Product Owner

4 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Vodafone Full time

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

The Product Owner represents the business stakeholders and is the voice of the customer guiding individual DevOps teams, responsible for ensuring that the delivery team delivers value to the business according to the outcome vision  This role is responsible for the definition of customer-centric items or user stories from the capability/feature roadmap defined by the Product Manager, ranking and prioritizing them, and adding them to the team backlog  This role will work closely with the Release Train Engineer/Agile Programme Manager and Scrum Master in coordinating day to day activities such as sprint planning, retrospectives and other agile functions to ensure collaboration and effective delivery of user stories against commercial milestone objectives  Product owner works to Agile principles and will be responsible for the prioritization and delivery of the backlog of change initiatives to maximize business benefit of the products and features we offer. The rote works closely with the team to develop user stories, acceptance criteria and full business benefits, and convey the vision onwards to our in-house Scrum teams, or, where required, to our Offshore development partners

Your responsibilities will include:

Own, drive, and focus the team on delivery of business value and content  Develop and define user stories / items and acceptance criteria from the feature and capability roadmap defined by Product Managers Rank and prioritize user stories / items and add them to the team backlog for sprint development, conveying a clear vision of what is required to be built  Approve the final release plan and accept all deliverables against defined user stories and acceptance criteria  Analyse and report delivery risks and opportunities, and engage stakeholders for communications and decision-making  Participate in retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities  Acts as single point of business contact for the DevOps team  Manage the financial plan for the delivery team, providing forecasts

The Ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Administration, or other related field  A total of eight or more years experience of which at least 5 or more years are in the successful delivery in Product Ownership (or equivalent role) across full product lifecycles, from MVP to marketable products in iterations, including support transition.  Experience in successfully Leading and mentoring agile / DevOps teams in Large multi-team environments. 

Core competencies:

Experience in agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), Test Driven Design and Behavioural Driven Design  Experience in successful delivery against financial / resource constraints  Experience in the use of analytics and AB / multivariate testing  Experience with requirements definition and use case modelling  Digital/software product ownership in large scale environments  User story definition and refinement Professional experience and knowledge of the Telecommunications industry strongly preferred  Industry Experience Required for Value Added Services Distribution/Vending: Reconciliations Billing & Settlements Supplier and Distribution contracts  Products: Prepaid Utilities Bill Payments

We make an impact by offering: 

Enticing incentive programs, competitive benefit packages, and an exclusive 13th cheque Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 22 April 2024


The base location for this role is Vodacom Midrand Campus

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.
Vodacom is committed to an organizational culture that recognizes, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.
 


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