Product Owner Credit Decision - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 13-05-2017 9:10:11 AM
10-06-2017 9:10:11 AM
Purpose: Enable the business to achieve its goals by delivering the companies product lines. Deliver great products on time, on budget and to quality.

Key Accountabilities

Be responsible for delivering the roadmap for the companies credit decisioning related products
Work with the Product Delivery Manager and Product Manager(s) to translate the roadmap this into appropriate backlog(s) and user stories
Deliver solutions for the credit risk, strategy, testing and process components of the credit decision systems
Deliver products using the appropriate agile project management methodology, learning & iterating frequently
Drive and review business requirements (including Proposition design, customer journeys etc.)
Write user story level business and functional specifications and corresponding acceptance criteria
Involve the team to provide development estimates
Ensure adequate sign off on specifications from relevant stakeholders
Creates Product Backlog(s) from the business requirements and priorities
Manage inter development team dependencies, signs off and agree to BAU releases
Run a quality process around product delivery to minimise the risk of customer detriment
Assists project manager or stakeholders with the development of project initiation documents
Contribute to the improvement the Product Delivery processes and ways of working with the wider business
Works with Product Delivery team during sprints to continuously clarify user stories or provide context to ensure all stories can be developed without impediment
Work with the PDM and CTO to participate in the collaborative, dynamic planning process – prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team
Identify, escalate and manage risks
Work with key business stakeholders to ensure non-product functions are integrated into initiatives
Ensure long term sustainability of the products through collaboration and with technical architects

Qualifications and Experience

Under-graduate/graduate level education (preferably Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or similar)
Experience in establishing, improving and driving adherence to processes
Experience in credit lifecycle and credit decisioning platforms
Experience of software development and product / major feature launches
Experience of ‘bringing the company with you’, particularly departments not in the same reporting line
Agile experience a significant advantage
Must be able to garner respect from his/her team and be willing to get their hands dirty to get the job done.

Salary dependent on experience. Includes benefits.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location:
Cape Town, Western Cape

Required education:
Bachelor's

Required experience:
credit risk, strategy, testing: 4 years
Software Development: 4 years
development team managment: 4 years
agile project management methodology: 4 years

Required language:
English