Product Owner

About OEC:

OEC provides high quality technology solutions to automakers and their franchised dealers which facilitate the sale of Original Equipment (OE) replacement parts. Using advanced, leading technology, OEC in the past 20 years, has extended this mission by providing constant support for over 50 international auto brands, and more than 150,000 dealership and repair customers worldwide, being now a leader in the segment of the automotive market through continued innovation and subject matter expertise.

We power connections to keep our world up and running. OEC is the leading technology  provider for the automotive aftersales industry, creating networks that support manufacturers, dealers, repairers, and insurers to allow our connected customers and vehicle owners to thrive

About the role:

At OEC, we are building products that connects those who involved in the automotive space vehicle parts and repair ecosystem. This seamlessly enables them to have an easier way to perform their day-to-day business activities and manage customer service experience across the board.

OEC Chennai is looking out for talented individuals with product mindset and who want to be part of our 20+ years rich history in the automotive aftermarket business. We would require product individuals who has the passion to solve complex problems, takes pride in everything they do, evolve in the product space and loves to collaborate with others to bring about OEC’s vision.

Core Responsibilities

1. Be the Mindset: Execute deliverables with product mindset backed with key product metrics.
2. Be the Catalyst: Drive and execute the product roadmap requirements, whereby defining user stories, prioritizing the team backlog, and liaising with various stakeholders to get on-time quality product deliverables.
3. Be the Support:  Be the go-to person for engineering and product managers to handle day-to-day requirements\queries.
4. Be the Outcome: Work collaboratively with team members across all departments including engineering, product, product marketing, analytics, sales and marketing, business development to bring positive product outcomes.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of work experience as product owner with hands-on experience in a product-based company.
• Ability to write user stories, use cases and workflows, simplify the requirements, create mock-ups and a good understanding of system engineering concepts.
• Driven prioritization and collaboration with engineering teams in an agile environment using agile principles (example: Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
• Generate feature acceptance criteria with develop team and testers
• Assist with functional testing, including reviewing and accepting or declining output of development to ensure specified acceptance criteria have been completed.
• Hands on experience in development tools such as Jira\AzureDevOps.
• Hands on experience in UI\UX wireframe tools such as figma, invision, lucidchart ec.
• Hands on experience in product L3 hyper care & feature support.

Desired Skills [Good to have, but not mandatory]

• Automotive industry aftermarket experience desirable.
• Familiarity with project management tools.
• Experience in Postman, GitHub, SQL, data analytics tools.
• Exposure to GTM strategy alignment, done competitive market\RD analysis.

Perks and Benefits:

• Relaxed, safe, friendly work atmosphere and flexible working patterns
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Retiral benefits, Employee referral bonus, Annual Incentive/Bonus Plan
• Access to online courses through LinkedIn Learning
• Group Medical Insurance
• ICICI Meal Coupon
• Hybrid work model

What Makes Working at OEC Awesome? 

We have a new OEC Technology Centre of Excellence in Chennai, India! Our team is beyond thrilled to work with the new office, but we’re even more excited for the innovation and creativity that this living space will certainly inspire! We believe in surrounding ourselves with not only the best and the brightest individuals, but those that are unique and purpose-driven in all that they do. OEC India has been selected as one of the ‘Top 25 Safest Workplaces in India’ by KelpHR.

OEC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, familial status, veteran or military status, status regarding public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws