Scrum Product Owner-Hybrid

Duration: 6 months contract with possible extension

Hybrid role: 3 days office, 2 days remote

Responsibilities:

• Acts as a liaison between IT development groups and business units for the development and implementation of new systems and enhancement of current systems.
• Evaluates new applications, system requirements, developments in field of expertise, and evolving business needs to recommend appropriate solutions and alternatives.
• Under general direction, uses specialized knowledge or skills to solve complex and unique problems, or direct the daily activities of a business, technical support, or functional support team.
• Establishes priorities for the completion of assigned tasks.
• Uses judgment to interpret internal and external issues and develop best practices.
• May direct resources, prioritize tasks, and provide guidance to less experienced team members.
• Relies upon experience, interpersonal skills, and broad knowledge of field to ensure task completion in compliance with policies, procedures, and business strategy.
• Serve as an agile product owner ensuring our software development projects align with customer needs and deliver maximum value while adhering to agile scrum methodologies.
• Drive analysis, validation, and verification to determine what data is required to support business needs, where it is created, read, updated, and deleted and the quality criteria associated with it.
• Lead in the coordination of effort with staff, vendors, and customers to understand the business requirement to design the data architecture, solutions, and processes.
• Support the definition of road maps and portfolios of change that reflect business strategy and performance objectives.
• Lead on the development of processes including models (conceptual, logical, and physical).
• Delivery of customized reports and recommendations to support ongoing business decisions and customer reporting requirements.
• Establish strong relationships with teams across the business.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline or area with at least 7+ years’ work experience as a business analyst or project manager.
• Scrum Product Owner certified preferred.
• Sound judgement, attention to detail, accuracy, and follow-through on actions including the flexibility to perform in an ever-changing work environment.
• The ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear, concise manner (verbal and written) across functional and technical departments.
• Possess the capacity to work on multiple tasks at any one time, handling conflicting demands, prioritise workload and effectively delegate while maintaining high quality standards.
• Ability to work across swim lanes and deliver results.
• Expertise in rapidly comprehending the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• Stakeholder management skills to facilitate change delivery in a busy working environment with competing day-to-day priorities.
• High emotional intelligence and solid interpersonal and relationship building skills.