Product Owner at 1Nebula

About the job
The Purpose of the role

You will execute the vision of our product set together with the SaaS development team and our clients.

• The product owner is the lead user of the product with a solid understanding of our clients, users, the telecoms market, the competition, and future trends in the industry. They direct teams on what features the product will have and support the adoption of the product within our clients and thus need to understand the telecoms and enterprise domain to make sound decisions.
• The product owner role requires working closely with key stakeholders throughout Nebula and beyond, they must be able to communicate different messages to different people about the project at any given time.

What will you be responsible for?

Product development

• Maintain the product backlog with the prioritised features list.
• Write well-formed User Stories to enable development teams.
• Manage the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities.
• Participate in the Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Retrospective, Backlog grooming)
• Analyse and improve processes related to the use of the product internally and at clients
• Maintain good 3rd party relationships for the product (e.g. Microsoft, Telecoms Service Providers, client integrated systems).
• Maintain effective documentation and training material on the product
   

Client engagement

• Support initial customer engagement by demonstration material, customer onboarding documentation as well as overall product documentation and training is accurate and up to date.
• Manage the rollout of the product to new clients and increase the adoption rate of new features in existing clients.
• Act as the primary point of contact between internal and external clients and the development team.

Minimum Requirements

• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Information Systems is required, and preference will be given to candidates with degrees.
• Additional certifications such as Certified Product Owner course or Business Analysis diploma will be highly beneficial.
• 2-3 years’ experience in a similar capacity (or business analysis) within software development environments is essential to success in this role.
• PMBOK / Prince 2 qualification would be beneficial
• Prior exposure to the telecoms industry will be highly beneficial.
• The ideal candidate must be a self-organized and driven individual who can deal with multiple ongoing projects at any point in time.
• Must have a strong orientation towards continuous learning, and enjoy working within entrepreneurial environments