Product Owner

2 days ago

Midrand, South Africa MiWay Full time

Who are we?
The development team is in search of a Digital Product Owner who will work closely with business area heads, scrum product teams and other product owners to build, manage and deliver value to the business; which entails: taking responsibility for the product or project life-cycle from concept, customer research and design, release planning through to development, initial support, feedback and improvement.
This role will fall part of the CIO reporting line, reporting directly to the Projects & Delivery Manager. What will make you successful in this role?
A relevant tertiary qualification. Bachelors degree or similar
Accredited Business Analysis / Product Owner / Project Management / Technical Diploma or Certificates will be advantageous
A minimum of 4-5 years working experience
Solid Product Owner, Business Analyst, System Analyst or Product Manager experience that focuses on technical operations of products, ideally within an agile financial services company Deliverables include, but will not be limited to:
Develop and articulate a vision from which a business case for product or process improvement ideas must be developed
Define minimum viable products (MVP) for the release of new products, process improvements or projects, with clearly defined growth or value experiments that will be validated by the release. This will include possible direction changes based on the reasonably expected outcomes of the experiments
Define objectives driven roadmaps, projects or process improvements in order to drive early and incremental return on investment taking into account bigger picture and be flexible with regards to changing priorities
**Manage stakeholder expectations by**: communicating roadmaps and requirements, negotiating and communicating priorities and timelines, managing change & providing necessary progress feedback
Understand technical debt and risk expressed by the Scrum teams: ability to negotiate the priority of the technical debt with the teams with consideration for the release plan and the ability to articulate the decision to other stakeholders. Competencies Required
Analytical and delivery focused
Ability to pay attention to detail
Excellent communication (spoken and written) and facilitation skills
Presentable, assertive, team player with leadership qualities
Ability to deal with, communicate and manage fast and frequent change
Experience working in an Agile environment
Previous work in an Agile environment as a Product Owner, Business Analyst or Systems Analyst
Exposure to the insurance and/or financial services industry
A relevant track record working in a digital environment working as a Business Analyst or Digital Product Owner
Experience working with consumer-facing digital technologies, such as websites and/or mobile apps. (Advantageous)
Process and entity diagram mapping
Data modelling techniques
Understanding SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence) Knowledge and Skills Business and IT Data Analysis Business Requirements Definition Quality assurance and testing Impact analysis IT governance and compliance Personal Attributes Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently Decision quality - Contributing independently Plans and aligns - Contributing independently Optimises work processes - Contributing independently Build a successful career with us
We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters - Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - the group provides many opportunities for growth and development. Core Competencies Being resilient - Contributing independently Collaborates - Contributing independently Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently Customer focus - Contributing independently Drives results - Contributing independently Turnaround time
At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.

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