Product Owner

Nextcare; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the health and insurance sector is hiring for a Product Owner in Dubai. This pivotal role involves maximizing product value through effective backlog management and stakeholder collaboration. Ideal candidates will bring over 3 years of experience in product ownership and agile frameworks, contributing to a culture that promotes personal and professional growth within a supportive international environment.

Benefits

Large variety of courses and targeted development programs

International mobility and career progression opportunities

Focus on health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in a similar project management/Product Ownership role.
• Previous working experience as a Product Owner for 3 years +.
• Good knowledge of software development agile framework.

Responsibilities

• Manage Product Backlog and Release Planning.
• Define product features and prioritize User Stories based on business value.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders and the Scrum Team.

Skills

Servant leadership

Facilitation

Conflict resolution

Empowerment

Transparency

Education

Bachelor s / Master s Degree

Job description

Job Overview:

The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team. How this is done may vary widely across organizations, Scrum Teams, and individuals.

What you do:

The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog. Product Backlog management includes: Clearly expressing Product Backlog items; Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions; Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs; Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next; and, Ensuring the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed. The Product Owner may do the above work or have the Development Team do it. However, the Product Owner remains accountable.The Product Owner may represent the desires of a committee in the Product Backlog, but those wanting to change a Product Backlog item s priority must address the Product Owner.The Product Owner decides what will be built and in which order. He or she will: Manage Product Backlog and Release Planning Define the features of the product or desired outcomes of the project. Adjust features/outcomes and priority as needed to ensure ROI. Fully elaborates Acceptance Criteria for User Stories. Prioritize User stories according to business value. Perform Release planning and ensures that the release backlog is aligned with the Vision and Roadmap. Reviews backlog in depth with the Scrum Master in preparation for future Release Planning activities. Write new User Stories needed in order to have a complete and comprehensive backlog. Work closely with the Scrum Team Collaborates with the team to ensure User Stories are accurately elaborated and understood. Ensures that everyone in the Scrum Team understands what is required. Be available to answer any question arise during Sprint execution and support them. Sprint Planning and Execution Attends Sprint Planning in order to answer any remaining questions. Attends Daily Stand-ups to remain engaged and up-to-date on the team s progress. Completes incremental reviews of stories as they are completed. Adjust priorities of stories mid-sprint based on impediments or dependencies. Attend the Demo to provide feedback and acceptance of stories. Accept work results. Stakeholder Management Collaborates with Stakeholders outside of the team to review progress. Collect and discuss required functionalities with the different Stakeholders. These requirements are then combined and filtered before giving it to the team in the form of prioritized Scrum Product Backlog Items. What you bring: Bachelor s / Master s Degree. 3+ years of relevant experience in a similar project management/Product Ownership role. Physically fit to carry out duties. Previous working experience as a Product Owner for 3 years + Previous experience in TPA / Insurnce industry in MEA /GCC region. Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency. Broad and deep knowledge of software development agile framework What we offer:Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees are unique and have unique needs, ambitions and we enjoy being a part of their journey.We are there to empower and encourage you with your personal and professional development ensuring that you take control by offering a large variety of courses and targeted development programs. All that in a global environment where international mobility and career progression are encouraged. Caring for your health and wellbeing is key priority for us.

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