Role is based at the V&A Waterfront, Cape TownJob ClassificationNedgroup Investments is an award-winning global investment business with a growing presence in Europe. Nedgroup Investments offers a wide range of investment solutions for retail and institutional investors. Nedgroup Investments is a division of Nedbank Group Ltd, leveraging the investment and financial expertise of one of South Africa's largest financial services groups. The Nedgroup Investments Best of Breed philosophy sees us partner with select fund managers who we believe are able to provide consistent long-term outperformance for our clients. These fund managers are experts in their field of specialization and we tend to partner with them for long periods of time giving them sufficient opportunity to deliver on their mandate objectives. We obsess about long-term performance and our top priority is to deliver a superior investment experience for our clients.Job FamilyProduct, Process and ProductProductMS ExpertJob PurposeTo play a critical role in ensuring the successful development and delivery of high-quality products. Have a deep understanding of customer needs, strong business acumen, and effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams. This role is responsible for defining and prioritizing product features, guiding the development process, and maximizing the value delivered to customers and stakeholders on a team level, and is able to effectively prioritize and manage a complex backlog while working effectively across multiple teams.Job ResponsibilitiesDefine the scope to be delivered in the iterations in alignment with the Product Manager's visionLead iteration review meetings to share iteration performance and latest product featuresDrive the team to quantify and mitigate impediments impacting the completion of release/iteration goals, managing escalations where necessaryProvide input into specifications for product features so that it is clearly understood by the development teamsContribute to design, requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and test cases, the architectural runway and continuous value flowPrioritize the team backlog for implementation against value, readiness and product priorities, enabling the timelines.Contribute to ART backlog prioritization, and coordinate across the ART during PI PlanningAct as an ambassador for the delivery roadmap of the product and ensure that the right solutions are built in the right way through collaboration with senior stakeholders and the agile teamLead the program increment planning product release plans and set and meet expectations for delivery of new functionalitiesIncorporate feature requests from stakeholders and requirements from the agile team and product performance feedback into the product roadmap in alignment with the product managerPlan releases and upgrades in alignment with product requirementsContribute to solution design plans, product vision, roadmap and growth opportunities for the product or component owned by the Agile teamCollaborate with development teams to deliver innovative solutions with an appropriate sense of urgencyEnable connection between the team and senior stakeholders ensuring the identified problem and/or opportunity is solvedEnsure alignment across customer experience standardsHave a clear understanding of the prioritized product features to be delivered between senior stakeholders, negotiating requirements and priority as necessaryAdvocate the customer needs and priorities to the team to ensure the voice of the customer is present in all sessions and delivery is aligned to customer needsAttend and contribute to agile nWoW ceremonies and PI planning to enable the Agile team to work and plan effectively to deliver valueCoordinate any common objectives and dependencies with other Product owners to manage capacity and deliverablesEnsure adherence to enterprise priority principles to maximize value delivery across the organizationCollaborate with Chapter COEs to clearly understand and adopt their practices, principles, and ways of workingContribute to and engage with product owner CoE to advance the practices and quality of product owners in the organizationLead Agile Team members to work according to Nedbank and industry best practices.Prepare for PI Planning by understanding the Vision and Program Increments, forecasting work through Roadmaps, and managing the Team BacklogPeople SpecificationWe believe in employing highly motivated, sharp and quality-oriented people that thrive in a culture that celebrates and supports diversity within an environment that is creative, collaborative, challenging, and dynamic. Aligned to our core purpose of enabling our investors to achieve their investment goals, we are committed to enabling our staff to achieve their full potential and long-term career growth at Nedgroup Investments. Specifically for this role, we are looking for:High standard of personal presentation.Self-motivated and well-organized with an ability to adapt and tackle a wide variety of challenges.Ability to deal with people both within the organization and external customers.Essential Qualifications - NQF LevelAdvanced Diplomas/National 1st DegreesPreferred QualificationB.Comm/ ITEssential CertificationsPreferred CertificationsScaled Agile Framework (Leading SAFe, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), Entry level BA certificationMinimum Experience Level3 to 6 yearsTechnical / Professional KnowledgeCommunicationBusiness AcumenPrinciples and practices of agileAgile methodologies: Familiar with methodologies such as SAFe, Scrum, Kanban or LeanBusiness AnalysisBuilding PartnershipsEarning TrustGuiding Interactions
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