Product Owner

Banque Misr Transformation office

New Cairo, Cairo
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago
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The PO creates a product roadmap and defines the product vision for his or her team, driven by the overall strategy. He or she builds close relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that the team's effort is aligned with the overall strategy. The PO works closely with his or her team to ensure that business value and user feedback is translated into new functionality when neededManaging the product

Owns the product vision and detailed product requirements; makes sure they are complete, integral and consistent
Proposes the scope for MVPs/releases taking into account existing resource constraints and sustained development of the product. Ultimately accountable for the scope
Accountable for the results of the sprint demonstration
Gets consulted about all the key BAU decisions

Managing the delivery

Owns the release plan and product backlog and continuously keeps it up to date
Makes sure the Squad correctly understands the requirements
Supports the Scrum master (SM) on the squads ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, reviews and retros.
Manages delivery dependencies on other squads by taking part in the PO sync and other cross-squad ceremonies
Provides input and gives product perspective on any risks and dependencies on control functions. Responsible for coordinating the grooming of the stories once he/she gets the requirements

Tracking progress and developing the team

Monitors the product and operational / delivery KPIs that ultimately shape the performance against strategic KPIs of the whole squad
Together with the Chapter leads, defines the necessary competencies and staffing in the Squad and obtains it via QBR
Participates in squad members’ reviews together with their chapter leads

Typical skills, and background1. Excellent interpersonal skills

Strong leader and team player
Great communicator with facility to integrate and align diverse stakeholders
Non-hierarchical and collaborative, has transparency and trust in squads

2. Product management and technology understanding

Deep understanding of product management across the lifecycle
Ability to create compelling offerings towards customers, act as “voice of the customer”
Good sense of technical concepts and processes
Experimental agile mindset to drive innovation (Test & Learn) and MVP thinking

3. Solid business acumen

Understanding of the core levers of the business
Experience and proven knowledge in relevant field/product/customer segment

RequirementsPO

2-4 years of experience as a Product Owner

In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principals

Ability to balance conflicting priorities and negotiate a backlog with engineers and leadership

Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Previous experience working with Jira

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