Role Description
Role Proficiency:Contributes to driving the Product Vision that addresses cross-domain market needs with strong business viability; in line with the Product/Platform Portfolio with guidance from Managers. Assists Managers in delivering the desired product and platform outcomes from original inspiration through implementation and support.rnContributes to the discovery and development of the product/platform per the phases and stages of the product/platform. as guided by the Product Managers.
Outcomes
- A strong evangelist of Product & Platforms Division’s Vision and Philosophy.
- Performs primary and secondary research on Market Driven Products & Platforms; executes the product/platform strategy
- Ensures clear and unambiguous translation of Product Value Roadmap through deliverables to enable the product team to complete work
- Ensures adherence to the Product Value Roadmap set by Product Managers and Product Leadership
- Drafts user stories and ensures they are clearly understood by cross functional product teams
- Ensures Product requirements are gathered and prioritized
- Drives the execution of product development in collaboration with Product Team members comprised of Product Design Technology & Data Science
- Adherence to the modern product management practises and standards; providing periodic status updates
- Supports Product Managers and Senior Product Managers in product demos
- Supports in achieving the Product OKR's
Measures Of Outcomes
- Adherence to agreed product roll-out timelines
- Achievement of Product Metrics
- Achievement of Product OKR's
- Product Team Performance
- Number of domain and product certifications
Outputs Expected
Plan to develop great products and platforms:
- Strong research enabling sound Product Discovery
- Co-facilitates Discovery Sprints under guidance from Product and Senior Product Managers
- Write and articulate great user stories by capturing and translating solutions for identified user problems into product features that deliver value and impress users
- Adherence to Product OKR's
Design To Deliver Vast End -user Experience
- Facilitate sound user research across target market segments
- Influence in implementing design user-centric experiences throughout the user's journey
- Assist in defining user experience (e.g. wire framing journey maps); partnering with product designers
Research The Market To Ensure An Unfair Advantage
- Sound understanding of market trends partner ecosystems and competitive strategies
- Understanding users the marketplace the competition and future trends for the domain or type of system being developed through customer and market research competitive analysis and rapidly acquiring domain expertise
- Define and articulate unique product and business differentiation
Manage business to go to and win in the markets:
- Assist in implementing the GTM strategies and achieve the metrics for product success
- Protect assets and mitigate risks employing IP knowledge
Manage Great People
- Inspire Product teams communicate with diverse groups and influence change throughout the organization
Use Great Technology
- Good understanding and usage of tech stacks
- Good understanding of exponential technologies including AI/ML IoT Blockchain
- Agile proficiency for Rapid Product Discovery & Development
- Employ eminent technology in product management by diving deep into technology trends and architectures
Employ Great Methods In Product Management
- Understand different product management and development approaches
- Understand product usage models
Skill Examples
- Skill in understanding and articulating the core positioning messaging and value propositions for the product
- Ability to support product demos to customers/end users
- Ability to define the user experience to be incorporated into the User Design
- Aptitude in creating user stories
- Ability to creates market customer and competition research based on understanding of market trends partner ecosystems and competitive strategies
- Capable of motivating the team to build and deliver impressive products
Knowledge Examples
Knowledge Examples
- Domain / Industry Knowledge: Working knowledge of standard business processes within the relevant industry vertical and customer business domain
- Technology Trends Knowledge: Demonstrates broad knowledge of technology trends related to multiple inter-related technologies
- Proficient in user story writing
- Knowledge of market trends partner ecosystems and competitive strategies
- Proficient in product documentation
- Expertise in people management
- Knowledge of technology trends and architectures
Additional Comments
Job Description: We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Product Owner to join our team. The Product Owner will be responsible for executing on the product vision, gathering and prioritizing requirements, and working closely with development teams to deliver high-quality products that meet market needs. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Agile methodologies, excellent communication skills, and a passion for delivering innovative solutions. As the ideal candidate, you’ll need to be able to quickly prioritize opportunities and have a strong drive for accomplishment. You must be comfortable with shifting priorities and be a world-class problem solver, working across functional units to ensure success. Strong written and verbal communication skills, and ability to convey ideas and information through slides, as well as verbal and written materials as required. You must also demonstrate an ability to manage a variety of tasks within a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and be solution-oriented while keeping tasks prioritized. The ability to raise issues before they turn into problems is critical. Strong organization, time management, problem solving, and communication skills are essential. The ideal candidate also brings creative and strategic solutions to the table to help solve complex problems and is someone who acts as a change agent to evolve processes and challenge current thinking. Responsibilities:
- Prioritize product roadmap with a balance of immediate needs as well as long term investments based on business priorities and strategic vision.
- Collaborate with Product Managers to communicate and execute on the product vision, strategy and roadmap
- Strong awareness of the market space and current drivers in areas like I-9, Pay Statements, Compliance Library and Unemployment Claims.
- Gather and prioritize product requirements from stakeholders, customers, and market research executing on prioritizing features and corresponding justification
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, design, marketing, and sales to execute on the business objectives.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory compliance, to develop a best in class and competitively differentiated product.
- Create and maintain detailed product backlogs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Ensure that the development team understands the product vision and requirements.
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess product performance and make data-driven decisions.
- Act as the primary point of contact for all product-related inquiries and issues.
- Understanding and experience of the product development lifecycle.
- Analyze complex business and system requirements; construct workflow charts and diagrams; study system capabilities; write specifications
- Be an expert with respect to the industry, competition, and emerging players Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role within an Agile environment.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and Scrum practices.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Experience with Agile project management tools such as Jira, Azure Boards, Trello, or similar.
- Familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes.
- Must be able to handle multiple tasks, take initiative and prioritize multiple work items.
- Must remain flexible and be comfortable with ambiguity within a very demanding, constantly changing environment.
- Leadership and consensus-building abilities with a proven track record of coordinating and mobilizing resources productively.
- Self-starter, comfortable to start projects from a blank sheet of paper Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or similar.
- 5+ years’ experience in a commercial and product management role in a B2B environment; preferably within Finance industry, FinTech companies, Humen resources service.
- Experience in managing multiple projects will be an added advantage
- Previous experience working in a remote or distributed team environment.
- Bachelor’s degree or master’s preferred.
Skills
Product Owner,Agile,Scrum,Jira
