- Deliver against the product s vison goals and roadmap;
- Work closely with the Product Manager to define the product roadmap and give input into the product vision and strategy;
- Translate product roadmap features into welldefined product requirements including features user stories and acceptance test criteria;
- Work in an Agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs refines priorities outlines milestones and deliverables and identifies opportunities and risks;
- Ensure that product delivery is on time and within budget;
- Prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog for assigned products balancing the requirements of stakeholders;
- Maintain the product backlog (roadmap items incident reports & enhancement requests) and prioritise the backlog;
- Oversee the product development team to create a strong product;
- Manage the Product support team;
- Supervise and advise the scrum team to meet software expectations;
- Nurture ideas and solutions to existing customer problems;
- Leads the product functional design process based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology;
- Develops and maintains appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance to evaluate future investment;
- Communicate effectively with team members and Product Managers to achieve product goals;
- Extract and retrieve information and data sets to improve upon software;
- Schedule and lead meetings to identify issues and fixes for recurring production / support issues;
- Participate on and/or lead client requirement sessions; and
- Close involvement and interaction with product development architects product managers support/services partners and clients.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree or equivalent in a technical or information science domain;
- 5 years experience as a product owner in the industry;
- Strong knowledge of Agile principles and process;
- Indepth understanding of industry market conditions and trends;
- Successful track record of developing products within deadlines; and
- Relevant payments industry knowledge advantageous.
Benefits
- Pension Fund
- Death Benefit
- Critical Illness Cover
- Disability Cover
- Employee Wellness program
- Funeral benefit
Teamwork/collaboration; Planning/organizing; Initiating action; Customer focus; Adaptability; Outstanding verbal and written communication skills; Excellent attention to detail; Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills; Creative and innovative thinker; Proactive, takes initiative and results driven; and Resilient and assertive.