Product Owner (8-12 yrs)

Responsibilities :

- Strategizing and presenting ideas to stakeholders

- Defining product features to both stakeholders and the product team according to customer needs.

- Acting as a point of contact between teams and stakeholders.

- Managing and prioritizing product backlog items.

- Assisting the scrum/product development team to meet the objectives of each sprint

- Adjusting and improving each iteration of the product before release

- Identifying areas of improvement.

- Keeping customers and stakeholders informed of the status of the product

At a Glance :

- Product Owner certification (highly desired but not required)

- Plan and prioritize product development and product feature backlog

- Develop detailed product feature specifications and ensure they're clearly understood by relevant teams

- Prioritize Epics and Stories to ensure work aligns with product strategy

- Lead the product-release plans and set expectations for delivery of new functionalities

- In-depth knowledge of Agile methodologies

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Strong presentation skills

- Ability to multi-task and work under pressure

- Excellent communication skills, able to flex style and work with all levels within the organization from individual contributors to Executives

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology, or in a related technical field or equivalent technology experience.

- 6-8+ years of overall experience; can be a mixture of Project Management & Program Management experience, but requires the last 3-4 years to be focused in Product Management roles.

- 2-3+ years experience in Retail and Payments

- Strong relationship management skills and cross functional stakeholder relationship building skills

- Understanding of various delivery frameworks and practices (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, etc.) and appropriate application of them.

- Strong organizational skills with the ability to track and prioritize numerous tasks and to coordinate activities with a high sense of urgency

- Ability to effectively manage conflicting needs of stakeholders

- Understanding of business value related to features and functions

- Excellent presentation, verbal, written, interpersonal and listening skills

- Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills

- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills including collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation

- Strong collaboration skills to achieve business goals collectively across broad teams

- Challenges the status quo, champions change and influences others to change

- Demonstrated hands on experience with Jira and Confluence