Product Owner

Our dynamic environment is fast paced, using Agile and self-organizing principles in order for our teams to deliver the highest quality products.

Duties will include, but not limited to:

• Work with Stakeholders to help develop the product strategy and business cases
• Define and clearly communicate a prioritised roadmap plan that implements the strategy, including measurable improvements
• Understand high level Epic requirements and decompose these into smaller packages of work for implementation within Scrum Team
• Build and maintain excellent Stakeholder relationships
• Actively seek input from internal and external Stakeholders and complete competitor analysis to keep abreast of industry and best practice
• Work with the Business Stakeholders to produce detailed user journeys, acceptance criteria and designs ready for implementation
• Assist with product /system/process documentation to support Users and Business continuity
• Work with the scrum Team and Product Manager to deliver key milestones, including managing and prioritising the story backlog to ensure the work items delivered meet expectations
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders on strategy, successes, learning and progress on product vision
• Overall owner of the product backlog, keeping the Business and Tech Teams informed of work delivered
• Understand the strategic and competitive position of the product, carry out competitive analysis and deliver value adding increments
• Lead and inspire the Scrum Team to instil quality, encourage innovation and reduce defects.

Essential Criteria:

• Bachelor's degree required, a computer related discipline preferred. (Experience may take the place of a degree)
• 2 years’ experience in a technology environment, including Product Owner or Business Analyst and an understanding of standard software development life cycle for enterprise software applications
• Demonstrates consistent behaviour aligned to the Organizational Culture
• Proficient with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence) or similar
• Proven experience in working effectively in a professional manner with Technology teams, Business Stakeholders, End-Users, Management and others outside of the organisation.

Job Requirements:

• Understanding of standard software development team roles and responsibilities
• Understanding of scrum framework and agile methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience of working with Agile Scrum delivery methods and a good understanding of the Product Owner role
• Knowledge of requirements capture and specification techniques
• Experience of conducting user research and working with teams to develop wireframes and specifications for new product features
• Experience of working with remotely located Stakeholders and/or Development Team
• Project management skills including, product-based planning techniques, business case creation and maintenance, and issues & risks management
• Experience of managing multiple feature development in one backlog
• Experience of managing projects, BAU work and product roadmap priorities simultaneously
• An understanding of software development an ability to work closely with technology teams in scheduling functional and non-functional requirements
• Knowledge of behavioural driven development and continuous integration

Person Specifications:

• Negotiation
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Organisation & Planning
• Change Management
• Time Management
• Problem Solving
• Stress Tolerance
• Adaptability
• Building relationships