Product Owner

1 week ago


Durban, South Africa Salt Recruitment Full time

**Product Owner**

**The role**:
Our client is a proudly South African investment company focusing on Technology, Media, Telecommunications and Financial services.

This Technical Product Owner will oversee the development of products from start to finish to ensure they meet the clients’ needs and preferences. Their main duties include determining the overall vision of products, managing various backlog items and deciding which features each product will have according to clients’ preferences.

The detail

**Key Focus and Duties**:

- Takes Product Manager requirements and defines in enough technical details to be estimated by the dev teams.
- Creates wireframes and user stories where required.
- Manages the various projects and enhancements running simultaneously in order to meet the scope of work required on time and on budget.
- Attends and collaborates in all scrum ceremonies and 3rd party status meetings.
- Oversees UAT testing with support before delivery to PMs.
- Owns and priorities backlog for a 6-week runway.
- First-line direction on product decisions for dev pod
- Communicates with Stakeholders to ensure dev pod is aligned to business unit expectations.
- Gets quotes from 3rd parties for projects that involve development.
- Manages project budgets and deadline delivery.
- Communicates with Scrum Master to track and support sprint commitments.

**Skills and Key Competencies**
- In-depth knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology
- Working knowledge of product development architecture
- Proficiency in the use of analytic tools
- Ability to prioritize effectively
- Excellent knowledge of user-centred design principles
- Understanding of design quality standards

**I would love to hear from you if**
- You have a B.Sc. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other related fields.
- 2-3 years’ Experience as a Software/Technical Product Owner
- Confident personality

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

**Job Information**:

- Job Reference: JO-2211-328440
- Salary: ZAR600000.00 - ZAR840000.00 per annum
- Salary per: annum
- Job Duration:

- Job Start Date: ASAP
- Job Industries: Technology
- Job Locations: Durban
- Job Types: Permanent


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