Senior Technical Product Owner (Contract) | Agile Delivery

Equal Experts; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Part time

Job summary

Equal Experts is seeking a Senior Technical Product Owner to join its network of consultants. You will define and communicate strategic priorities, analyse client context, and identify impactful opportunities to mature product management across projects.

In a cross-functional setting with Engagement Managers and Engineers, you’ll help teams apply modern agile practices, drive continuous improvement, and deliver pragmatic solutions for client outcomes. This is a contract / freelance opportunity.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in product and digital roles.
• Solid understanding of data concepts and how they inform decisions.
• Experience applying Lean and/or Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients to co-create the Product vision and roadmap.
• Define priorities based on commercial, financial, technical and user evidence.
• Socialise the Product vision and gather feedback across teams.
• Build strong client relationships at multiple levels.
• Balance problem understanding with stakeholder priorities to focus on outcomes.
• Leverage data from primary and secondary research to inform decisions.
• Communicate key information clearly between stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Make pragmatic decisions to maximise business value and investment.

Skills

Product management

Digital roles

Agile methodologies

Data concepts

Job description

Equal Experts is seeking a Senior Technical Product Owner to join its network of consultants. You will define and communicate strategic priorities, analyse client context, and identify impactful opportunities to mature product management across projects.

In a cross-functional setting with Engagement Managers and Engineers, you’ll help teams apply modern agile practices, drive continuous improvement, and deliver pragmatic solutions for client outcomes. This is a contract / freelance opportunity.