Digital Product Owner

Telesure Investment Holdings; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial services sector seeks a Project Manager to guide feature teams in delivering the product vision. You'll collaborate on strategic objectives, manage various projects, and engage stakeholders to ensure project success. This role requires a degree in Business or Information Technology, with experience in similar roles preferred. Join us to make a meaningful impact while advancing your expertise in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• BCom Business or BSC in Information Technology / Systems degree is essential.
• Product Owner certification and MBA are advantageous.
• 1 to 3 years in a similar role within financial services is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage feature teams for project delivery and product development.
• Drive business case development and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Perform customer analysis and market research for product improvement.

Skills

Digital Vision and Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Project Management

Data Analysis

Education

BCom Business or BSC Information Technology / Systems

Product Owner certification

MBA

Hons degree

Job description

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Job Purpose

• Manage feature teams to transfer the project / product vision to design, development, and delivery. Guide the team through the product backlog toward building the right product considering the vision, planning and budgets of the business, customers or users resulting in the requested business value.

Responsibilities

Digital Vision and Strategy

• Collaborate on development of the digital road map and key strategic enablers, designing the workflow and business processes that allow new applications, products, and services to be rolled out quickly while ensuring that legacy applications and IT operations are maintained at optimal levels.

Stakeholder Management

• Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective project working relationships and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met.

Business Case Contribution

• Drive and developing business cases to quantify current costs, justify project investment, and identify the return on investment.

Product / Service Development

• Evaluate the feasibility / relevance of proposed solutions, working in cross-functional or agile teams to develop and deliver significant aspects of the development program.

Data-driven Product and Service Improvement

• Research data from digital product / service performance, customer behavior, and market trends to identify opportunities for product / service improvement.

Customer Needs / Experience Research

• Support customer and user research teams by performing customer analysis and market research using standardised techniques.

Project Management

• Independent management of medium to larger scale projects, with sole accountability to deliver project within defined quality and time-frames.
• Identify shortcomings in existing business practices, then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organisation's change management program.

Horizon Scanning

• Maintain understanding of current technology, competitors and market trends, database management, and / or programming practices through ongoing education, conference attendance, and reading industry press.

Education

• BCom Business or BSC Information Technology / Systems degree or similar (Essential); Product Owner certification (Advantageous); MBA (Advantageous); Hons (Advantageous) (Required)

Experience

• 1 to 3 years in a similar role (Essential)
• Experience in a similar role within the Financial Services Industry (Advantageous).