An international brand with its head office in Cape Town is looking to expand its team with a Product Owner
The Product Owner will be the project’s key stakeholder, representing Users and Business working together with the Software Development Teams to deliver high quality software products. Reporting into the Product Manager, the Product Owner will be responsible for validating product ideas with reviews of plans and work-in-progress with Customers, Architects and Product Teams.

Qualification:

Bachelor's degree required; a computer related discipline preferred

Skills & Experience:

Prior experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst and an understanding of standard software development life cycle for enterprise software applications.
Understanding of standard software development team roles and responsibilities.
Understanding of scrum framework and agile methodologies.
Knowledge and experience of working with Agile Scrum delivery methods and a good understanding of the Product Owner role.
Knowledge of requirements capture and specification techniques.
Experience of conducting user research and working with teams to develop wireframes and specifications for new product features.
Experience of working with remotely located Stakeholders and/or Development Team.
Project management skills including, product-based planning techniques, business case creation and maintenance, and issues & risks management.
Experience of managing multiple feature development in one backlog.
Experience of managing projects, BAU work and product roadmap priorities simultaneously.
An understanding of software development an ability to work closely with technology teams in scheduling functional and non-functional requirements.
Knowledge of behavioral driven development and continuous integration.

Salary – highly negotiable