Product Owner
13 hours ago
**Job Summary**:
- Do you thrive on innovation and possess a strategic mindset? Are you passionate about improving efficiency and driving value within a financial services environment? If so, we have a exciting opportunity for a Product Owner to join our dynamic IT department.**In this role, you will**:
- **- Own the Product Vision**: Become the custodian of the product backlog, prioritizing features that deliver maximum value to both our internal users and the broader organization. Strategic roadmap development, user advocacy, and value-driven decision making is what’s needed to excel in this role.
- **- Foster Collaboration**: Bridge the gap between development teams and key stakeholders, ensuring clear communication, alignment, and buy-in throughout the entire project lifecycle. Your strong interpersonal and collaboration skills will be instrumental in achieving successful project outcomes.**Responsibilities**:
- Lead a cross-functional development team (Developers, Testers, and Analysts)
- Provide direct line management and guidance to a team of Analysts / Testers
- Play a general leadership role within the broader IT department
- Engage with business stakeholders to create the product vision and define what system enhancements are required to support this.
- Challenge stakeholders and your team with creative alternatives to their assumed ideal solutions
- Based on business priority, prioritise and plan the associated work, assessing scope and duration of work
- Proactively manage project and solution risk
- Review analysis specifications
- Manage the team and assist in resolving conflicts or making trade-offs
- Work with other Product Owners to ensure the coordinated delivery of related functionality
- Work with a technical lead to establish a healthy balance between business, QA, and technical backlogs
- Support the documentation and planning for test scenarios, test cases and testing activities necessary to assess the quality and completion of system implementations**Skills/Competencies and Experience**:
- A proven track record of success in managing IT system implementations and ongoing support.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a meticulous eye for detail.
- The ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise communication for stakeholders with varying levels of technical expertise.
- A collaborative and results-oriented approach, with a passion for exceeding expectations.
- At least 2 years people management experience (with direct reports)- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Planning, organizational and time management skills
- Mature EQ and ability to work effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders
- Relevant Financial Services industry experience would be advantageous**Education**:
- Strong academic performance
- Comp.Sci, IS, Engineering, B.Bus.Sci. or Business Analysis qualifications
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