Junior Product Owner - Cape Town
Salary Negotiable
Cape Town,
Western Cape
more than 14 days ago
One of South Africa’s leading companies in the Media and Entertainment space is on the lookout for a dynamic new Product Owner.
Someone who is eager to grow and evolve existing products as well as conceptualise and create new products in the fast-paced ever changing digital space.
If you have a passion for technology and you love the entertainment industry, our Client wants you to work in their Portals division. You will be a part of an environment that thrives on team-work and participation, with an ever-beady eye on quality, detail, service and user feedback, accountable both to your internal and external customers.
There’s a great career to be had at this company…are you ready for the challenge?
Context
If you’re ready to work at an international organisation that operates in a fast-paced industry with high levels of change and leading-edge technology adoption, then you’ll fit right in. Our Client is customer-focussed and socially-aware, and because they’re a multinational and multicultural organisation, expect to be kept on your toes. You will have the opportunity to work on expanding products and services in a highly competitive environment. Your products will touch millions of users and the benefits to be gained from these products – invaluable!
Customers
As a Product Owner, you’ll work closely with management. You’ll also make friends with the architecture teams and the scheduling teams. You’ll work closely with external suppliers who build some platform specific products on your behalf.
Last, but certainly not least – the users who consume this content and data on a daily basis – customers! Their feedback and input into your products will mean everything to you.
Outputs
You will be responsible for the Content Management System, and the API that distributes this content with other platforms.
This requires teamwork, which means you’ll need to work with the business to define the requirements in order to achieve your objectives. You will also need to prioritise, scope and plan your deliverables. Part of your job description as Product Owner will be to work with the technical teams to ensure that your products are created and delivered to the standard that you require.
This includes coordinating and driving the work of the project team, managing relationships with all the project stakeholders, business sponsors and owners, and identifying and managing project issues and risks.
Sound like the challenge you are up for?
Competencies
It goes without saying, but our client needs you to be competent in a few areas to qualify for this job and deliver the high levels of quality that they expect of all their team members. Knowledge of the product lifecycle is a no-brainer, and it won’t hurt if you have some knowledge of Video on Demand or broadcast technologies, or if you come from the mobile technology space. You will need to have a proven track record in product management, with a keen eye for detail and a solid understanding of user interface best practice.
Piece of cake? We thought so. Best you start polishing that CV of yours.
Skills
If you can read and write (or type…who uses pens nowadays anyway?), it’s a good start. Managing outputs and expectations is a massive part of your job. The relationships you’ll form and nurture in the business with challenge you constantly, you’ll need an agile mind and will have to know your game inside out. Providing answers quickly, and making good decisions under pressure is definitely a requirement. Life in a pressure cooker should be an exciting prospect.
You will need to keep focus, stick to your guns and remain creative all at the same time.
If you have the ability to persuade and influence without resorting to Chinese water torture…that’s also a plus.
Personal Qualities
Our Clients are a creative bunch. They’re young, they’re hungry for success and they want to be the best at what they do, not only in a South African context, but also on a global stage. Call them overachievers if you like…they like to think of it as “just another day at the office”.
If you’re team-, detail- and service-orientated, and are able to withstand pressure, you’ll fit in as a Product Owner. We want you to take this career opportunity and run with it. Make it your own. Be assertive; exude self-confidence; have some flexibility to take on some big projects. What are you waiting for?
Education and Experience
Our client only wants the best. So if you can put a check-mark (or two…or three) next to each of the following, you’re ready to meet us:
How to apply:
Send your CV in WORD format.
Please, no telephonic applications. If the job is advertised, it is available.
If you have not heard from us within 14 days then your application has not been successful on this occasion. In this instance we will retain your CV and be in contact with you when an opportunity in line with your career progression arises.
Someone who is eager to grow and evolve existing products as well as conceptualise and create new products in the fast-paced ever changing digital space.
If you have a passion for technology and you love the entertainment industry, our Client wants you to work in their Portals division. You will be a part of an environment that thrives on team-work and participation, with an ever-beady eye on quality, detail, service and user feedback, accountable both to your internal and external customers.
There’s a great career to be had at this company…are you ready for the challenge?
Context
If you’re ready to work at an international organisation that operates in a fast-paced industry with high levels of change and leading-edge technology adoption, then you’ll fit right in. Our Client is customer-focussed and socially-aware, and because they’re a multinational and multicultural organisation, expect to be kept on your toes. You will have the opportunity to work on expanding products and services in a highly competitive environment. Your products will touch millions of users and the benefits to be gained from these products – invaluable!
Customers
As a Product Owner, you’ll work closely with management. You’ll also make friends with the architecture teams and the scheduling teams. You’ll work closely with external suppliers who build some platform specific products on your behalf.
Last, but certainly not least – the users who consume this content and data on a daily basis – customers! Their feedback and input into your products will mean everything to you.
Outputs
You will be responsible for the Content Management System, and the API that distributes this content with other platforms.
This requires teamwork, which means you’ll need to work with the business to define the requirements in order to achieve your objectives. You will also need to prioritise, scope and plan your deliverables. Part of your job description as Product Owner will be to work with the technical teams to ensure that your products are created and delivered to the standard that you require.
This includes coordinating and driving the work of the project team, managing relationships with all the project stakeholders, business sponsors and owners, and identifying and managing project issues and risks.
Sound like the challenge you are up for?
Competencies
It goes without saying, but our client needs you to be competent in a few areas to qualify for this job and deliver the high levels of quality that they expect of all their team members. Knowledge of the product lifecycle is a no-brainer, and it won’t hurt if you have some knowledge of Video on Demand or broadcast technologies, or if you come from the mobile technology space. You will need to have a proven track record in product management, with a keen eye for detail and a solid understanding of user interface best practice.
Piece of cake? We thought so. Best you start polishing that CV of yours.
Skills
If you can read and write (or type…who uses pens nowadays anyway?), it’s a good start. Managing outputs and expectations is a massive part of your job. The relationships you’ll form and nurture in the business with challenge you constantly, you’ll need an agile mind and will have to know your game inside out. Providing answers quickly, and making good decisions under pressure is definitely a requirement. Life in a pressure cooker should be an exciting prospect.
You will need to keep focus, stick to your guns and remain creative all at the same time.
If you have the ability to persuade and influence without resorting to Chinese water torture…that’s also a plus.
Personal Qualities
Our Clients are a creative bunch. They’re young, they’re hungry for success and they want to be the best at what they do, not only in a South African context, but also on a global stage. Call them overachievers if you like…they like to think of it as “just another day at the office”.
If you’re team-, detail- and service-orientated, and are able to withstand pressure, you’ll fit in as a Product Owner. We want you to take this career opportunity and run with it. Make it your own. Be assertive; exude self-confidence; have some flexibility to take on some big projects. What are you waiting for?
Education and Experience
Our client only wants the best. So if you can put a check-mark (or two…or three) next to each of the following, you’re ready to meet us:
- Relevant Degree
- Knowledge of the product lifecycle
- Understanding of the digital television market
- At least 5 years’ hands-on relationship modelling, and product experience in an online environment
- Proven project management ability for a single product or set of products
- Online portal experience
- Experience with mobile products
How to apply:
Send your CV in WORD format.
Please, no telephonic applications. If the job is advertised, it is available.
If you have not heard from us within 14 days then your application has not been successful on this occasion. In this instance we will retain your CV and be in contact with you when an opportunity in line with your career progression arises.
Recruiter: CompuJobs