Senior Product Owner - IT at MECS (Pty) Ltd

• My client is seeking to employ a Senior Product Owner on a 12 month contract. This is a hybrid working opportunity and you are required to use your own laptop.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in informatics, information technology, computer science, engineering or related fields
• At least five years’ experience in Agile software development as Product Owner
• Experience in dealing with high-level stakeholders and clients
• Experience working in Agile software development teams
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Technical and report writing skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong ability to think abstractly and conceptually and to see the big picture
• Ability to think strategically

Responsibilities include:

• Act as interface between Agile team(s) and stakeholders;
• Manage relationships with customers and stakeholders;
• Help develop and communicate the product vision and roadmap
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, fostering an environment of collaboration and continuous improvement
• Write clear and concise user stories, acceptance criteria, and product requirements that guide the development team
• Provide support to developers to ensure requirements are understood
• Provide support to User-Acceptance-Testing (UAT) and testers
• Manage and prioritise the product backlog
• Ensure alignment of product backlog to stakeholder needs and product vision
• Drive delivery of a product by Agile software team(s)
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure projects alignment
• Obtain, evaluate and integrate customer feedback