Results-driven Technical Product Owner with 16+ years of global IT experience, including 3+ years specialising in Azure Data Platform and Databricks. SAFe 6.0 PO/PM certified with a strong track record of leading cross-f…
Results-driven Technical Product Owner with 16+ years of global IT experience, including 3+ years specialising in Azure Data Platform and Databricks. SAFe 6.0 PO/PM certified with a strong track record of leading cross-functional Agile teams to deliver enterprise data solutions, cloud modernisation, and product lifecycle management across Mercedes-Benz R&D. Experienced in translating complex business requirements into actionable user stories, managing backlogs of 100+ items across multiple product lines, and driving technology modernisation at scale. Brings a rare combination of data engineering awareness (Azure ADF, Databricks, PySpark, Python) with deep Product Owner expertise — including hands-on use of AI-assisted tools in product workflows. Uniquely positioned for data platform and technical product roles in the UK market. Glasgow-based, available immediately.
<p>Owned end-to-end product lifecycle for enterprise Product Data Management applications supporting 500+ global business users across Germany and India, built on Java Spring Boot microservices and PostgreSQL.<br>
Defined and prioritised data product backlog for Azure Data Factory and Databricks workstreams, managing 120+ user stories across 3 product lines and reducing sprint carryover by 30% through structured backlog refinement.<br>
Drove Azure Cloud modernisation and API transformation programme in collaboration with enterprise architects, eliminating 4 legacy system dependencies and improving platform scalability for future data growth.<br>
Applied Design Thinking methodologies — Persona, Empathy Mapping, User Journey, and Story Mapping — to translate customer insight into product features, reducing post-release rework by 40% through right-first-time implementation.<br>
Integrated AI-assisted tools into product workflows including prompt engineering and GenAI-based requirements analysis, reducing requirements clarification cycles by 25% and improving user story quality scores.<br>
Implemented Figma wireframes and prototype diagrams for 15+ major features, enabling Agile teams to visualise and implement requirements accurately without additional discovery iterations.<br>
Facilitated PI planning, sprint planning, and retrospectives across 3 cross-functional Agile squads, improving team velocity and achieving 92% on-time delivery rate across quarterly releases.<br>
Collaborated with Business Owners, Product Management, and C-suite stakeholders across 2 continents and 3 time zones, aligning product strategy to business objectives with zero escalations in 2023–2024.</p>
<p>Transitioned from test delivery into product-adjacent delivery leadership, managing QA strategy and Agile ceremonies for enterprise software projects serving 10,000+ end users.<br>
Led a team of 6 QA engineers, designing and implementing reusable STAR framework test functions using HP UFT, reducing regression effort by 35% and improving release confidence significantly.<br>
Collaborated directly with onsite US-based client stakeholders to resolve application issues, demonstrating the cross-cultural communication skills now applied daily in Product Owner client engagement.<br>
Introduced Agile test planning methodologies that cut UAT cycle time by 20%, directly informing my later transition into Product Ownership and backlog-driven delivery.</p>
<p>Delivered automated testing and application quality assurance for enterprise web applications across multiple release cycles, ensuring 99%+ defect detection before production deployment.<br>
Collaborated closely with development teams to integrate QA processes into Agile workflows — foundational experience for later Product Owner roles bridging technical and business delivery.</p>
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