The purpose of a Product Owner is to maximise the value of the product by defining a clear product vision, managing authoring, refining and prioritising the Product Backlog balancing trade-offs across desirability, viability and feasibility – making sure the right thing is being ‘built’, and prioritising work based on business goals.
The Product Owner acts as the primary liaison between stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring the product meets user/customer needs and delivers optimal value.
Accountabilities
Ensure Product Alignment with Business Goals: Ensure that the product & its features are aligned with broader objectives, driving value and contributing to the organisation’s overall strategy.
Communicate Product Vision to Delivery Teams: Clearly articulate the product vision and goals to the delivery teams.
Create and Refine User Stories: Write clear, concise user stories with detailed acceptance criteria.
Agile Events: Participate in key Agile events such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Managing the Product Backlog: Responsible for creating, maintaining, and prioritising the product backlog.
Act as the Voice of the Customer: Continuously gather feedback from customers and end-users.
Acceptance Criteria Definition & Management: Review and accept or reject work completed by the development team during sprints.
Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements and define product goals.
Monitor Product Performance and Iterate: Regularly assess product performance using KPIs and customer feedback.
Risk and Control: Managing risk, including identification of potential risks and development of strategies to resolve or mitigate.
Vice President Expectations
To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations.
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours.
OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline.
Requirements
Good understanding experience in SDLC, Agile, Scrum, and DevOps practices.
Proven experience in architecture, APIs, integrations, and cloud-based services.
Strong experience in Mobile App Development Lifecycle, Mobile Architecture Concepts, Mobile Security Best Practices, App Store Release Processes, App Store ratings and reviews, Mobile Analytics Platforms, Customer Journey Mapping, Mobile app customer satisfaction (CSAT/NPS), and Product value realization.
Experience with Agile tools such as Jira, AWS, DevOps, or Confluence.
Experience delivering API/integration change across the full lifecycle.
Nice to Have
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
Risk and Regulatory Requirements.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong facilitation and negotiation skills.
Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
Key skills
Required
AWSAgileConfluenceJIRASDLCScrum
Soft skills
Attention to DetailCommunicationNegotiationPresentation Skills
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