Product Owner

Responsibilities

• Communicate with partners, clients, and stakeholders alike to ascertain the feature request requirements for the product and incorporate them into the product roadmap.
• Regularly groom and reorganize or prioritize the backlog when required.
• Develop and create user stories and outline and define the acceptance criteria for them.
• Work within the team and project to set achievable sprint goals.
• Write and document acceptance tests.
• Organize and plan releases and manage the schedule for upgrades and updates as required.
• Keep track of the work progress and highlight production issues during sprints.
• Look into the preferences, requests, and requirements of the end-users to deliver the best possible end-user experience.
• Refine and redevelop where required by the agile methodology based on the results achieved and client feedback.
• Constantly research and learn new and emerging trends to keep up to date with industry knowledge and best practice.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field
• Demonstrated work experience as a Product Owner in a similar role, or within an internship in product management
• Good knowledge of agile and scrum methodology
• Proven experience managing the various stages of the product life cycle through to completion and launch
• Strong technical background with a working knowledge of software development and web technologies including programming languages
• Excellent team player with good communication abilities
• Outstanding organization skills with the ability to prioritize own workload and the workload of a team