Product Owner

2 weeks ago

Sandton, South Africa Discovery Ltd. Full time

Business Unit:
Discovery Insure
Function:Information Technology
Date:1 Aug 2023
Discovery - Insure

Product Owner

About Discovery
Discovery's core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives.

We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery.

Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best.

As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.


About Discovery Insure


Discovery Insure is committed to creating a nation of great drivers and building better businesses through our innovative Shared-value Insurance model.

Discovery Insure is South Africa's fastest growing short-term insurance company with comprehensive products that provide protection against current and emerging risks facing clients in the motor, home and business insurance sectors.

Vitality Drive, an internationally-recognised and award-winning programme, is a key differentiator in the market that incentivises and rewards clients for driving well.

The Vitality Drive programme has been scaled to local and international markets which now include Europe and the Middle East.

The company employs over 1 000 people who are committed to putting our customers and financial advisers first by providing unique and innovative solutions and cover.


Key Purpose


The product owner works closely with the platform product manager as well as the business and epic owners for the items being delivered by the team to ensure the delivery meets expectations.


The product owner also contributes to the tribe's vision, delivery roadmap and priorities for platform enhancement delivery, balancing operational, technical and business requirements.


Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

  • Collaborating with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
  • Become the SME for the Vitality Drive International platform.
  • Collaborate with all areas of the business.
  • Explaining and ensuring that the team understands the "Why" of all work they are doing
  • Be readily available to the development team to answer any questions team members have regarding the customer's needs and the customer's views of how the team is implementing a product feature.
  • Managing the product backlog and prioritizing them in conjunction with business stakeholders, based on changing requirements
  • Collaborating with various team members in all stages of product creation including design and development
  • Developing user stories and specification documents
  • Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process
  • Liaising with the product team and endusers to deliver updates
  • Participating in Scrum ceremonies

Personal attributes and skills

  • Good communication skills both verbal and written
  • Sound understanding of business processes and product constructs
  • Strong leader, able to bring people from different disciplines, cultures and working styles towards consensus
  • Comfortable with high degrees of complexity and ambiguity
  • Good with stakeholder management, i.e., clients, vendors
  • High level of professionalism and customer focus
  • Results orientation
  • Strong organisational and governance skills
  • Advanced knowledge of business analysis principles
  • Agile project delivery
  • Negotiation skills

Education and Experience:

  • Matric
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 5 experience in a business analysis, product owner, product management or software consulting role with a specific focus on solution design.
  • Experience in Design Thinking
  • Work experience in Agile product delivery
  • Business Analysis experience
  • Technical experience or skills advantageous
  • Telematics industry experience extremely advantageous.
  • EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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