Product Owner II

Sabre is the global leader in innovative technology that leads the travel industry. We are always looking for bright and driven people who have a penchant for technology, are hackers at heart and want to hone their skills. If you are interested in challenging work, being part of a global team, and solving complex problems through technology, business intelligence and analytics, and Agile practices - then Sabre is right for you!  

Conferma is a Sabre-owned company that operates independently with a focus on virtual payments and fintech innovation. The role is based in Bengaluru, India, and the candidate will work out of Sabre’s office, though their day-to-day responsibilities and reporting will align with the Conferma team. 

Our development teams at Conferma build and maintain the systems that enable billions of pounds of B2B payments each year. They have engineered connectivity to over 80 of the world’s best commercial card partners, over 700 travel management companies and over 150 travel technology partners. They build the mobile, web and backend platforms that streamline payment processes, reduce admin and improve cashflow for our customers. 

You will be responsible for: 

• Drive product vision & strategy, business requirements documentation and analysis 

• Ensure alignment to technology strategy throughout product life cycle 

• Manage the product profit & loss (P&L) 

• Manage product area’s investment decisions, scope, roadmap, priorities 

• Understand/monitor product's competitive and market landscape 

• Conduct/attend visits, customer touch-bases, focus groups, conferences 

• Support sales engineering and commercial/delivery/care teams 

• Be the product's subject-matter expert (SME) inside scrum teams 

• Write scrum team stories, acceptance criteria 

• Create, refine, prioritize scrum team's backlog, and accept work 

• Attend scrum ceremonies and provide guidance to scrum teams 

• Analyze, triage and troubleshoot maintenance issues 

• Conduct demos (internal or external, as needed) 

 
You have:  

• 5 years of experience working with Payments technology 

• 3 years of experience in market-facing roles (e.g. engaging with customers and prospects) 

• Business and technology-oriented, with a strong product and functional background 

• Abundant curiosity to delve into unfamiliar areas and quickly become proficient 

• Ability to present a compelling solution to a business need that is grounded in technology 

• Ownership mindset of individual and team objectives; with both tactical and strategic thinking to ensure measurable results 

• Ability to work independently and resolve professional, technical or operational project challenges in a creative, methodical manner 

• Comfortable working in a team-oriented, highly collaborative virtual environment that is geographically distributed 

• Ability to successfully navigate in a multi-stakeholder environment where there are often competing priorities, goals and challenges across our diverse set of internal and external customers and partners 

• Excellent self-organization skills, with the ability to manage and prioritize several projects in parallel 

• Strong business acumen and situational awareness 

• Must have excellent written and verbal English communications skills, and be a strong public speaker comfortable presenting or demonstrating technology in front of large groups at all levels of an organization 

• Proficient in Microsoft Office use for presentations and written communication 

• Storyteller and story mapper 

• Able to well define a product’s feature set 

• Bachelors/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or related fields 

• Knowledge of emerging trends in travel retailing and e-commerce (such as AI/ML, dynamic offers, etc.) 

• Experience with software development process with . net, Java, C++, SQL is a plus