Technical Product Owner

Full Time

Location : 

Mississauga, Toronto

Experience :

7+ years

About us

5G is the most significant innovation since the smartphone, powering new-age digital economy and experiences in industry 4.0. Shabodi is the first-to-market with a patent-pending platform that enables developers to build and deploy next-gen applications for 5G networks. This platform will transform how applications are enabled on networks, especially 5G. It will leverage 5G‘s core and Radio Access Network (e.g. O-RAN) to enable optimized network services for end user applications.

Shabodi is a well-funded, institutionally-backed startup led by a team of former industry heavyweights from Cisco, Juniper Networks, Nortel, EY and Macquarie Group with two start-up exits and 4 patents under their belts.

Team Shabodi is looking for Technical Product Owner to join our rapidly growing team of innovators and disruptors of the new technology ecosystem.


Role Requirements

  • Lead Scrum Teams as the Product Owner
  • Provide vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project and create requirements
  • Ensure that the team always has an adequate number of prior prepared tasks to work on
  • Define product vision, roadmap and growth opportunities
  • Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
  • Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
  • Work closely with Sales and Technology team to create and maintain a product
  • backlog according to business value or ROI
  • Lead the planning product release plans and set the expectation for delivery of new functionalities
  • Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint goals
  • Research and analyze market, the users, and the roadmap for the product
  • Follow our competitors and the industry
  • Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends

Domain Skills

  • Understanding of Core Network protocols, good understanding of network architecture of 5G/4G networks
  • Working knowledge of 5G/4G technologies on Radio side and Transport side
  • Experience in developing or integrating with real-time systems for networking products
  • Experience in developing with Software Defined Network Elements is an asset
  • Understanding of Network protocols and access (MPLS, OpenBGP, OpenFlow) will be preferred
  • Understanding of networking principles and concepts (SDN-WAN, SDN, labelling, routing etc.) will be preferred
  • Understanding of 3GPP/5G network management, including Radio configuration, QoS management, SLA management, Netconf, SNMP, directives will be preferred
  • Working knowledge of different 3GPP defined protocol layer & stack, specification will be preferred

Agile Skills

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with Agile mindset
  • Experience working with Scrum APM practices and tools including Jira, Confluence, Git etc
  • Knowledge of Agile software development methodologies
  • Knowledge of in Software Application development process with understanding of REST API calls

Soft Skills

  • Team player 
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
  • Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Creative thinker with a vision
  • Attention to details
  • Enthusiasm to make a difference in a startup environment with minimal supervision and out of the box thinking 
  • Interest in becoming a key contributor at the foundational stage of a startup’s journey

About us

5G is the most significant innovation since the smartphone, powering new-age digital economy and experiences in industry 4.0. Shabodi is the first-to-market with a patent-pending platform that enables developers to build and deploy next-gen applications for 5G networks. This platform will transform how applications are enabled on networks, especially 5G. It will leverage 5G‘s core and Radio Access Network (e.g. O-RAN) to enable optimized network services for end user applications.

Shabodi is a well-funded, institutionally-backed startup led by a team of former industry heavyweights from Cisco, Juniper Networks, Nortel, EY and Macquarie Group with two start-up exits and 4 patents under their belts.

Team Shabodi is looking for Technical Product Owner to join our rapidly growing team of innovators and disruptors of the new technology ecosystem.

Roles and responsibilities

    • Lead Scrum Teams as the Product Owner

    • Provide vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project and create requirements

    • Ensure that the team always has an adequate number of prior prepared tasks to work on

    • Define product vision, roadmap and growth opportunities

    • Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy

    • Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories

    • Work closely with Sales and Technology team to create and maintain a product

    • backlog according to business value or ROI

    • Lead the planning product release plans and set the expectation for delivery of new functionalities

    • Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint goals

    • Research and analyze market, the users, and the roadmap for the product

    • Follow our competitors and the industry

    • Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends

Skills and Experience

    • Understanding of Core Network protocols, good understanding of network architecture of 5G/4G networks

    • Working knowledge of 5G/4G technologies on Radio side and Transport side

    • Experience in developing or integrating with real-time systems for networking products

    • Experience in developing with Software Defined Network Elements is an asset

    • Understanding of Network protocols and access (MPLS, OpenBGP, OpenFlow) will be preferred

    • Understanding of networking principles and concepts (SDN-WAN, SDN, labelling, routing etc.) will be preferred

    • Understanding of 3GPP/5G network management, including Radio configuration, QoS management, SLA management, Netconf, SNMP, directives will be preferred

    • Working knowledge of different 3GPP defined protocol layer & stack, specification will be preferred

Agile Skills

    • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with Agile mindset

    • Experience working with Scrum APM practices and tools including Jira, Confluence, Git etc

    • Knowledge of Agile software development methodologies

    • Knowledge of in Software Application development process with understanding of REST API calls

Soft Skills

    • Team player

    • Excellent organizational and time management skills

    • Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills

    • Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills

    • Creative thinker with a vision

    • Attention to details

    • Enthusiasm to make a difference in a startup environment with minimal supervision and out of the box thinking

    • Interest in becoming a key contributor at the foundational stage of a startup’s journey

The Shabodi Promise

Elevating
Perks

Competitive compensation and benefits plan

Nurturing
Growth

Employee development including training programs and mentorship

Pathways to
Success

Career development and advancement opportunities