Product Owner

About the Role

The Product Owner (PO) is responsible for delivering maximum value ("maximize the value of the product resulting from the Squad's work"). To achieve this, they must:

• Effectively manage their backlog.
• Ensure the transparency and clarity of the backlog so that Agile Team members can take ownership and deliver quality increments that meet user expectations.

The PO has the necessary mandate, with the help of their squad, to prioritize their Product's work.

Your Main Missions as a Product Owner:

• Contribute to the definition of the product roadmap and communicate it to the Squad.
• Work with the Product Manager, Product Experts, and, if necessary, Business Partners to develop product roadmaps that align with the strategic vision of the service family.
• Share these elements within the Squad and its ecosystem.
• Contribute to needs analysis.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager and Product Experts to propose solutions, identify impacts, and estimate the necessary capacity during the general scoping phase.
• Define, write, and get approval for EPICS during the detailed scoping phase.
• Liaise with other needs that have been expressed or have already led to the implementation of a solution/work.
• Prioritize work at the Squad level.
• Based on seasonal commitments and completed scoping, populate the Squad backlog, assign a value to each item, and prioritize and order the Squad backlog accordingly.
• Maintain the backlog.
• Plan work to adjust the product roadmap.
• Support Agile Team members to maximize produced value.
• Clearly communicate product objectives and work to be done to the team members.
• Ensure backlog items are written, respecting the prerequisites (Definition of Ready).
• Be present and available to answer the Squad's clarification requests.
• Validate delivered items, ensure a functional and quality product.
• Ensure product documentation in collaboration with Squad members.
• Participate with the Product Manager in preparing delivery reports.
• Track work progress.
• Participate and contribute to Factory and Squad events.
• Provide stakeholders with visibility on work progress.
• Monitor the performance of the products for which they are responsible.
• Participate with the Product Manager and Product Experts in identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) for their products.
• Monitor product usage and contribute to improving the financial and operational performance of their products.
• Collect product feedback from users.
• Identify actions to be taken to optimize product value based on results.

Qualifications

• Graduated from higher education.
• Minimum of 3 years of post-graduation experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst, working in an agile environment to scope and deliver a project within defined costs and deadlines.

Knowledge of the distribution sector, banking product manufacturing, or mobile applications is an additional asset.

You also recognize yourself in these qualities:

• Ability to take a high-level view and strategic vision focused on product and results.
• Excellent synthesis and writing skills, particularly for designing project committee and steering committee materials.
• Proactive and persuasive to unite and facilitate workshops for solution development.
• Leadership.
• Interpersonal and pedagogical skills.
• Diplomacy.
• Autonomy.
• Strong continuous improvement culture.