Specialist - Product Owner

For more than 40 years, Accelya has been the industry’s partner for change, simplifying airline financial and commercial processes and empowering the air transport community to take better control of the future. Whether partnering with IATA on industry-wide initiatives or enabling digital transformation to simplify airline processes, Accelya drives the airline industry forward and proudly puts control back in the hands of airlines so they can move further, faster.

• Role Purpose
• As Specialist - Product Owner at Accelya, you will independently manage Product Owner workstreams, driving backlog management, sprint planning and Agile product delivery and making a meaningful contribution to the quality and success of Accelya's airline software products.

• Duties & Responsibilities
• •Independently manage backlog management, sprint planning and Agile product delivery workstreams, delivering high-quality product outputs on time
• •Use Jira AI, Confluence AI and Claude for user story generation, acceptance criteria drafting and sprint planning support to improve the quality and efficiency of product workflows
• •Partner with engineering, design and commercial teams on product delivery and go-to-market
• •Analyse product metrics, customer feedback and market intelligence to inform product decisions
• •Develop and maintain product roadmaps, backlogs and product specifications
• •Conduct competitive analysis, monitoring Amadeus, Sabre, PROS and FLYR for market intelligence
• •Use generative AI (Claude, ChatGPT) for product documentation, analysis and stakeholder communications

• Required Experience & Skills
• •3–5 years of product experience with a track record of independent delivery
• •Good product management skills including roadmapping, backlog management and stakeholder communication
• •Experience with Agile delivery and collaboration tools
• •Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into product decisions
• •Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

• Preferred Experience & Skills
• •Experience using Jira AI, Confluence AI and Claude for user story generation, acceptance criteria drafting and sprint planning support for product workflow acceleration, documentation quality and market research
• •Knowledge of airline technology markets and competitive products from Amadeus, Sabre, PROS and FLYR
• •Understanding of NDC, Modern Airline Retailing and how these standards are shaping next-generation airline software products
• •Familiarity with how AI is reshaping airline software — including AI-powered pricing, demand forecasting and NDC-native offer management

• What do we offer?
• •An open culture with a creative and challenging opportunity to satisfy your intellectual needs
• •Flexible working hours
• •Smart working: a hybrid remote/office working environment
• •Work-life balance
• •An excellent, dynamic and multicultural environment to work in

• About Accelya
• Accelya is a leading global software provider to the airline industry, powering over 200 airlines with an open, modular software platform. Owned by Vista Equity Partners, we bring together 2,000+ employees across 10 global offices. We are proud partners of AWS and pioneers in NDC expertise. Find out more at www.accelya.com

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