Product Owner - Cape Town at DigiOutsource

Purpose of the Role:

Our iGaming Platforms portfolio is looking for a Product Owner to work with the teams as the project’s key stakeholder representing Users and Business. They will bring the users, business, and development together to deliver high quality products fit for purpose. Reporting into the Product Manager, the Product Owner will be responsible for validating product ideas with reviews of plans and work in collaboration with Project Management, Development Teams, UX and other business units across the company.

Duties will include, but not limited to:

• Work with Stakeholders to help develop the product strategy and business cases.
• Develop expertise and serve as subject matter expert for designated product areas.
• Define and clearly communicate a prioritised roadmap plan that implements the strategy, including measurable improvements.
• Understand high level Epic requirements and decompose these into smaller packages of work for implementation within Scrum Team.
• Build and maintain excellent Stakeholder relationships.
• Actively seek input from internal and external Stakeholders and complete competitor analysis to keep abreast of industry and best practice.
• Gather User and Stakeholder input, including, interviews, usability tests and demonstrations.
• Work with the Business Support team and Business Stakeholders to produce detailed user journeys, acceptance criteria and designs ready for implementation.
• Assist with product /system/process documentation to support Users and Business continuity.
• Work with the scrum Team and Product Manager to deliver key milestones, including managing and prioritising the story backlog to ensure the work items delivered meet expectations.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders on strategy, successes, learning and progress on product vision.
• Overall owner of the product backlog, keeping the Business and Tech Teams informed of work delivered.
• Understand the strategic and competitive position of the product, carry out competitive analysis and deliver value adding increments.
• Work with business to establish KPI’s for products and features to monitor success.
• Lead and inspire the Scrum Team to instil quality, encourage innovation and reduce defects.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The job holder may be required to complete any other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

Essential Criteria

• Bachelor's degree required, a computer related discipline preferred. (Experience may take the place of a degree).
• Prior experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst and an understanding of standard software development life cycle for enterprise software applications.
• Knowledge of agile processes, frameworks and the SDLC.
• Demonstrates consistent behaviour aligned to the Organizational Culture.

Desirable Criteria:

• Solid knowledge of business processes, team structure and business products.
• Knowledge of requirements capture and specification techniques.
• Experience in managing stakeholders and developing relationships.
• Experience in managing multiple feature development in one backlog.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification advantageous.

Person Specifications:

• Information Monitoring
• Communication
• Creative thinking
• Teamwork
• Organisation & Planning
• Change Management
• Time Management
• Problem Solving
• Stress Tolerance
• Adaptability
• Building relationships
• Business Awareness