Job Category: Engineering & Technology
Career level: Professional
About SKF
SKF is the world leading supplier of products and solutions in the bearing business including technical support, maintenance services, condition monitoring and training.
The inherent skills and competence of our around 40,000 employees help us to fulfill our objective of creating more intelligent, sustainable and innovative customer solutions. SKF is a truly global company with presence in more than 130 countries, serving an extensive range of industries and customers worldwide. SKF started its operations in India in 1923.
SKF has hands-on experience in over 40 industries with knowledge and a vast product portfolio across the SKF technology platforms: bearings and units, seals, lubrication systems, condition monitoring equipment, and services.
We operate in regions – China & Northeast Asia (CNEA), Europe & Africa, India, Southeast Asia & Middle East (ISEAM), The Americas – to serve customers with speed and responsiveness.
SKF has been in India since more than 100 years and has a pan India footprint consisting of 6 manufacturing facilities, 12 offices, a supplier network of over 300 distributors and an employee base of more than 2600 dedicated professionals.
To know more, please visit: www.skf.com/in
Innovation is the key:
We make some of the world’s most innovative products and solutions to reduce friction. But we sell something bigger. Less friction means more energy saved. And it means that society can move forward to a more energy-efficient future where we can all do more with less.
Sustainability:
At SKF, we have a long history of working with industrial sustainability. It is an integral part of what we do every day. And we strive to create engagement throughout the business, not only by implementing sustainability on a strategic level, but also by encouraging the ideas and grass root projects initiated by our people around the world.
About Technology Development t
As a team, we're responsible for global research, technology development, product development and technology strategy. Our group strategy is that 25 percent of our growth should come from new products. Filling that funnel with new and bold innovation is one of the things that we do. We bring customer value by combining our unique knowledge and technology in products and solutions with sustainability to develop ‘Intelligent & Clean’ solutions." - Annika Ölme, CTO and Senior Vice President, Technology Development
Digital Engineering & Innovation
Digital Engineering & Innovation team is an international team based in multiple countries across the globe. We serve customers and distributors directly through services like Bearing Assist mobile application and AI enabled search on skf.com and provide immediate support for product selection and troubleshooting. Additionally, we support customers indirectly by offering solutions such as Engineering Tools, Product Lifecycle Management, Configurators, and Design Solutions. Many of these are AI-enabled, secure, and compliant with industry standards. We collaborate with various SKF teams to create a digital ecosystem, develop innovative solutions, and enhance our entire value chain to add value to our customers
SKF Purpose Statement
Together, we re-imagine rotation for a better tomorrow.
By creating intelligent and clean solutions for people and the planet
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Product Owner - Design Rules Service
Reports To: DA Development Manager
Role Type: Individual Contributor
Location: Bangalore
Role Purpose:
In this role, you are responsible for driving product success by focusing on achieving meaningful user outcomes and aligning with strategic business goals. This role is part of a cross-functional agile team, ensuring that product development is efficient and user-centric.
The Product Owner works closely with the Product Manager, who is primarily responsible for the strategic impact and business value of the product. The collaboration between the product owner and product manager ensures seamless alignment between business strategy and execution.
The Product Owner for Design Rules Service is responsible for the SKF Design Rules Service platform; hosts SKF Design rules which can be consumed by other applications and DATPro which is SKF's major software tool to calculate bearing performance. The development team have UX designers, testers, Mobile Application developers and back-end developers.
Key Responsibilities:
Driving Product Outcomes
Ensure the product delivers value by driving changed user behavior and aligning with business objectives.
Collaboration with Product Manager
Work in close partnership with the PM to align on product mission, vision, and strategy, ensuring that execution supports high-level strategic goals.
Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Work closely with the agile team to ensure efficient processes aligned with agile best practices. Act as a leader who influences without direct authority.
Customer Advocacy:
Act as the proxy or voice of the customer in product discussions, ensuring that user needs, problems, and desires are represented in decision-making.
Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration:
Together with the PM communicate with various levels inside the organization. Conduct demonstrations and gather feedback from customers/users, stakeholders, including sales, account executives, support teams, and other relevant functions.
Engage with users, subject matter experts, and technical peers to gather insights and align on product goals. Collaborate closely with roles such as Scrum Masters, UX Designers, QA, and Developers.
Backlog Management:
Own and refine the product and sprint backlog, ensuring that features, tasks, and bugs are well-documented, prioritized, and aligned with strategic objectives. Maintain a tactical/operational roadmap covering 3-6 months.
Product Discovery Leadership:
Lead continuous, outcome driven product discovery initiatives in coordination with the PM to identify opportunities, validate concepts, and shape future product directions.
Solution Design and Validation:
In close collaboration with the UX designer guide the team in designing, validating, and implementing solutions that meet user and business needs.
Performance Tracking:
Collaborate with the PM to analyze user behavior metrics and track product outcomes. Monitor team performance in terms of efficiency and effectiveness.
Candidate Profile:
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 10-12 Years of experience of which at least 2 years in Product Owner role
- Proven experience working with agile product teams (software development) on developing and deploying Automation applications
- Documented leadership and communication skills
- Good understanding of business operations and processes
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Fluency in English, other language skills are meriting
- Open to travel if needed for specific activities
