Product Owner at Discovery Limited

Job description

Key Purpose of the role

As a Product Owner at Vitality, you will be involved in leading cross-functional Development Teams to own and co-create user-centric products and services that deliver business value and address meaningful business problems and opportunities

You will be responsible for understanding and creating the product vision, business case and product spec as well as maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team by managing the Product Backlog

Areas of responsibility

The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following broad job functions:

• Work with Product Management and business operations to understand and create the business case and product spec
• Work with solution team to understand solution and customer journey options
• Work with Operational Team for operational readinessWork with Marketing Team to create product marketing strategy
• Work closely with the Development Teams to drive product delivery:
• Act as the single decision maker giving direction to the team
• Prioritize and manage the Product Backlog
• Emerge Product Backlog Items (PBIs) together with the team
• Drive just-in-time PBI elaboration
• Elaborate product requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria
• Order the PBIs to best achieve product goals and missions
• Optimize the value of the work the Development Team performs
• Ensure that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the team will work on next
• Ensure the Development Team understands PBIs to the level needed
• Preform Backlog Refinement to prune and maintain the Product Backlog
• Ensure Definition of Ready (DoR) is met for all PBIs
• Drive Product Planning Workshops and Release Planning sessions
• Present product vision and goals for each release / sprint
• Present prioritized PBIs to the team in Sprint Planning
• Drive rapid product decision making
• Accept PBIs as per acceptance criteria and Definition of Done (DoD) in Sprint Review

Qualifications & Experience

• Business degree
• 3 to 5 years of strong experience owning and delivering digital products and services
• Ability to communicate effectively in multiple business areas (e.g., marketing, finance, operations, legal, systems etc.)
• Background that comprises both solid business understanding as well as expert understanding of high-quality digital product delivery
• Certified Product Owner / Agile Practitioner

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply