The mission for the Epic owner is to cross-functionally support the Vehicle/Technology stream deliveries of verified & validated components, systems & functions (HW/SW), according to agreed Epic description and acceptance criteria
This means that the Epic owner:
- manage interfaces with other Vehicle/Technology streams, sub-streams and teams
- coordinates the cross-functional GTX deliverables

Responsibilities
- detect and propose improvement of the epic description based on the roadmap – balance with responsibility of Product Manager/ Product Owner
- ensure the complete product delivery according to the epic description
- plan the right sequence of milestones and align these milestones with concerned parties cross-functionally, including related Epics and IB (Intro Block) milestones
- facilitate Epic breakdowns into a sequence of capabilities meeting the milestones
- synchronize capabilities to secure that milestones are met and escalate when needed with the product owners
- support and communicate across organizational boundaries, in order to safeguard the complete Epic delivery





Experience
- 10 to 13 yrs of experience in project management
- Experience for coordinating portfolio epics through the portfolio Kanban system.
- Experience on developing business case and, when approved, work directly with the key stakeholders on the selected Agile Release Train to help realize the implementation
- Experience of agile methods such as SCRUM, KANBAN, Protected framework
- Experience in SW project lifecycle development and Project Management

Knowledge
- Overall understanding of the EE system of a vehicle
- Knowledge of Agile way of working
- Working with stakeholders and subject matter experts to define an epic using the 'epic hypothesis statement'
- Working with internal teams and external Suppliers to develop cost estimates used in Participatory Budgeting
- Working with internal teams to size the epic and provide input for economic prioritization based on Weighted Shortest J

📌 Specialist Epic Owner (Bengaluru)
🏢 Volvo Group India Private
📍 Bengaluru