Product Owner

An Amazing Career Opportunity for Product Owner
Location: Chennai, India (Hybrid)
Job ID: 51321

Profile Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Product Owner to join our product organization in Chennai. This role will work closely with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, UX, Quality, Security, and other Product Owners to translate product strategy and customer needs into clear, actionable priorities for engineering teams.

The Product Owner will be responsible for defining and prioritizing the team backlog, providing clarity on customer and business outcomes, supporting product discovery, and enabling the delivery of secure, scalable, and high-quality solutions.

We are looking for a Product Owner who goes beyond backlog management and understands the customer problem, business value, product context, and technical considerations required to make effective product decisions.

About HID Global

HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things. We make it possible for people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. Our trusted identity solutions give people secure and convenient access to physical and digital places and connect things that can be accurately identified, verified and tracked digitally. Millions of people around the world use HID products and services to navigate their everyday lives, and over 2 billion things are connected through HID. We work with governments, educational institutions, hospitals, financial institutions, industrial businesses, and some of the most innovative companies on the planet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, HID Global has over 4500 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries. HID Global® is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand. HID Global has is the trusted source for secure identity solutions for millions of customers and users around the world. In India, we have two Engineering Centre (Bangalore and Chennai). Global Engineering Team is based in Chennai and one of the Business Unit Engineering team is based in Bangalore. Check us out: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo

LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/company/hidglobal/mycompany/

Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS):

HID Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS) is at the forefront of securing spaces with advanced, reliable access control solutions. From cutting-edge readers, credentials and controllers to mobile and biometric technologies, HID PACS empowers organizations worldwide to protect their people, property and assets with scalable, high-quality solutions. This is more than just a job – it’s your chance to join an industry leader to drive innovation in access control and make a real impact on global security solutions. Are you ready to make a difference? Join us and help shape the future of security. 

Are You Ready to Join the Team?
Our company is committed to finding the best and the brightest talent to help us reach the top. If you are a dynamic, highly skilled, experienced Cloud engineer and technology enthusiast, and you enjoy working in a rapid pace within a rapidly growing business environment, then you will want to consider this position. If you excel at communication, collaboration, and unrelenting innovation, we want to talk to you. And if you bring dedication, positive energy and integrity to the table, you just might be the right fit for our team.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Roles & Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned)
Product Ownership and Delivery

• Translate product strategy, customer needs, and business priorities into well-defined features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Own, prioritize, and continuously refine the team backlog in alignment with Product Management priorities.
• Ensure the engineering team understands the customer problem, expected outcome, and value behind the work.
• Make timely product decisions and provide clarification throughout the development lifecycle.
• Review delivered capabilities against agreed requirements, acceptance criteria, and intended customer outcomes.
• Balance new capabilities with technical enablers, quality improvements, security requirements, and technical debt.

Product Discovery and Collaboration

• Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, UX, and other stakeholders to understand and validate customer problems.
• Support product discovery through customer feedback, technical investigations, prototypes, and incremental validation.
• Collaborate with other Product Owners to manage dependencies and ensure alignment across teams.
• Understand technical constraints and trade-offs sufficiently to support effective prioritization and product decisions.
• Identify dependencies, risks, edge cases, and operational considerations early in the development process.

Agile Planning and Execution

• Participate in roadmap refinement, PI Planning, iteration planning, backlog refinement, demos, retrospectives, and Inspect & Adapt activities where applicable.
• Ensure features and stories are sufficiently prepared ahead of planning and development.
• Coordinate priorities and dependencies across teams.
• Track progress toward product outcomes and adjust priorities based on customer feedback, business needs, and delivery learnings.

Technical Requirements:

The Product Owner is not expected to define engineering implementation but should have sufficient technical understanding to engage effectively with engineers and architects.

Experience or working knowledge in several of the following areas is preferred:

• Cloud-based and SaaS platforms
• Mobile applications and ecosystems
• REST APIs and system integrations
• Authentication, identity, and authorization
• Security and cybersecurity principles
• Distributed systems and cloud architecture
• Hardware, software, and firmware integration
• IoT and connected-device ecosystems

Experience and/or Education Qualification:  

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of overall industry experience in technology and software product development.
• 3–5 years of experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner, Product Manager, or equivalent product-focused role.
• Experience working with complex enterprise software products or platforms.
• Strong understanding of Agile software development practices and the software development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex customer and business needs into actionable engineering requirements.
• Strong analytical, prioritization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Experience working with global and distributed engineering and product teams is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAFe or another scaled Agile framework.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification or equivalent training.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Miro, or similar tools.
• Previous software engineering or hands-on technical experience is an advantage.

What Success Looks Like

The successful Product Owner will ensure that engineering teams understand what they are building, why it matters, and the outcomes expected. They will maintain a healthy and prioritized backlog, enable timely product decisions, identify dependencies and risks early, and establish strong alignment between Product Management and Engineering.
Most importantly, they will take ownership of customer and business value rather than focusing solely on feature or story delivery.

Added Advantage – Not Mandatory

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial but is not required:

• Physical Access Control Systems (PACS)
• Digital or mobile credentials and mobile wallets
• Access control, identity, authentication, or credential management solutions
• Products integrating cloud, mobile, software, and physical devices
• Strong Product Ownership and technical product experience from other technology domains will also be considered.

Why apply? 

• Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
• Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves to feel appreciated and accepted.

This opportunity may be open to flexible working arrangements.

HID is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

We make it easier for people to get where they want to go!
On an average day, think of how many times you tap, twist, tag, push or swipe to get access, find information, connect with others or track something.  HID technology is behind billions of interactions, in more than 100 countries.  We help you create a verified, trusted identity that can get you where you need to go – without having to think about it.  
 
When you join our HID team, you’ll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You’ll have 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.

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