Product Owner

Job brief

The ideal candidate will develop and drive the product vision and strategy by providing constant feedback to the team and helps the team follow a vision. Their biggest challenge is to ensure that the team knows in precise detail what is expected to be developed with a deep understanding of the target market and industry. Builds close relationships with stakeholders and define a product's commercial strategy.

Responsibilities

• Define a clear and ambitious product vision, and communicate "the story" effectively to key stakeholders and the rest of the team.
• Own the end-to-end product strategy from its inception, determining the business value once the solution enters production.
• Develop a backlog of product features. For example, write user stories and acceptance criteria with the work cell team.
• Continuously improve backlog, ensuring all items are clearly described,
  estimated and prioritized.
• Ensure a customer-centric design, considering user pain points and test
  results, while using market and industry knowledge to deliver a well-positioned product.
• Coordinate the sprints and release plans together with
  the Scrum Master.
• Exercise decision making from the business team
  end-to-end.
• Work together with the technology teams to develop a modular,
  reusable solution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field
• Experience in Agile Development, such as Product owner or similar position with extensive experience in digital.
• Deep knowledge of relevant products/journeys.
• Solid knowledge of industry trends and user demands / pain points to be able to create a high value product vision.
• Familiarity with Technology/IT systems to be able to engage in discussion with each technology team to
  foresee risks.
• Not afraid to "get their hands dirty" and leave the comfort zone to increase her/his knowledge - pushes the team to do the same.
• Innovative mindset strong communication skills with the ability to communicate complex trade-offs/messages and tell a compelling story.
• Ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders - strong leadership skills.
• Strong problem solving ability with ability to drive a solution and monitor its progress.