Product Owner(Shipping Operations)
CGI
Company Profile:
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
Job Title: Product Owner(Shipping Operations)
Position: Senior Business Analyst
Experience: 8 to 12 Yrs
Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Shift: 10: to 6 PM (3 Days Mandatory Work from Office)
Main location:Chennai
Position ID: J0626-2024
Employment Type: Full Time
Education Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
Position Description: We are seeking an experienced Product Owner with strong functional expertise in shipping operations, specifically in the Vessel Scheduling / Voyage Scheduling / Network Planning modules of shipping applications. This role will play a critical part in defining requirements, guiding development teams, and ensuring successful delivery of features that enhance schedule planning, vessel operations, and downstream operational workflows.
The Product Owner will collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, and IT delivery teams to translate operational scheduling needs into clear, actionable product requirements. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between scheduling planners and technology teams, driving end-to-end delivery of a robust and efficient scheduling product.
Your future duties and responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Acting as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Scheduling module including vessel voyage planning, port rotation, transit times, and service schedules.
- Collaborating with business stakeholders in Network Planning, Marine Operations, Operations Control, and Booking teams to gather, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements.
- Owning and managing the product backlog, including writing highly detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and business rules.
- Driving sprint ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, user story walkthroughs, and sprint review sessions.
- Partnering with architects and technical teams to ensure correct interpretation of scheduling logic, operational rules, and integration touchpoints.
- Supporting solution design, reviewing wireframes, validating mock-ups, and ensuring alignment with business workflows.
- Performing functional validation of the scheduling module during development and supporting UAT cycles.
- Analyzing gaps and identifying opportunities to optimize scheduling workflows, improve schedule reliability, and automate manual steps.
- Ensuring smooth integration of scheduling functionality with dependent modules such as Booking, Allocation, Equipment Management, Marine Ops, and Operations Control.
- Staying up to date with scheduling best practices, shipping industry trends, and operational constraints to continuously enhance the product.
- Acting as the key advisor for requirement clarification, business process mapping, and stakeholder communication for all scheduling-related features.
Must-Have Skills:
- Professional experience in Shipping, Maritime, or Logistics with a strong understanding of container operations.
- Demonstrated experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or Functional Consultant in shipping products.
- Experience working in agile delivery environments and participating in all SCRUM ceremonies.
- Ability to work closely with business users to translate complex scheduling workflows into clear IT requirements.
- Strong documentation skills including process flows, functional requirement documents, and feature definitions.
- Willingness to work in client-aligned shifts (including German Shift if required).
- Involvement in product development/enhancement including:
- Requirements analysis
- Documentation
- Validation & UAT support
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.
Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.