XC-AS Driving CPO Chief Product Owner - Bosch Group

1. Mission

• As Driving CPO, you are accountable for maximizing product value in the Driving domain (ADAS/Automated Driving) by defining and leading the product strategy end-to-end — from customer value and system requirements to product release.
• You act as the central interface between customer, business, and engineering to ensure a competitive, scalable, and high-quality product.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the product vision and roadmap for Driving features (e.g., highway assist, urban driving)
• Ensure alignment with overall ADAS portfolio and business targets
• Take full responsibility for the Driving product scope across system and software integration
• Own and approve top-level system requirements and product scope
• Ensure consistency across all contributing streams (Perception, Fusion, Planning, Vehicle Integration)
• Drive system engineering and requirement definition across domains
• Own and prioritize the product backlog (features, epics, requirements)
• Define priorities based on customer value, technical feasibility, and business impact
• Guide development teams by ensuring clear backlog readiness and acceptance criteria
• Accept or reject delivered increments based on defined Definition of Done
• Act as primary interface towards OEM customers for product-related topics
• Align with Program Management, Technical Project Managers, System Architects, and other CPOs
• Coordinate across multiple CPO roles within Driving (e.g., Safety, Comfort legacy functions)
• Ensure delivery of product according to scope, timing, and quality targets
• Make final decisions on release readiness
• Manage trade-offs between performance, cost, and time-to-market
• Oversee issue prioritization, change management, and product quality KPIs

3. Interfaces

• Program Manager / Technical Project Manager
• System Architect / Safety & Security
• Engineering teams (SW/HW/System)
• Other CPOs (Parking, ACP, Hardware etc.)

4. Positioning

• Driving domain product owner with full E2E accountability
• Works within Driving stream under Lead CPO setup
• Integrates multiple functional CPOs to deliver a coherent product

5. Key Deliverables

• System and product requirement definition
• Product backlog and prioritization
• Release scope and decision
• Customer-facing feature definition and proposal input
• ADAS / Automated Driving systems (Perception, Planning, Vehicle Control)
• Experience in system engineering, requirement management, and architecture
• Familiarity with Agile development and ASPICE
• Japanese language
• Strong product ownership mindset with focus on customer value
• Cross-functional leadership in global, multi-company setup
• Excellent stakeholder communicat