Product Owner

Job Description:

Job Summary:

The purpose of this role is to be responsible for the Technology Vision and defining and prioritizing the team s backlog, in order that the team delivers products and applications efficiently and accurately against business priorities, and in line with the wider technical strategy.Top of Form

Job Responsibilities:

• Backlog Prioritization and Management: Maintain a dynamic product backlog that reflects current priorities and strategic goals. Prioritize backlog items based on business value, customer impact, and technical dependencies, ensuring clear visibility and understanding across the team.
• Vision and Roadmap Development: Ideate and Develop a compelling product vision that aligns with company objectives and resonates with stakeholders. Create and communicate a clear product roadmap that outlines key milestones, release plans, and strategic initiatives.
• Stakeholder Collaboration:

Works with development teams, articulating the goals, outcomes and requirements in sufficient detail that the development teams can deliver

Collaborate closely to ensure alignment on product vision, goals, and roadmap.

Engage with customers to gather feedback, validate ideas, and ensure product satisfaction.

Liaises with Product Management and other Product Owners to agree the scope, their contribution to and dependencies for every iteration and approach to delivery

• UX/UI Alignment: Work closely with UX/UI designers to translate requirements into user-centric designs. Ensure that design decisions align with the product vision and enhance the overall user experience.
• Sprint Planning : Lead sprint planning sessions to prioritize and commit to deliverables for each sprint. Provide guidance and direction to the development team, clarifying requirements and addressing potential challenges.

Ensure that requirements are clear, measurable, and aligned with business objectives, leveraging the expertise of business analysts in detailed requirement specifications.

Job Requirements:

Must Have:

• Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in agile projects.
• Lead and manage the vision of a sub workstream by closely collaborating with the main workstreams product owner.
• Facilitate the elaboration of user stories and features within agile sprints, ensuring alignment with overall project goals.
• Drive the prioritization of the product backlog based on strategic objectives and stakeholder feedback.
• Foster close collaboration with engineers and UX designers to translate the product vision into actionable requirements and ensure seamless integration of design and functionality.
• Liaise effectively with other product owners to manage dependencies and contribute to a cohesive, enterprise-wide vision.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills, with an emphasis on clarity and precision in conveying complex ideas to diverse stakeholders.
• Exhibit excellent attention to detail, maintaining a meticulous approach to planning, documentation, and quality assurance throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Strong communication skills with excellent strategic thinking ability.

Good to have:

• Knowledge of design tools such as Figma.
• Awareness of cloud-based application development
• Experience in Customer Experience, Media, Activation domain

Location:

Bengaluru

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent