Agile Product Owner

A 1 L; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in Telecommunications is seeking an Agile Product Owner for a three-month contract. This role is pivotal in driving the product backlog for Fixed Connectivity within the Telecommunications Wholesale space. You will collaborate closely with business and technology teams to prioritize enhancements, communicate product strategies, and ensure quality assurance on deliverables. If you have a passion for product management and a strong background in Agile methodologies, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience as an Agile Product Owner in Telecommunications.
• Strong understanding of product backlog management and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Maintain product backlog and prioritize work for the engineering team.
• Communicate product strategy to engineering and UX teams.
• Manage enhancement requests to identify high-value work.

Skills

Agile Product Owner Certifications

Process Optimization

Problem Solving

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Business Engineering

Degree in Information Technology

Tools

Customer-provided automation tools

Job description

Our client in the Telecommunications sector is seeking an Agile Product Owner for a contract duration of three months.

Resource Requirements

Agile Product Owner for BSS Stack with experience driving product backlog for Telecommunications Wholesale space. The role focuses primarily on Fixed Connectivity, and the resource will report to Products Business and Technology teams.

Responsibilities

1. Creates and maintains a product backlog reflecting value and prioritizing work for a product engineering team.
2. Work with business and product engineering leadership to prioritize enhancements and releases.
3. Distill annual roadmaps into requirements and then prioritize sprints with the help of engineering.
4. Decide what your product engineering teams work on.
5. Communicate and evangelize product strategy to peers in engineering and UX.
6. Work with partners in business engineering, marketing, and analytics to define, build, and launch products/platform features.
7. Provide quality assurance (QA) review of non-code developers' deliverables (i.e., design documents, test plans, test reports) and track acceptance using customer-provided automation tools.
8. Manage an enhancement request process to identify work of high business value.
9. Convey the goals and product requirements for enhancements and new development, and with Business Analysts, assist with the elaboration of user stories and requirements.
10. Represent the business to the team.

Competencies and Key Skills

1. Agile Product Owner Certifications (CSPO, PMI, IIBA, ASCP, PO, XP, PMP, CSM, PKI, SSL)
2. Process Optimization
3. Problem Solving
4. Time Management

Education

Bachelor's or College Degree in Computer Science, Business Engineering, Technology, Technical Business/Administration, Science, Information Technology, or Marketing.

Key Skills

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