The Product Owner (PO) is a member of the Agile Team responsible for defining Stories and prioritising the Team Backlog to streamline the execution of business priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the Features or components for the team.
The PO works with stakeholders to identify and organise the steps required for the next iteration.
The PO will then meet with their team to refine the process, identify areas for improvement, and support the sprint.
The PO makes sure all parties are informed about what is going on, when it's going to happen, and how it's going to impact them.
Key Responsibilities Collaboration with business stakeholdersCollaborates with all business stakeholders to arrive at the vision, goals, priorities and business objectivesSpends time in business units to ensure understanding and alignment of business needs and directionCrafts the definition of Ready and Done with the teamBuilds trust with business to make decisions around the productWorks with business stakeholders at their need for level of detail and involvementFacilitates collaboration between the right stakeholders to ensure sound decision making Defining the Product Vision, Goals, and Measurement (collaborative process)Brings together and takes ownership of the product vision and communicate this to the teamMaps out customer journeys, business processes and their associated performance metricsDetermines Business objectivesIdentify product domain boundaries and grow relevant product domain knowledgeEnsure product build is in line with systems architectureNegotiates and takes ownership of product goalsMeasures the inherent and commercial value created by the product over time, especially after deploymentsEnsures alignment between all business stakeholders and IT in vision and goals Managing the Product Backlog Calculates/understands the value and risk of items and manages this accordinglyPrioritises the product backlog in order of value, risk or business importance in collaboration / consultation with business owners / stakeholders and the development teamEnsures the backlog is visible to all stakeholdersActively involved in product backlog refinement (With entire team and at times business)Actively creates clarity to the level required (based on context of the team) and leverages the team to create clarity tooGuides and ensures clarity at least 2 sprints ahead of time for the sprintsBalances the conflicting needs of all stakeholders across the business product owners, IT and any other stakeholdersNegotiates change requests when required within the sprint Planning & Organising Plans, organises and collaborates to ensure future requirements from other teams are in place for delivery of dependent objectives / goals (While dependencies are a reality in our context)Provides input and assessment of the Project Portfolio Management functionEnsures there are alignment between teams by working closely with other Product Owners and understanding each other's priorities and providing support where requiredManages expectation and delivery timelines with stakeholders across the business Team Management Represents all business needs within the development team.
This requires a level of trust to be developed with business and to be extended from business.Identifies overlaps between and across all business areasBrings the right stakeholders and expertise together as and when needed to collaborate with the teamBuilding strong relationships, good trust and accountability.
Able to have crucial conversations with the team.Collaborates with BA's on activities like story splitting, requirement clarification and making sure functional and non-functional requirements are addressedCollaborates with other Product Owners and Project Managers on relevant dependencies and / or cross-functional feature setsCollaborates closely with the development team and various business stakeholders Acceptance criteria and release pipelineHelps define acceptance criteria, ensuring that business is involved in this along with the team.
This is helping define the definition of ready and done.Accepts or rejects the work of the development team before declaring done.
This involves bringing in business with UAT.Effective release planning throughout the development process by deciding in which sequence features are to be releasedAccountable for the quality and delivery of the end product Experience4 Years' experience as Product Owner, Business Analyst, Systems Analyst or experience in leading an IT teamExperience in a Retail and/or Financial Services environmentExperience in managing a project through all the steps in the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Experience in agile development practices Qualifications Grade 12Degree in IT or EngineeringCertified Product Owner (CPO) – Highly beneficial Functional Knowledge and SkillsSolid understanding of the product lifecycleIn-depth understanding of Agile methodologies, technical understanding of products, and up-to-date on industry standards and best practicesBusiness domain knowledgeData manipulation and interpretationExcellent written & verbal communication skillsGood facilitation skillsPrioritisation skillsProduct Backlog ManagementEntrepreneurial Mind-setAbility to work collaboratively with business and various stakeholders is essentialStakeholder ManagementValue MaximisationQuality Maximisation Should you meet all the requirements and wish to apply, please send your latest CV and motivation to ******
