مطلوب Technical Product Owner - API Specialist

Job Purpose At Emirates، we believe in connecting the world، to and through، our global hub in Dubai، and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’

Key Responsibilities

• API Specialist

• API Specialist (API TPO) is a key enabler of the API Hub operating model

• API Specialist .

Requirements & Qualifications

• Knowledge/Skills: Operations Research، Marketing science، Information Systems، e-Commerce or a combination of industry certification

• Knowledge/Skills

Benefits & Conditions

• Leadership role: Yes Salary & benefits Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry، including discounts on flights and hotels stays around the world

• Salary & benefits

• Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry، including discounts on flights and hotels stays around the world

Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology

Being pioneers in aviation innovation، we're always at the forefront، pushing boundaries

We're on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry

Embark on a journey with the world’s largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting-edge information and technology team as Technical Product Owner

Join our Technical Product Management team، where we build effective technology products and services that our customers love

We offer a mix of B2B and B2C products and services in domains such as Digital، Airline and Airport Operations، Group Services، and Commercial

Our goal is to continuously evolve our products، enriching them with features that focus on delivering value to our customers and users

If you are passionate about creating impactful technology products and ensuring their success، we invite you to apply and to contribute to the innovation and excellence at Emirates Group

Technical Product Owners (TPO) are the front door to multiple product engineering teams، owning the backlogs of work spread across features، functional، non-functional (NFR)، BAU، Technical Debt، spikes، and ceremonies

Leading and empowering their teams، the TPO acts as a voice of the customer، partnering with business counterparts to lead the lifecycle for designated technology products and the underlying applications in their domain

They are accountable for enabling the business to achieve their objectives & strategic outcomes from concept through to operations

The Technical Product Owner

This role acts as the single point of coordination between strategy and execution، supporting the API Technical Manager in driving the API Hub roadmap، managing dependencies، and ensuring consistent delivery across portfolios

The API TPO ensures that API initiatives are well-prioritized، technically sound، and aligned with enterprise standards، while also serving as the primary SPOC for API stakeholders، communities، and enablement activities

In this role، you will: Be responsible for the story content، ance criteria definition، and end story "sign off' across team backlogs، ensuring user stories are prepared on time for future PI's، refined frequently with the entire team، and prioritised accordingly in alignment with other team backlogs

Ensure Technical Debt and non-functional

are captured، refined، and prioritised across all sprints

Capture additional BAU، Ceremony، and Spike activities، and incorporate into team backlogs، within the boundaries of available capacity

Prepare contribution to PI demo، in conjunction with other applicable Product Owners

Maintain the quality and integrity of features within their technical and team boundaries، ensuring identification and contribution of risks and dependencies back to the Product Portfolio backlog

Attend and contribute to key Product Management meetings، in particular PI Planning

Define metrics to measure the success and performance of prioritised work، ensuring any further BAU iterations can be proposed and prioritised accordingly within the boundaries of available capacity

Participate in establishing and growing a community of Product Owners، building an identity for the role، focus upon collaboration، and identifying opportunities for improvement and growth

Contribute to the Product Management Communities and their continual evolution to help drive efficient practices and empowered teams

Be working with your team(s) to identify and capture team driven innovation ideas، consolidating across peer group for playback up to TPM (Technical Product Manager) community

Qualification To be considered for the role، you must meet the below

Degree or Honours (12+3) in IT. 5+ years of total experience in Information Technology including 2+ years practical experience of working as a Product Owner/Manager، in a team facing capacity، with proven record of driving discernible change and delivery، at pace

Global Product (CSPO/SAFe/PSPO) trained and certified

Whilst not essential، some experience of working within a Scaled Agile framework، across multiple initiatives and circa 50+ teams

Demonstrated technical or domain expertise، utilising a depth and breadth of knowledge and practical experience within the specific domain or technical area

Stays up to date with regulatory and other changes in the technical area، and understands how they apply to the Emirates group

Well-versed with the tools for the Product Management aspects of software delivery

