Accelya

Senior Specialist – Product Owner

India, Pune COE Full time

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. 

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring stories are well-defined, prioritized, and ready for engineering
  • Lead sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives with agile development teams
  • Translate product strategy and roadmap into user stories and acceptance criteria
  • Work closely with engineering to clarify requirements, validate solutions, and unblock delivery
  • Manage dependencies across teams and coordinate with architecture on technical decisions
  • Track delivery metrics, sprint velocity, and progress against commitments
  • Participate in PI planning and ensure alignment with governance frameworks including continuation gates
  • Validate delivered features against acceptance criteria and customer needs
  • Communicate delivery status to product management leadership and stakeholders
  • Support customer delivery teams with product knowledge during implementation

What We’re Looking For

  • Strong product ownership experience in agile environments, preferably with B2B SaaS or platform products
  • Proven ability to manage complex backlogs and drive consistent delivery velocity
  • Technical understanding to work effectively with engineering teams on cloud-native architectures and APIs
  • Excellent user story writing skills with clear acceptance criteria
  • Experience working in distributed teams across time zones
  • Strong communication skills to bridge product management, engineering, and stakeholder needs
  • Familiarity with cargo, logistics, or travel technology is ideal but not a must
  • Comfortable with transformation environments where requirements evolve
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational and prioritization skills
  • Collaborative approach that builds trust with engineering teams

Why Join

You'll deliver a platform that transforms how airlines manage their cargo retailing and operations. This is a greenfield build with modern technology and clear product vision. You'll work with strong engineering talent and have direct impact on what gets built.

We value execution and autonomy. You'll own delivery decisions and work with teams that are empowered to solve problems independently.

What does the future of the air transport industry look like to you? Whether you’re an industry veteran or someone with experience from other industries, we want to make your ambitions a reality!