Product Owner
4 weeks ago
Description
homechoice is a leading South African homeware retailer. For over 35 years we’ve helped our customers create beautiful homes they love with an innovative range of quality products they can afford.
The Product Owner is a member of the agile team, responsible for defining user stories and prioritizing the team backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the features or components for the team. Aside from focusing on the scrum team, you will also work closely with both internal and external business stakeholders, engineering and (UX) user experience teams to successfully deliver against the prioritized features for the Program Increment.
What you will love doing in this role
Product Ownership:
Provides input into the refinement of the program backlog, ensuring the team is familiar with the features being brought into PI planning.
Continuously refines and sequence the product backlog, ensuring that each feature consists of user stories and acceptance criteria.Is an active member of the scrum team, joining agile ceremonies and working collaboratively with the team to deliver business value in the form of feature requests.Has strong problem-solving capabilities with proposed/conceptual solutions ultimately resulting in improved/optimized user experiences. Team Effectiveness.
Live the Company values and work effectively as an active and contributing member to achieve team goals. Stakeholder Relationship Management.
Identify, build, and nurture trust and collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Requirements
What you'll need to do this role
Bachelor's Degree (3 years) / NQF level 7 Certified Product Owner/SAFe certified - ideal 4 years of experience in a similar roleTechnical Competencies
Client orientation and customer focusValue is determined by the customer (be it internal or external); therefore, the PO is keenly aware of the needs of the people to whom their products are delivered. Analysing information
Systematically exploring and reviewing information to discover meaningful patterns that assist in either completing a task or adding value with continuous improvement. Problem-solving and analysis
Analyses issues and breaks them down into smaller consumable components. Makes systematic and rational decisions based on the relevant information at hand. Designing systems
Has the ability to take a consultative approach when defining architecture, modules, interfaces, and data for a system to satisfy specified requirements. Communication
The PO can consume the problem statement from the customer and relate it to features or stories which is consumable by the dev teams, whilst ensuring that constant communication flows between the various audiences.
What we will love about you
We love your strong analytical, numeracy and problem-solving skills We love your entrepreneurial and innovative mindset We love your digital fluency and understanding of the online retail world and how this drives sales We love that you put our customers at the heart of everything when you source and design productsBehaviours we love
Wow my customerWalk in my customers’ shoes Deliver on my promises Deliver insight-led solutions my customers need Treat the business as my own
Take accountability Be curious, creative & explore opportunities Do it right & at the right time Play as a team
Be helpful Be inclusive Find the fun
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