Opportunity

The Business Platforms organization is at the forefront of developing cutting edge technologies to improve the customer’s experience with personalized and automated end-to-end digital journeys, that enable Maersk customers to access standardized products and services seamlessly. The Platforms help enable Maersk’s vision to be the Global Integrator of container logistics, connecting and simplifying customers’ supply chains. Additionally, the team creates the foundation to integrate data, systems and processes, powered by scalable Digital Infrastructure and APIs.

We are looking for an ambitious Platform Product Owner to lead one of the scrum teams building Maersk StarConnect - our key inhouse developed Product for energy optimization for our fleet.

We offer

Maersk, the world's largest shipping company, is transforming into an industrial digital giant that enables global trade with its land, sea and port assets. We are an operations focused technology enablement team, which partners with both commercial and operational teams to ensure we deploy the right technologies in the right geographies. This position also offers the opportunity to take innovative ideas and turn them into our future.

Through Digital Transformation we identify, define and implement the mix of process, technology and culture that brings business, development and operation teams closer, allowing Maersk to deliver products faster, improve responsiveness and enhance quality for our consumers.
• We are a very diverse team with colleagues having many different backgrounds and from many different cultures
• We are operating in a working environment of a small software company combined with the benefits of a large enterprise
• We offer freedom to influence and shape the setup and the processes we use
• We offer possibilities to attend conferences, workshops and meetups

At Maersk, we focus on the individual’s development and the right candidate will have broad possibilities to further develop competencies in an environment characterized by change and continuous progress

We value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to: gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability or religious beliefs.

Key responsibilities

The Platform Product Owner is responsible for designing, coordinating and managing the development & deployment of innovative platform products along with ensuring developments stay aligned with the platform business and platform technical strategies, and following strict financial top and bottom line targets.

Maersk Fleet Platform, in short, we are accompanying global warming by accelerating our efforts to decarbonise our fleet.
The objective of the Voyage Planning features in Maersk StarConnect is to enable each vessel in our fleet to perform at optimal conditions through efficient standard processes and effective collaboration. Empower vessel crews and fleet management with advice and information to plan and execute safer, timelier, and more energy efficient voyages. The features take IoT data from our fleet and turns it into actionable insights to optimize the Voyage energy efficiency and carbon footprint.

Responsibilities for this role include:
• Work closely with the Business and SMEs in developing the product roadmap and developing user stories and product’s technical requirements
• Work with platform customers to identify platform’s capability gap for its customer and define technical roadmap and user stories to bridge those gaps. Lead benchmarking initiatives to compare platform capability with industry best-in-class and relentlessly advocate for product excellence.
• Own and actively manage the platform product backlog including clearly defining product backlog items and prioritizing items based on business/internal product goals and optimization of work in the agile team
• Own sprint planning, brain-storming and ideation meetings to refine user stories to provide the engineering team with clear requirements and define KPIs to measure success.
• Act as an SME for business/ internal product teams, providing insight, context and additional information as needed to help understanding of what is required to deliver the value proposition to the customer
• Work cross-functionally to ensure that the agile team plans and utilizes resources effectively and identify hurdles and maximize delivery through agile mechanisms
• Drive or support continuous improvement initiatives related to product ownership and agile processes
• Ensures products being developed and deployed are generating book value for customers
• Promote and advocate platform strategy with all Maersk stakeholder

We are looking for

• Demonstrates a combination of awareness of software engineering concepts with strong experience in agile project management and effective business acumen
• Ability to deliver results in complex environment and relentlessly identifying hurdles and managing resolution through engagement and value based trade-offs with stakeholders along with strong attention to detail
• Passion for energy efficiency and decarbonisation with technical knowledge developed through vessel operations or performance management activities.
• Ability to take ownership of complex and important products, critically evaluate ideas and make effective decisions. Candidate should apply agile project management skills and data analytics for creating user stories and acceptance criteria
• Ability to evaluate strategy, ideas, investments and trade-offs objectively using strong quantitative and analytical skills.
• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills aligned with Maersk’s core values
• Must hold an under-graduate degree in Science, Engineering or other technical field or relevant work experience in similar field. A post-graduate degree in business, information technology, engineering is preferred.
• Great communication and interpersonal skills, displaying the ability to connect, build relationships and effectively collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders
• Brings 8+ years of experience working in product development or program management functions.