Our company is seeking an experienced IT professional to take on the role of Product Owner/Business Analyst. This individual will be responsible for driving the development and success of our products as we scale geographically and feature-wise.
Key Responsibilities:
* Take ownership of product feature expansion and harmonization within ALSO.
* Perform discovery and fit-gap analysis between different systems and business processes.
* Propose and scale components for each business process, manage and control rollout.
* Own release management and support for expansion and feature rollouts.
* Launch and scale products in existing ALSO countries and expand into new ones.
* Coordinate scaling initiatives with stakeholders and functional departments.
* Participate in product ownership teams driving product discovery, development, rollout, and measurement.
* Manage and communicate the strategic product roadmap based on customer and market needs.
* Acknowledge and establish measurements for current product state.
* Introduce tools and measurements for product management metric tracking.
* Drive quarterly planning involving business stakeholders and technical teams.
* Regularly report delivery and product state to stakeholders.
* Ensure product quality by monitoring product state and creating reports.
* Identify areas for improvement, develop strategies, and execute business initiatives to increase customer reach.
* Collaborate with development, design, UX, marketing, and other teams to ensure effective delivery of platform features.
Requirements:
1. Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, or a related field.
2. 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role.
3. Experience with business flow drawing tools.
4. Experience doing fit-gap analysis for choosing products for specific business processes.
5. Data-driven mindset with decisions based on data.
6. Experience with product measurement tools is an advantage.
7. Business analyst experience is an advantage.
8. Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum.
9. Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
10. Ability to balance customer needs, market trends, and company objectives.
11. Experience with platform development, integration, and scalability.
12. Proficient in English, both written and spoken.
Success Measures:
* Operate without major disturbances: Limited scope change within commitment period.
* Use cases and user stories are available to the team before sprint planning.
* All stakeholders are listed, expectations and needs cleared, and regular checkpoints established.
* Communication with stakeholders is in place on a regular basis.
* Product metrics are established & monitored, and proper decisions towards product development are made.
* Quarterly commitments and plans are communicated to and discussed with all stakeholders.
* Product increase confirmed value after implementation of selected features in the commitment period.