Product Owner Valuations at JSE

Job description

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to maximise business value (including optimisation of ROI) through representing the voice of the customer and acting as an ambassdaor for valuations thereby ensuring the right products are delivered to customers (internal and external) whilst balancing the risk the JSE faces and the need to be business enabling.

Qualification and Experience Required:

Minimum of 10 years working experience in financial services industry related to valuations or risk management including at least 5 years at a business/product owner level Commerce, -Engineering or Information Technology Degree

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the existence of a shared vision for Valuations and be the champion for realising this vision through the delivery of the right solutions to customers (internal & external)
• Managing and prioritizing the Product Backlog by making clear decisions in accordance with business value and customer requirements including becoming the lead contributor on obtaining and the understanding of customer requirements
• Helping the Team Members to understand what to build and why, including clear communication and explanation of customer requirements
• Accepting the delivered product increment at the end of each iteration according to criteria agreed with customers
• Managing the release plan
• Continuous communication to stakeholders and clients regarding progress and managing their expectations including making trade offs where required
• Maximizing the economic return of the product
• Play the Product Owner role in Agile development processes as applied at the JSE from time to time.
• Help organize agile Review Meetings and ensure team effectiveness in the meetings.
• Attend planning meetings and ensure team effectiveness in the planning.
• Inspire and motivate a team of diverse specialists to deliver innovative and exciting solutions with an appropriate sense of urgency
• Identify problems and provide effective solutions to ensure ongoing delivery
• Work with project managers and technical leads to determine scope and priorities for product development cycles
• Identify and implement mitigations to effectively manage risks
• Manage and develop budgets and business cases and ensure continued compliance to targets for ROI and productivity
• Represent the JSE on relevant committees and industry bodies to drive out related industry standards that align to the JSE vision and strategy
• Manage partner and vendor relationships including delivery and prioritisation to ensure maximisation of business value
• Research and keep abreast of industry and regulatory developments and educate customers and stakeholders
• Ensure solutions are used by customers and that they understand the value proposition
• Interact with EXCO members, peers, department members, direct reports and manager/s in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in one’s intentions
• Lead, manage and collaborate with cross-functional teams, business partners, customers and stakeholders
• Build sustainable relationships with customers that engender trust and confidence in JSE products
• Ensure a solid understanding of customers, users, the market place, the competition, industry developments and of future trends through direct customer engagement
• Manage stakeholders’ expectations by listening to their needs and influencing the outcome to meet the requirements whilst remaining within system constraints, cost and resource capacity
• Ensure effective communication and sustainable relationship networks through one-on-one meetings with manager, weekly team meetings and through regular interaction with various internal and external stakeholders
• Gauge client satisfaction internally through 360 feedback reports and externally through surveys which will include any positive or negative feedback received from the stakeholders regarding the professionalism and timeous nature of interaction
• Act as an ambassador for valuations solutions
• Manage partner and vendor relationships
• Develop appropriately detailed specifications for product features so that they are clearly understood by the various groups of stakeholders e.g. development teams, customers, marketing team, etc.
• Ensure a fundamental understanding of end-to-end customer experience and dependencies.
• Managing and prioritizing the Product Backlog by making clear decisions in accordance with business value and customer requirements including becoming the lead contributor on obtaining and the understanding of customer requirements
• Help organize agile Review Meetings and ensure team effectiveness in the meetings.
• Attend planning meetings and ensure team effectiveness in the planning.
• Conduct training of customers
• Improve personal capability and professional growth relating to field of expertise, in line with JSE objectives by discussing development needs and proposed solutions with management
• Upskill team and other professionals by sharing knowledge and research results
• Epitomise living the JSE values, displaying professional conduct and adherence to required technical standards
• Analyse, research, develop and implement improvement/innovative ideas and value adding solutions contributing to divisional and JSE results