Sub-Product Owner (Advanced)

Reference: JHB001596-KF-1

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Proxy Product Ownership/Sub-Product Ownership experience


• Stakeholder Management upward and downward


• Jira and Confluence


• Deep knowledge of project management skills


• ITPM knowldge


• 8 years Business Analysis or similar experience of which 6 must be on custom developed solutions.


• Agile working experience (Mandatory).


• Analyse translate and communicate business requirements.


• Understanding of Cloud Computing (AWS).


• Understanding Software Development Cycle.


• Understand integration between different technologies.


• Identify Assess and Mitigate risks.


• JIRA and Confluence.

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:

• Basic Cloud Certification (any Cloud Service Provider)


• Excellent usage of MS Office tools (Excel Word & PowerPoint).

Duties & Responsibilities

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement the product vision and roadmap.
• Research understand and evaluate product requirements on the part of business and translate them into high quality product backlog items.
• Structure and prioritise business requirements and communicate plans with stakeholders for review and approval.
• Proactively propose solutions to improve the support of (new) business processes.
• Maximizing product value within the available internal/external capacity per sprint and measure performance of these feature teams.
• Product Backlog Health -Assesses the readiness of backlog items ensuring they are well-defined and estimated.
• Release Burndown -Monitors the progress towards completing the items planned for the release.
• Create transparency regarding resources requirements competencies and implementation status to Products and Domains.
• Technical escalation to the Product Owner including facilitating end-to-end discussions with other Product Owners if necessary.
• Escalation of conflicts based on user requirements in the Product vision to the respective Product Owner: system specific for content escalation and all Product owners for capacity escalations.
• Adhere to the Agile Working Methodology
• Daily use of the Agile Tool Chain and content-wise steering of all team meetings including Stand-ups Sprint
• Review Sprint Retrospectives Sprint Planning meetings etc.
• Determine acceptance criteria/definition of done and evaluate the developed product scope decision regarding release or rework in the product backlog.
• Identify improvements to the Product Owner regarding the Product Owner hierarchy including the Feature
• Teams as well as all relevant internal functions at the company and external partners if necessary.
• Identify improvements in AWM execution towards the responsible Agile Master.
• Support the development implementation and follow-up of methods processes and standards for the
• provision of services in compliance with the law.
• Take consultative approach to challenge customers requested solution design should a better alternative exist.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate and collaborate effectively (verbally and written) with both technical

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

• Project Management Certification is an advantage
• Leadership/Management Certification is an advantage

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1