Technical Product Owner - Developer

About our Company

Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation.

With revenues of ~€25 billion in FY2018, our 144,000+ employees serve customers in over 100 countries, helping them to manage their energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable.

From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations.

Our connected technologies reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives.

At Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On.

Technical Product Owner (TPO)
We are seeking a Technical Product Owner (TPO) to join our Digital Power organization, focused on energy management and automation software and hardware products supporting the Digital Power business.

The TPO will split their time evenly: approximately 50% leading a squad of developers for a specific mission within the software platform, and 50% contributing hands-on to the codebase.

This role focuses on translating business requirements into technical specifications, driving development efforts, and actively coding alongside the team.

The TPO will collaborate with business owners, technical architects, and system architects to perform requirements discovery several product increments ahead, while also delivering functional code and supporting the squad's technical execution.

Key Responsibilities


* Lead and manage requirements development and analysis by collaborating with stakeholders, developers, UX designers, QA analysts, and internal/external customers.


* Actively contribute to the codebase (~50% of the time), writing, reviewing, and debugging code to deliver high-quality features alongside the development team.


* Conduct gap analysis between application and stated customer requirements, collaborating with Architects and Developers to estimate project impact.


* Work with the Offer Technical Lead to support project plans, schedules, and resource allocation, balancing leadership and coding duties.


* Support the squad in work decomposition, sequencing, and effort sizing, while participating in implementation as a hands-on developer.


* Ensure risks are identified, communicated, and mitigated, drawing from both technical and strategic insights.


* Lead the team in creating design specifications (Definition of Done), contributing technical expertise directly to the process.


* Leverage customer knowledge of power management systems to ensure consistent feature development across market segments (e.g., Data Center, Industrial, Healthcare).


* Apply an Agile framework and mindset to both offer creation and hands-on development tasks.


* Document detailed functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria, informed by direct coding experience.

Qualifications


* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engi...