ETBR conversion rates, efficiencies, dealer profitability, etc.

• Marketing technology integration to achieve better brand awareness and increase top of the funnel

• Customer Service & Support enhancement to achieve better customer experience (incl. CSAT/NPS), contact center efficiencies by utilising Contact center technologies, CRM, AI, etc.

• Manufacturing digitalization to achieve standardization of processes & systems across Shopfloor, Logistics, Warehouse by using ERP, MES, WMS, etc.

• Financial systems tech modernization

• Sourcing and procurement digital enablement using SLM, PR-PO tools, etc.

• Define a backlog in coherence with business stakeholders, Product Managers and Enterprise architect for all the above areas

• Roadmap and OKR Management

• Break down the horizontal’s objective and key results (OKRs) into program-wise and swimlane-wise objectives, keeping in mind org priorities and timelines

• Execute and iterate the long-term and short-term product and technology roadmap with the right quality and right cost structure

• Communicate and cascade the horizontal’s objectives to every swimlane in the horizontal, other P&L Owners, and other stakeholders

• Define overall metrics against each KR, to evaluate movement in program objectives

• Propose, decide, and allocate capital and resources to the P&L, keeping in mind resource constraints

• PI Planning & execution

• Support swimlanes in the horizontal in breaking down program objectives into a sprint-by-sprint backlog, while driving a sequenced flow and ramp-up of stories

• Drive and review program backlog refinement before, during, and after each Program Increment (PI) cycle

• On a sprint-by-sprint basis, re-evaluate priorities for each swimlane to ensure maximum value, keeping in mind resource constraints and input from swimlane retrospectives

• Resolve any prioritization conflicts and take measured risks to break any impasse

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with Product Managers and Enterprise architects to define product backlog

• Map interdependencies among different P&Ls/teams for seamless execution

• Collaborate with multiple functions to execute and deliver:

• Product/Transformation Manager (supporting your horizontal) - 

• Negotiate with the Product manager to arrive at the right product/objective that is to be delivered. Sign off on the product proposal and any changes to the product

• Program Management (supporting your horizontal) - 

• Align on program objectives and priorities for the quarter/sprint.

• Assign and reassign priorities to each swimlane every sprint, keeping in mind a coherent flow of stories

• Functional Managers (whose teams are represented in your horizontal)

• Every quarter, decide and negotiate on the number and nature of the headcount needed to support the horizontal - competence, bandwidth required, experience, etc. Sign off on the final headcount supporting the horizontal, based on the headcount cost, along with the P&L TP.

• With Finance partner supporting your horizontal:

• Budget, track, and adjust capital inflow, outflow, and cost allocations, based on changes in priorities
  
  

• Budget and Performance Management

• Manage overall P&L for Information Systems

• About Company

  Ather Energy is a Bengaluru-based electric vehicle startup known for its smart scooters like the Ather 450X. The company builds high-performance EVs and invests in its own public charging network. It is pushing innovation in India’s growing sustainable mobility space.