Senior Specialist, Product Owner Lead
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About the Role
Telesat is seeking a Senior Product Owner to act as a bridge between customers, stakeholders, and the development team for the Lightspeed LEO satellite network.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and communicate a clear vision for the product, ensuring alignment with business strategy and customer needs
- Work closely with stakeholders to gather and document requirements, ensuring user stories are clear, concise, and actionable
- Prioritize and maintain the product backlog, reflecting business priorities
- Break down high level requirements into actionable user stories with detailed acceptance criteria
- Collaborate with the development team to plan and prioritize releases
- Act as primary point of contact between development team and stakeholders, facilitating communication
- Work closely with vendors to ensure requirements are understood and priorities addressed
- Work with QA team to ensure user stories meet quality standards before release
- Gather feedback from customers and stakeholders and incorporate into product backlog
- Provide support and training to end users for successful adoption and utilization of systems
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in telecommunication, network engineering, software engineering or equivalent practical experience
- At least 10 years as a developer, system analyst, product line manager, or similar roles in the telecom industry
- Experience with element management, network management, and control plane applications
- Familiarity with virtualization, cloud native architecture principles, multi tenant applications, streaming, data analytics, and distributed storage systems
- Highly motivated and able to independently drive projects to completion
- Creative problem solving skills and strong analytical skills
- Strong written and oral English communication skills
- Familiarity with satellite and wireless telecommunications considered an asset
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Company Overview
- Telesat is a leading global satellite operator providing reliable satellite delivered communications solutions for over 55 years.
- Telesat Lightspeed is a revolutionary LEO satellite network scheduled to begin service in 2027.
- Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices worldwide.
Role Overview
- As a Senior Product Owner, you will play a pivotal role in Agile development, acting as the bridge between customers, stakeholders, and the development team.
- The System Operations Software organization manages systems that control the Lightspeed satellite communication network.
- This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology and execution.
Main Responsibilities
- Product Vision: Develop and communicate a clear vision for the product.
- Requirement Gathering: Work with stakeholders to gather and document requirements.
- Backlog Management: Prioritize and maintain the product backlog.
- User Story Definition: Break down high level requirements into actionable user stories.
- Release Planning: Collaborate with the development team to plan and prioritize releases.
- Team Collaboration: Act as primary point of contact between development team and stakeholders.
- Vendor Interaction: Work closely with vendors providing components and systems.
- Quality Assurance: Work with QA team to ensure user stories meet quality standards.
- Customer Feedback: Gather feedback and incorporate into product backlog.
- Support and Training: Provide support and training to end users.
Education & Experience Required
- Bachelor's degree in telecommunication, network engineering, software engineering or equivalent.
- At least 10 years as a developer, system analyst, product line manager, or similar in telecom.
- Experience with element management, network management, and control plane applications.
- Familiarity with virtualization, cloud native architecture, multi tenant applications, streaming, data analytics, and distributed storage.
- Highly motivated and able to independently drive projects.
- Creative problem solving and strong analytical skills.
- Strong written and oral English communication skills.
- Familiarity with satellite and wireless telecommunications considered an asset.
Decision Making & Supervision
- This role requires making recommendations and decisions influencing network operations and control.
- This role contributes as an individual and team member and does not have direct reports.
Working Condition
- Hybrid workplace model with four days a week in the office. This policy is subject to change.
- Occasional international travel is anticipated.
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