Product Owner - Retail

Datonomy Solutions (Pty) Ltd; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Datonomy Solutions (Pty) Ltd in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Senior Product Owner to shape technology for a leading retailer’s on-demand delivery service. You will translate customer and operational needs into practical digital solutions, improving the delivery experience through close collaboration with business stakeholders, designers and engineering teams.

You will own and prioritise the product backlog, lead requirements workshops and guide Agile teams through planning, demonstrations

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in Business, IT, Engineering or related discipline.
• Product Owner or SAFe Product Owner certification.
• At least six years’ experience as a Senior or Lead Product Owner.
• Demonstrated last-mile delivery and logistics technology experience.
• Experience designing and implementing complex delivery networks.
• Ecommerce and retail experience.
• Strong technical understanding, analytical skills and commercial judgement.
• Ability to manage multidisciplinary stakeholders and work through ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the product backlog, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Lead requirements workshops, feature design and wireframe development.
• Define requirements for backend business logic, data flows and system integrations.
• Guide Agile teams through planning, development, demonstrations and releases.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing and business sign-off.
• Use analytics and user feedback to improve customer experience and service levels.
• Support and mentor other Product Owners.

Skills

Backlog management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Commercial judgement

Education

Relevant degree in Business/IT/Engineering

Job description

Location: Cape Town

We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Owner to shape the technology supporting a leading retailer’s on-demand delivery service.

You will translate customer and operational needs into practical digital solutions, improving the delivery experience through close collaboration with business stakeholders, designers and engineering teams.

Key responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the product backlog, user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Lead requirements workshops, feature design and wireframe development.

• Define requirements for backend business logic, data flows and system integrations.

• Guide Agile teams through planning, development, demonstrations and releases.

• Coordinate user acceptance testing and business sign-off.

• Use analytics and user feedback to improve customer experience and service levels.

• Support and mentor other Product Owners.

Requirements

• Relevant degree in Business, IT, Engineering or a related discipline.

• Product Owner or SAFe Product Owner certification.

• At least six years’ experience as a Senior or Lead Product Owner.

• Demonstrated last-mile delivery and logistics technology experience.

• Experience designing and implementing complex delivery networks.

• Ecommerce and retail experience.

• Strong technical understanding, analytical skills and commercial judgement.

• Ability to manage multidisciplinary stakeholders and work through ambiguity.

An industrial engineering background and ecommerce logistics operations experience would be advantageous.