Product Owner (Senior) at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• The Digital Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the development team. This role has an extensive list of duties and responsibilities—even an entire mindset that drives different dimensions: technical, business and design. The digital product owner does not just administer the backlog but is responsible for tackling and solving difficult problems for customers and the business..

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to; 

• Define the product vision and measure customer value
• Planning (includes product roadmap), and impact mapping
• Manage the product backlog
• Prioritise needs (across scope, budget and time)
• Oversee development stages (engaging in all ceremonies)
• Anticipate client needs (research)
• Act as primary liaison (i.e. primary communicator and link between stakeholders and product team)
• Evaluate product progress at each iteration.
• Responsible for sprint goals being achieved and deciding if goals are successful or not.
• Ultimately responsible for product delivery.
• Driving/implementing product take up and engagement, working in partnership with data and marketing teams, and drive growth to targets
• Work with Product Manager to actively manage all 3rd party relationships that are integrally related to the product

Personal Attributes and Skills 

• Tenacity
• Manage Ambiguity
• Cultivate Innovation
• Drives results
• Ability to facilitate/lead JAD sessions
• Solid understanding of systems development life cycle
• Knowledge of Discovery Products and legacy systems environment

Education and Experience 

• BSc. Computer Science or equivalent from a recognised University Or BSc – Engineering with experience/focus on IT Or BCom Information Systems And/Or Dip.BA (FTI or equivalent)
• User interface analyst experience
• Usability research experience
• Agile solution delivery experience
• Min 2-3 years of business analysis and/or product owner experience as part of a digital product cross functional team.
• Experience and understanding using an SDLC (both traditional and agile) and some experience in delivery of integrated solutions of meaningful scale.
• Software engineering/development experience.
• Software project management/delivery experience
• Good communication skills (written/oral and presentation).
• Solid understanding of SDLC (traditional and agile), including phases, technical jargon, and artefacts (input and output).
• Usability and design principles and exposure/experience in user research and testing.