Job Description

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.
Thales has built a presence in the United Arab Emirates for over 35 years, and today has over 300 employees. Thales in the UAE is part of our Middle East business that has 1,800 people across Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and UAE. Together we delivered technology for the Dubai metro, the longest driverless metro network in the world and a fare collection system that processes up to 250,000 transactions per day. We make UAE a safer place by providing secure electronic payment solutions, cyber security systems and communications as well as security systems for Dubai International Airport and air traffic management and navigation systems for Abu Dhabi's airport. Software Product Owner - Air Traffic Management Solutions

Abu Dhabi


Thales is a global leader in Air Traffic Management Systems, our AMS's software and hardware systems are deployed in 170 countries. We leverage technologies such as Artificial Intelligence to provide ANSPs with flexible systems designed to quickly adapt to industry developments.


TopSky - Flow Manager relies on Thales' ATC, Safety and Security unique expertise in Air Traffic Management to help Air Navigation Service Providers monitor and regulate air traffic flows by managing the allocation of departure slots, arrival times, and enroute delays to prevent congestion and maintain safe and efficient operations within the airspace system


We are currently recruiting for Software Product Owner for Air Traffic Management Systems to work in collaboration with our international teams to develop user centric solutions to meet our customer demands in the UAE.

Role and responsibilities


You will contribute to the solution definition, in close collaboration with TopSky Flow Manager's Solution Owner, the Solution Architect, as well as the POs of the other squads (France and Portugal) and the stakeholders

• Contribute to define the features roadmap
• Gather users and stakeholders' needs and feedbacks


The Proxy Product Owner works with a squad, a development team that builds and runs the product/components using SCRUM methodology.

You will be a member of an Agile Team and will

• Define the development Stories
• Prioritize the Team Backlog
• Maximize the value produced by the team
• Make sure that the Stories meet the user's needs and comply with the Definition of Done.


As a key actor of the solution, the PPO works with the "Chapter leads" for Safety, Cyber, architecture and engineering aspect. The Chapter leads combine servant leadership with hands-on execution, working to improve a specific craft or function across the squads. They support people to develop and share their skills, equip them with tools and standard approaches.


You will contribute to shaping the future of safer, more efficient air travel through cutting-edge technological innovations.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong ATM (Air Traffic Management) background with experience in
+ Air Traffic Management systems
+ Flight data management and processing
• Experience of managing a SW development items
+ Understanding of SAAS model
+ Understanding of cloud native architecture and DevOps implications (deployment without breaking changes. run, cyber security, costs etc...)
• Communication and open mindset skills to understand business and solution needs, collaborate with Dev team and conduct product demos in front of stakeholders
• Decision making ability in a time constrained environment to arbitrate between different options at the pace of the agile@scale framework
• Strong commitment on outcomes to maximise the value for business and solutions
• Fluent English


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