Product Owner KTOC –MOD

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable. Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.

KONE’s vision is to create the Best People Flow experience by providing ease, effectiveness and experience to our customers and users. In line with our strategy, Sustainable Success with Customers, we will focus on increasing the value we create for customers with new intelligent solutions and embed sustainability even deeper across all of our operations. By closer collaboration with customers and partners, KONE will increase the speed of bringing new services and solutions to the market.

KONE Technology and Innovation Unit (KTI) is where we combine the physical world – escalators and elevators – with smart and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to expand and develop new digital solutions that are based on emerging technologies.

KONE IT is a global team of expert professionals working along with business functions and area teams to develop new capabilities and enable new business opportunities. We are trusted partners of KONE business lines and functions to develop, transform, manage and run their information technology solutions. We support KONE in its digital transformation journey by introducing e.g. digital cloud-based IT services, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to support productivity, business growth and technological disruption. ​​​​​​​Sustainability, curious mindset and innovation are at the core of everything we do, and this makes us an integral part of KONE’s success.

IT Professional - KONE Corporation

Digitalizing KONE’s marketing, sales and customer interactions will be one of the key areas in KONE’s new “Sustainable success with customers” strategy. In the future, the best experience can be created by working together with customers and partners in every step of the process, from early engagement to upgrading equipment.

Commercial & Operations Solutions unit within KONE IT is designing, developing, maintaining and supporting solutions across KONE’s digital and digitally enabled customer journey – marketing, sales, field service and project delivery and customer service. Especially for marketing and sales, our purpose is to enable superior customer experience and high-rising sales by transforming how KONE interacts with customers.

We are now looking for a

Product Owner, Tendering and Ordering, Modernization

Are you passionate about shaping the future of digital experiences for KONE Sales personnel? Are you driven by innovation and a desire to create products that delight users? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

In this role you work in close collaboration with KONE Modernization Solutions business line, stakeholders and key user network globally, and with them create concepts and functional specifications for the future Tender and Ordering process flow. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams in IT including design & development to deliver best-in-class digital experience.

KTOC (Kone Tendering and Ordering Configurator) is at the core of the Tendering and Ordering process, enabling Sales Personnel globally to create tenders to the customers, and trigger the order configurations of won orders to SAP. KTOC Product Owner is a high impact position with a great view to Modernization business, but also into Supply Chain, R&D and IT processes with multiple integrations and dependencies.

In this role, you get to:

• Realize maximum value from product investments through the product life cycle by defining the product roadmap, prioritizing the backlog, and planning the execution of development.

• Clarify stakeholder requirements and translate them into backlog items.

• Own the solution design of digital services used by KONE Sales Personnel, while understanding the big picture and dependencies on integrated solutions.

• Set up product performance KPIs and targets including for operations and benefit realization. Responsible for tracking the KPIs and communicating with stakeholders.

• Lead agile ways of working and quarterly planning, bringing clarity of the prioritized product backlog to stakeholders and development teams.

• Ensure that product operations and performance are aligned with the product value proposition, and corrective actions are taken when needed.

• Manage financials during the product lifecycle, including development costs, license costs, and run costs.

• Lead and promote continuous improvement of IT products and ways of working within the teams.

• Use feedback loops to understand stakeholder and user needs and use that knowledge while planning and executing the product roadmap

• Stay informed about industry trends and best practices to drive innovation and competitive advantage in KONE delivery operations.

Skills & experience we`re looking for:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in working with product development incl. IT processes, system development and cloud-based technologies.

• Proven track record as Product Owner, Product Designer, or similar role, ideally with digital product development

• Experience with CPQ (configure, price, quote) solutions is an advantage

• A highly motivated team player with a service-oriented mindset, enjoy consulting and co-creating impactful solutions.

• Committed to delivering exceptional digital experiences and fostering continuous improvement, with drive and respectful ways of working.

• Hands-on experience in applying design thinking techniques combined with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP) and DevOps practices.

• Proven experience working in an international environment with the ability to excel in virtual organizations. Ability to both work independently as well as contribute effectively to virtual teams in a multicultural setting.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills in English with business stakeholders, with the ability to convey complex topics in clear and engaging manner.

• Open-minded with a sense of humor, contributing to a positive and dynamic work environment.