Job Description

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions OfficeThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with an annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, growing efficiency in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our distributed team of more than 130,000 colleagues delivers an unrivalled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD and is an equal opportunity employer.For more information, please visit .DivisionThis position is within the Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS team in the LIMS portfolio of the Digital Platform Enablement (DPE) business unit based in Bangalore.What will you do!The Product Owner is a member of the Agile Software Development Team responsible for turning concepts into amazing software products. This is accomplished through understanding the desired product capabilities, features and user needs while defining and prioritizing the Development Team Backlog. Here are some of the key activities for the role!

• Act as a Bio-Analytical domain SME to direct/accelerate the team delivery.
• Work with product management, engineering management, Development Support team and other partners to thoroughly understand the product strategy, functional and non-functional design intent for the product.
• With Product Management, identify use cases and define user-stories for different user roles and market segments.
• Collect Voice of the Customer data from customers and internal partners and bring into the design of software and solutions.
• Support the Engineering team in addressing Support issues with expert level consultation.
• Represent the various User Personas to the Engineering Group
• Facilitate continuous elaboration of requirements through pro-active collaboration with Product Management and Engineering management.
• Lead increment planning, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Present and demonstrate development progress and results to collaborators.
• Maintain the product backlog for products and solutions, ensuring that requirements are met through engineering results.
• Follow our competitors and the industry and keep abreast with both technology and process standard methodologies and trends.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Life Science or Software Development related field
• 7+ years of applicable software experience
• Expertise in Bio-Analytical domain.
• Experience in Laboratories for Life Sciences, Genomics, Pharmaceutical industries.
• Experience and knowledge of Thermo Fisher Watson LIMS preferred.
• Hands-on, practical knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Previous experience as an Agile Software Developer, Scrum Master or Product Owner.
• Understands the importance of quality and meeting regulatory compliance needs.
• Experience, instincts, and passion around creating a phenomenal user experience with performant and scalable software applications.
• Is authentic, open and leads by example, holding self and others accountable. Inspires, motivates and collaborates.
• Anticipates needs and problems while crafting solutions. Is willing to ask difficult questions and try new things. Greets challenge and change as opportunity.
• Experience working with a geographically distributed team.
• A highly motivated fast learner who can self-start and figure out what needs figuring out.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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