Graduate Product Specialist

6 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Iress Limited Full time

See yourself being part of a large, transformational change? This could be the role for you

Who We Are

At Iress, we believe technology should help people perform better every day. Since our beginning in 1993, people across financial services have trusted us to take their performance to the next level. From the world’s most established financial brands to new and disruptive players, we help improve every aspect of our clients’ businesses so that they can work better, every day. Iress is one of Australia’s largest technology companies and employs more than 1,900 people across Australia, United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, France, New Zealand and Asia.

Role purpose

We are looking for a highly motivated graduate for our 12 month graduate program. The position requires a driven, ambitious team player who enjoys a challenging, fast-paced environment.

Our vision is to create unique opportunities for financial growth and abundance for people and institutions, in a rapidly changing world. We do this by using our leading technology capabilities to create trusted, intuitive and insightful products and propositions that our clients/partners love and depend on.

Your objectives and responsibilities will focus on- Work together with the Product Owner to plan and execute new initiatives, ensure that the teams have appropriate product and technical specifications captured in the initiative brief,- Work closely with the Product Owner during discovery and refinement sessions, breaking down the work items into value deliverables.- Assist with the coordination of release note information and documentation- Assist with the Agile ceremonies (Sprint review
- and sprint planning sessions)- Attend and participate in the daily scrum meetings and assist engineers with items to ensure they progress (assist with pre-merge testing and regression testing of items)- Liaise with other local and global teams ; Tier 1 support, Product specialist and ensure items they escalate have been triaged, steps of replication added and tested.- Provide feedback on JIRA items to stakeholders (internal and external clients)- Log Feature items in AHA ideas portal for Global review.

Key Relationships- Business- Clients

Core Skills, Knowledge and Attributes- 65% pass rate in your undergraduate- South African citizenship- No previous participation in a graduate/internship programme- No previous employment in IT EE position- Critical thinker- Good communication skills- Time management- Agile- Willingness to challenge and question existing practices and processes to confirm ongoing relevance or suitable weighting of time and effort.- Attention to detail and capable of combining different items of information to identify problem/solution- Able to illustrate well-developed problem solving skills- Advanced computer literacy skills

**Qualifications**:
- BCom Computer Science / Software Development- IT related qualificationTo be successful in this role you will- A thirst for knowledge- Ability to communicate in a professional manner with all levels of customers and stakeholders, both internal and external- First class attention to detail, with high levels of accuracy- Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines- A self-starter, with the ability to prioritise and take ownership of delivering tasks, as well as the capacity to think out of the norm- Ability to create and provide solutions upon encountering an issue- Passion to challenge current processes and drive positive change, ensuring relevant controls are in place- Able to work collaboratively to support colleagues

Why work with us?- Competitive remuneration- Global opportunities- State-of-the-art offices- Casual dress, flexible work policy- Access to learning and development programs- Young, diverse workforce- 3 days’ leave per year for charity initiatives- Global 36-hour hackathon- Pause areas, Table tennis, Games room, Showers, Friday afternoon drinks- Close access to shopping centers- Active Sports & Social and CSR events- Up to 26 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary carers (up to 4 weeks for secondary carers), and the ability to work part-time when returning to work.

Employment Type

Employee

Time Type

Full time

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