Strong and concise communicator at peer، line، and stakeholder levels

Builds strong relationships with peers and team members

Appetite for building and identifying value، with a customer centric mind-set

Strong understanding of: API-first & API-as-a-Product concepts REST / Async APIs، OpenAPI، event-driven patterns API lifecycle: master all the API Stage to ensure governance Familiarity with: API Gateways & platforms (Kong API Gateway is a Nice to Have) Developer Portals & API catalogues: familiar with API Developer Experience CI/CD، automation، and platform engineering concepts : Gitlab CI / Artifactory/Nexus/Docker/Terraform/Ansible Solid grasp of API Security by Design principles: OWASP10-2025 Have experience contributing to an API program on a large scale

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Job Purpose

At Emirates، we believe in connecting the world، to and through، our global hub in Dubai، and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’

If you are passionate about creating impactful technology products and ensuring their success، we invite you to apply and to contribute to the innovation and excellence at Emirates Group.

They are accountable for enabling the business to achieve their objectives & strategic outcomes from concept through to operations.

The API TPO ensures that API initiatives are well-prioritized، technically sound، and aligned with enterprise standards، while also serving as the primary SPOC for API stakeholders، communities، and enablement activities.

In this role، you will

Be responsible for the story content، ance criteria definition، and end story "sign off' across team backlogs، ensuring user stories are prepared on time for future PI's، refined frequently with the entire team، and prioritised accordingly in alignment with other team backlogs.

are captured، refined، and prioritised across all sprints.

Capture additional BAU، Ceremony، and Spike activities، and incorporate into team backlogs، within the boundaries of available capacity.

Prepare contribution to PI demo، in conjunction with other applicable Product Owners.

Maintain the quality and integrity of features within their technical and team boundaries، ensuring identification and contribution of risks and dependencies back to the Product Portfolio backlog.

Attend and contribute to key Product Management meetings، in particular PI Planning.

Define metrics to measure the success and performance of prioritised work، ensuring any further BAU iterations can be proposed and prioritised accordingly within the boundaries of available capacity.

Participate in establishing and growing a community of Product Owners، building an identity for the role، focus upon collaboration، and identifying opportunities for improvement and growth.

Contribute to the Product Management Communities and their continual evolution to help drive efficient practices and empowered teams.

Be working with your team(s) to identify and capture team driven innovation ideas، consolidating across peer group for playback up to TPM (Technical Product Manager) community.

Qualification

To be considered for the role، you must meet the below

Degree or Honours (12+3) in IT.

5+ years of total experience in Information Technology including 2+ years practical experience of working as a Product Owner/Manager، in a team facing capacity، with proven record of driving discernible change and delivery، at pace.

Operations Research، Marketing science، Information Systems، e-Commerce or a combination of industry certification.

Global Product (CSPO/SAFe/PSPO) trained and certified.

Whilst not essential، some experience of working within a Scaled Agile framework، across multiple initiatives and circa 50+ teams.

Stays up to date with regulatory and other changes in the technical area، and understands how they apply to the Emirates group.

Well-versed with the tools for the Product Management aspects of software delivery.

Strong and concise communicator at peer، line، and stakeholder levels.

Builds strong relationships with peers and team members.

Appetite for building and identifying value، with a customer centric mind-set.

Strong understanding of: API-first & API-as-a-Product concepts REST / Async APIs، OpenAPI، event-driven patterns

API-first & API-as-a-Product concepts

REST / Async APIs، OpenAPI، event-driven patterns

API lifecycle: master all the API Stage to ensure governance

Familiarity with: API Gateways & platforms (Kong API Gateway is a Nice to Have) Developer Portals & API catalogues: familiar with API Developer Experience CI/CD، automation، and platform engineering concepts : Gitlab CI / Artifactory/Nexus/Docker/Terraform/Ansible

API Gateways & platforms (Kong API Gateway is a Nice to Have)

Developer Portals & API catalogues: familiar with API Developer Experience

CI/CD، automation، and platform engineering concepts : Gitlab CI / Artifactory/Nexus/Docker/Terraform/Ansible

Solid grasp of API Security by Design principles: OWASP10-2025

Have experience contributing to an API program on a large scale.

Leadership role: Yes