Product Owner

4 weeks ago

Sandton, South Africa Discovery Ltd. Full time

**Business Unit**:Discovery Health**Function**:Digital Design & Architecture**Date**:4 Aug 2023- Discovery - Health Digital**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.
- Job Purpose
- The digital product owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the development team. This role has an extensive list of duties and responsibilities—even an entire mindset that drives different dimensions: technical, business and design. The digital product owner does not just administer the backlog but is responsible for tackling and solving difficult problems for customers and the business.
- Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:
- Define the product vision and measure customer value
- Planning (includes product roadmap), and impact mapping
- Manage the product backlog
- Prioritise needs (across scope, budget and time)
- Oversee development stages (engaging in all ceremonies)
- Anticipate client needs (research)
- Act as primary liaison (i.e. primary communicator and link between stakeholders and product team)
- Evaluate product progress at each iteration. Responsible for sprint goals being achieved and deciding if goals are successful or not. Ultimately responsible for product delivery.
- Driving/implementing product take up and engagement, working in partnership with data and marketing teams, and drive growth to targets
- Work with Product Manager to actively manage all 3rd party relationships that are integrally related to the product
- Personal Attributes and Skills
- Tenacity
- Manage Ambiguity
- Cultivate Innovation
- Drives results
- Ability to facilitate/lead JAD sessions
- Solid understanding of systems development life cycle
- Knowledge of Discovery Products and legacy systems environment

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- Education and Experience
- BSc. Computer Science or equivalent from a recognised University
- Or BSc - Engineering with experience/focus on IT
- Or BCom Information Systems
- And/Or Dip.BA (FTI or equivalent)
- User interface analyst experience
- Usability research experience
- Agile solution delivery experience
- Min 2-3 years of business analysis and/or product owner experience as part of a digital product crossfunctional team.
- Experience and understanding using an SDLC (both traditional and agile) and some experience in delivery of integrated solutions of meaningful scale.
- Software engineering/development experience.
- Software project management/delivery experience
- Good communication skills (written/oral and presentation).
- Solid understanding of SDLC (traditional and agile), including phases, technical jargon, and artefacts (input and output).
- Usability and design principles and exposure/experience in user research and testing.
- 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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