Senior Product Owner

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Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation.
As a client facing portfolio, iGaming Platforms is integral in providing an intuitive and exciting customer experience. We do this by using a host of technologies to develop and maintain a market leading platform. As such, the role of iGaming Platforms Technical Lead will expose you to various front-end, back-end and automation technologies, along with new adoption of cloud workloads.
Purpose: Our Technology Support Services Team is looking for a Senior Product Owner. Reporting to the Product Manager, the successful candidate will, as a member of the Management Team, be required to effectively lead and execute the product portfolio and related activities across multiple backlogs, as well as manage cross dependencies through collaboration with other Product Owners and Technology Teams.
Duties will include, but not limited to: Work with Stakeholders to understand and help develop the Product strategy and business cases.Define and clearly communicate a prioritised roadmap plan that implements the strategy, including measurable improvements.Understand high level Epic requirements and decompose these into smaller packages of work for implementation within Scrum team.Build and maintain excellent Stakeholder relationships.Actively seek input from internal and external Stakeholders and complete competitor analysis to keep abreast of industry and best practice.Work with the Business Support team and Business Stakeholders to produce detailed user journeys, acceptance criteria and designs ready for implementation.Assist with product/system/process documentation to support Users and Business continuity.Work with the Scrum Team and PO Team Leader to deliver key milestones, including managing and prioritising the story backlog to ensure the work items delivered meet expectations.Provide regular updates to Stakeholders on strategy, successes, learning and progress on product vision.Responsible for multiple Product backlogs and any cross dependencies that exists across backlogs, keeping the Business and Tech Teams informed of work delivered and benefits realized.Understand the strategic and competitive position of the Product, carry out competitive analysis and deliver value adding increments.Lead and inspire the Scrum team to instill quality, encourage innovation and reduce defects.Provide leadership in managing projects and resources to ensure maximum value added to product enhancements.Gather requirements and specifications for software enhancements.Develop and communicate a deep understanding of User and Customer needs and Business goals.Develop expertise and serve as subject matter expert for designated product areas.Conduct gap analysis between feature requirements and existing application functionality.Gather User and Stakeholder input, including, interviews, usability tests and demonstrations.Deliver functional specifications including functional hierarchy, workflow, business rules, interface design and definitions, outstanding issues, data analysis, data mapping and acceptance criteria.Collaborate with Stakeholders to maintain and prioritize product backlogs.Collaborate with Business Owners, Software Developers, Quality Assurance Testers and Business Analysts to plan and develop product enhancements.Determine if completed enhancements are accepted for inclusion in a future product release.Communicate functionality changes to support, training, documentation, and marketing teams.Demonstrate product enhancements to business.Minimum Requirements: Prior experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager.At least 3 years relevant working experience in a technology environment.Demonstrates consistent behaviour aligned to the Organizational Culture.Knowledge and experience of working with Agile Scrum delivery methods.Advantageous Requirements: Bachelor's degree (Computer Science, Information Systems).Previous relevant experience in a fast-paced e-commerce or digital entertainment environment.Job Requirements: Understanding of standard Software Development life cycle for enterprise software applications.Understanding of standard Software Development Team roles and responsibilities.Experience of Agile Lifecycle Management Tools.Understanding of Scrum and Kanban frameworks as well as Agile methodologies.Commercial experience working in a Software Development or Digital environment.Able to handle high performance and fast paced environment.Person Specifications: Accountability And ExecutionAdaptability / FlexibilityCommitment and EffortControl And EfficiencyCustomer FocusInitiating ActionResilienceStress ToleranceTechnical KnowledgePlanning & Organising *Please note we will apply relevance to our Talent Management and Talent Development Programme as part of our recruitment process. *Shortlisted candidates may need to complete an assessment. This position requires trust and honesty it has access to customers financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification.
Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.
The perfect place to work, play and grow! About UsWe believe in hiring talented, hardworking and ambitious people from all over the world. In return, we ensure a supportive working environment, access to leading edge technologies and a commitment to social awareness and equity.
Working in this unique and highly competitive industry means that we have to take risks and be innovative. The way we do this is by allowing for mistakes, but also making sure we learn from them. And with a multi-cultural workforce that's unparalleled in its diversity and dynamism, we also offer plenty of scope to grow on a personal level too.
Best of all, we do this while enjoying ourselves as much as possible!

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