Product Owner

Key responsibilities

• Manage Product Backlog. Formulating the list of backlog items and prioritizing them as per the critical business objectives.
• Define Sprint Objectives. The product owner defines the suggested sprint objective, which will serve as a base to determine the sprint goal.
• Review and approve the work done by the development team. The Product Owner inspects the product increment made by the development team in each iteration, from design preparation to production release verification.
• Provide effective communication to the stakeholders of the project. The Product Owner is the central communicator between the development team and the stakeholders. They need to be clear and concise communicators to ensure there is approval of the stakeholders for all major decisions and strategies.
• Backlog Refinement. Ability to prioritise, enhance, and finalise the items with the team before the sprint planning.
• Create and Maintain Change Requests Associated with the Product. Predominantly an operational task. The Product Owner will gather and prioritise operational changes and include them within the Product Backlog for future sprint iteration.
• Define Acceptance Criteria for their Product. The Product Owner must know what they want their product features to achieve. Having strongly defined acceptance criteria is vital to ensure that the product performs to the expected standard. A/C's should always be confirmed with stakeholders and will be used as a baseline for QA to test against.
• Gather Functional and non-Functional Requirements. The Product Owner will ensure that all requirements are gathered and that they meet the Product Managers' expectations.
• Maintain Requirements. Requirements may be adjusted during the project lifecycle, this is to be expected in a dynamic environment such as ours. If a requirement is adjusted, then this must be reflected at the appropriate level (Epic, Story).
• Verify Requirements. Once the requirements, functional and non-functional, have been gathered from the stakeholder, the Product Owner will confirm and agree that the requirements are fit for purpose and use.
• Create and Maintain Epics, Stories, Use, and Edge Cases. Although the creation of these artifacts may be done by another team, the Product Owner holds accountability for the quality of their content.
• Participate in OKR planning. Working closely with stakeholders and participating in quarterly OKR planning for the product, including estimating their achievement.

Requirements

• At least 3 years as a Product Owner or similar role (Business Analyst, System Analyst, Quality Assurance Analyst).

• To execute tasks, technical understanding is required in the following areas:

  • Requirements lifecycle.
  • Product backlog management.
  • Product development architecture.
  • Scrum and Agile development methodologies.
  • User experience principles.
  • Coding and designing (nice to have).

• Communication skills (proficiency in English). Use of verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills to create and convey product goals. Reporting insights, which allows them to maximise product value and address issues during the early stages of development.

• Ability to analyse various issues and find workable solutions as quickly as possible. Identify, collect and analyse information, use reason to solve complex problems and make decisions based on logical conclusions.
• Decision-making. Use technical, analytical and communications skills to make crucial decisions regarding their product's success and development. After identifying an issue, you must be able to collect and collate all relevant information, find ways of dealing with it, decide on the best option and implement/evaluate the results.
• Skills of establishing and managing processes, adapting them as necessary, and leading productive, inclusive meetings that foster collaboration and decision-making.
• You will lead a team (without being a manager), therefore you must be able to demonstrate effective leadership techniques. Bring vision to the team, mentor where needed, and negotiate with team members and the wider business.
• You will act as a mediator if/when conflict arises to ensure that the development stays on schedule. You will have the ability to resolve disputes over resource or power dynamics, using active listening skills to consider both sides and then make the decision.
• Professional certification. PSPO level 1 or similar, but not a requirement.

We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to

• Learning and development opportunities and interesting, challenging tasks.
• Official employment in accordance with the laws of Cyprus and the EU, registration of family members.
• Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for 2 weeks).
• Company fitness corner in the office for employees.
• Opportunity to develop language skills and partial compensation for the cost of language classes.
• Birthday celebration present.
• Time for proper rest and 24 working days of Annual Vacation.
• Breakfasts and lunches in the office (partially paid by the company).

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