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Information Technology Software Product Owner

Remote (Cape Town or Johannesburg)

Job Purpose :

The Software Product Owner is responsible for defining and driving the vision, scope, and delivery of software products by transforming business requirements into technical solutions. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, the Product Owner ensures effective development and implementation of product features to improve systems and processes. This role requires strong software development management experience, stakeholder engagement, and a deep understanding of Agile and Waterfall methodologies, especially within the retail industry.

Job Specification :

• The Software Product Owner will elicit, facilitate, synthesise, and present technical solutions.
• The candidate will use business requirements to drive the design or review of products define a product vision, scope, acceptance, and implementation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, marketing, sales) to deliver product features.
• Write user stories, acceptance criteria, and ensure clear communication of requirements.
• The successful candidate will form part of the IT team and report to the Software Product Manager.
• Our ideal candidate can work on multiple projects simultaneously and translate business data into usable information, which will help to improve systems and processes.
• Continuously analyze market trends, competitor products, and customer feedback to improve the product.
• Consult various customers (internal and external) to understand their value chain, structure, functions, and products and / or services.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external customers.
• Challenge the business in their thinking, especially to understand the intent of the business requirement.
• With little supervision, elicit, gather, analyse, document, validate and communicate business requirements (Agile and Waterfall Formats)
• Guide a business analyst on the requirements of the product.
• Guide a UX / UI designer on the requirements of the product feature.
• Determine the feasibility of a proposed project.
• Understand the commercial importance of changes or new features.
• Estimate total project duration based on experience.
• Facilitate Design Thinking Workshops.
• Manage User Acceptance Testing

Qualifications : Essential :

• Matric / Grade 12 or A-Levels
• Minimum of 5 years’ previous experience as a Product Owner in software development projects. Minimum of
• 2 years’ experience in Agile Software development Projects.
• Business Analyst / Product Owner experience in the Retail Industry (Advantageous).

Skills and Knowledge :

• Demonstrated ability to communicate in both verbal and written communication.
• Logical reasoning and problem solving.
• Stakeholder and Team Management.
• Leadership and Soft Skills
• Customer focused approach to work.
• Strong presentations skills / Power Point presentations.

Cognitive :

• Analytical, critical and methodical - logical thinker.
• Able to work with high attention to detail
• Delivery-oriented self-starter.
• Problem solver and innovative in a structured manner.
• Structured worker and effective administrator
• Strong organizational and general management abilities

Behavioural :

• Results driven - to ensure that activities fulfil strategic goals and drive the required business results.
• Well-developed time management, planning and coordinating skills.
• Able to work independently with limited instruction and supervision.
• Good inter-personal skills and customer- centric approach.
• Proactive mindset.
• Able to self-correct and be flexible / adapt to change.
• Ethical and honest.
• Ability to cope with and handle variable workload which can be heavy at times.
• Able to work independently with limited instruction and supervision.
• Hard working, tenacious and committed to delivery.
• Demonstrate resilience & emotional Intelligence.
• Able to work effectively in a team.
• Exercise self-reflection, able to self-correct and be flexible / adapt to change.
• Calm, yet able to respond quickly and rationally to unexpected events (not impulsive).