Product Owner - Centurion, South Africa - Sakhona HR

Sakhona HR

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Centurion, South Africa

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Job Purpose:

Key Responsibilities:

Understanding overall product solution and driving future product strategy,
Ability to produce Product Roadmaps and Business Cases for specific products,
Knowledge of qualitative research with our clients, and running focus groups and testing prototypes,
Complete ownership of the product backlog, ensuring it is visible, up to date, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the scrum team will work on next
Optimising the value of the work the development team performs through effective prioritisation
Ensuring the development team understands items in the product backlog to the level required
Tracks total work delivered and remaining per sprint, and compares to previous sprints to assess progress against the desired goal, and makes this info transparent to all stakeholders
Provide input into commercial discussions and proposals Idea Generation
Oversee Impact Assessments with input from BA and Sales
Build business cases including estimated revenue, cost, and time for all relevant projects
Participating in client discussions with a Salesperson and the BA on the initial scope clarification and active participation in scoping sessions
Working with Marketing on ensuring we are using the best distribution channels and messages for the Product;
Communicating the impact of changes to clients
Collaborate with the development team to negotiate the scope of the sprint backlog during a sprint
Conduct solutioning workshops with internal/external clients and delivery teams
Ensuring TFS reflects up to date product view
Attends and leads Sprint Planning and Sprint Review, and participate in the team's Sprint Retrospective
Reporting on the progress of sprints, projects and strategic initiatives using burndown, velocity and forecast charts
Updating Vertical Head and PO Forum with project tracking and forward planning

Qualifications:

Degree/Diploma in relevant field
Rolerelated certifications advantageous

Experience (required):

B2C and B2B product experience required
3+ years' experience as a product owner
3+ years' experience in Product owner practices and techniques

Experience (Advantageous):

Understanding the Product life Cycle for New and Existing products
Ability to produce a Product Journey and Strategy
Ability to test and experiment with products, and do qualitative research with our clients;
Run Focus Groups and test prototypes;
Product Roadmaps and Business Case ability;
Agile Methodology, SCRUM, KANBAN
Business process mapping/modelling
Facilitation skills
Software development/business analysis background
Understanding Behavioural Design

Non-Technical Skills:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent listening and organizational skills
Motivated and proactive
Strong negotiation, facilitation and influencing skills
Excellent judgment (a wide variety of tasks will be based on good judgment and experience)
Attentive to detail and passionate about problem solving
Able to accurately estimate work required on tasks, prioritise work, delegate and deliver to deadlines
Flexibility and good people skills; keeping calm under pressure
Positive outlook on life, work and other people
Ability to coordinate teamwork and extract the best from a team
Integrity

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
R1,300,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

Do you have experience in Agile Methodology, SCRUM, KANBAN?
Do you have a Software Development/Business Analysis background?
Do you have understanding of the Product life Cycle for New and Existing products?
Do you have experience in Business Process Mapping/Modelling?
Do you have Product Roadmaps and Business Case ability?
Do you have the ability to produce a Product Journey and Strategy?
Do you have Certification(s) related to this role?
Do you have Facilitation Skills?

Education: