Product Owner - Wells Digitalization
Published: 21 November 2024
Location (Including Home Working Ratio): 80/20
Remote work options are available in the UK, US, Netherlands, and India.
Hybrid options in London, Aberdeen, and Houston (20% office presence).
Travel Requirements: 10% - Occasional Workshops at client sites in the UK, US, or Netherlands
Duration: To end of 2025 +
Summary :
The requirement is for a domain Product Owner to work within the Wells Digitization Portfolio for our client, an Integrated Energy Major.
Responsibilities:
Product Ownership & Management
Requirements:
Desirable Skills:
Remote work options are available in the UK, US, Netherlands, and India.
Hybrid options in London, Aberdeen, and Houston (20% office presence).
Travel Requirements: 10% - Occasional Workshops at client sites in the UK, US, or Netherlands
Duration: To end of 2025 +
Summary :
The requirement is for a domain Product Owner to work within the Wells Digitization Portfolio for our client, an Integrated Energy Major.
Responsibilities:
Product Ownership & Management
- Led creating and managing product roadmaps, aligning with well-engineering objectives and digital strategies.
- Define and refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog priorities in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Oversee the complete product lifecycle, ensuring features are released on schedule and meet quality standards.
- Manage backlog refinement, sprint planning, and sprint reviews with development teams.
- Engage actively with digital teams to ensure alignment and integration of digital solutions with well-engineering goals
- Work with wells domain experts and technical teams to incorporate functional and non-functional requirements into product roadmaps.
- Possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively engage with stakeholders.
- Develop and execute communication plans to build awareness and excitement for new solutions.
- Collaborate closely with customers to define clear requirements and ensure successful deployment of products.
- Proactively manage scope to prevent creep and ensure projects stay on track.
- Drive user adoption of new solutions through effective training and support.
- Manage the transition from legacy tools, minimizing disruption and encouraging user engagement.
- Track key metrics to measure adoption progress and identify areas for improvement.
- Ensure the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of deployed solutions.
- Manage platform upgrades and interface with relevant IT service operations teams.
- Demonstrate the value delivered by new solutions post-deployment and adoption.
- Define and track key metrics to measure the realized benefits against initial expectations.
- Manage the complexities of data migration from legacy systems.
- Address user concerns and minimize disruption during the decommissioning of old systems.
Requirements:
- Product Owner experience and/or experience with software development processes
- Understanding of Well engineering processes and/or Well Engineering software (Drilling, Completions, or Well Interventions)
- Familiarity with agility
- Experience working within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or equivalent
- Experience working with Azure DevOps(ADO) or equivalent
- Hands-on experience managing all stages of the product life cycle
- Team spirit and good communication abilities
- Good organizational skills
Desirable Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- Wells domain experience with oil & gas super major
- SAFe certification
- Experience with data analysis and modeling tools.
- Knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulations
