Technical Product Owner

Job Purpose

Key Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the story content, acceptance criteria definition, and end story signoff across team backlogs, ensuring prepared on time for future PIs, refined frequently with the entire team, and prioritized accordingly in alignment with other team backlogs.
• Ensure Technical Debt and Nonfunctional requirements are captured, refined, and prioritized across all sprints.
• Capture additional BAU, Ceremony, and Spike activities, and incorporate them into team backlogs within the boundaries of available capacity.
• Prepare contribution to PI demo in conjunction with other applicable Product Owners.
• Maintain the quality and integrity of features within their technical and team boundaries, ensuring the identification and contribution of risks and dependencies back to the Product Portfolio backlog.
• Attend and contribute to key Product Management meetings, in particular PI Planning.
• Define metrics to measure the success and performance of prioritized work, ensuring any further BAU iterations can be proposed and prioritized accordingly within the boundaries of available capacity.
• Participate in establishing and growing a community of Product Owners, building an identity for the role, focusing on collaboration, and identifying opportunities for improvement and growth.
• Contribute to the Product Management Communities and their continual evolution to help drive efficient practices and empowered teams.
• Work with teams to identify and capture team-driven innovation ideas, consolidating across peer groups for playback up to TPM (Technical Product Manager) community.

Qualifications

• Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent).
• 5+ years of experience in Information Technology or other.
• Operations Research, Human resources, Information Systems, or a combination of industry certification and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Global Product (CSPO/SAFe/PSPO) trained and certified.
• 3+ years practical experience of working as a Product Owner/Manager, in a team facing capacity with proven record of driving discernible change and delivery, at pace.
• Ability to lead and prepare Request for Proposals (RFPs) with external vendors and partners.
• Proven capability to manage and deliver large-scale initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience of working within a Scaled Agile framework, across multiple initiatives and circa 50+ teams.
• Demonstrated technical or domain expertise, utilising a depth and breadth of knowledge and practical experience within the specific domain or technical area.
• Well-versed with the tools for the Product Management aspects of software delivery.
• Strong and concise communicator at peer, line, and stakeholder levels.
• Builds strong relationships with peers and team members.

About the Team

Leadership Role

Salary & Benefits

• Attractive tax-free salary.
• Generous travel benefits, including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world.
• Excellent leave and healthcare package.
• Transport benefits, life insurance and more.