Product Strategy & Vision : Collaborate with stakeholders to define and refine technology product vision, roadmap and strategy. Ensure alignment between business objectives and technical execution.
Backlog Management : Translate product vision into actionable tasks in the backlog. Prioritize and manage product backlog by working closely with product, engineering, UX / UI and business teams. Break down high-level features into actionable user stories that are well-defined, clear and technically feasible.
Requirements Gathering : Work with business teams and customers to gather, analyze and document technical requirements which can be translated into technical specifications for development teams.
Understands the product outcome and benefits to customers, to the market, to the business. Also the agile development processes and organization way of working
Gather functional requirements and conceptualize features that meet customer needs Ensure non-functional requirements are taken into consideration as well
Leads the product definition in collaboration with the scrum master and development team (UI / UX team, architecture, engineering, business analyst) including other relevant inputs that may affect the scope of the product (medical affairs, data security, data privacy and legal)
Owns and facilitates features and user story refinement and planning sessions
Manages the team product backlog and prioritization of user stories, ensuring the product backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all
Ensure the team is focused on developing the deliverables that provide the optimum value for the user and the business
Approves product increments on sprint reviews, and acceptance of final iteration plan.
Accountable for the definition of done as well as the acceptance
Leads the product development team(s) and guides implementation
Responsible for the team vision, product roadmap and release plan, in close collaboration with other relevant teams and the Agile Release Train
Collaboration with Engineering Teams : Active engagement with the engineering teams to ensure that technical requirements are met. Participate in sprint ceremonies sprint planning, daily standups and retrospectives.
Stakeholder communication : Serve as a liaison between the business stakeholders and engineering team communicating progress, risks and dependencies clearly and regularly.
Pricing Quality Assurance : Ensure products meet the required technical standards and business requirements through rigorous testing and validation processes. Support teams by providing acceptable success criteria.
Customer-centric Approach : Collaborate with UX / UI teams to ensure that pricing solution and experiences optimized keeping the customer and store team members in mind.
Release scheduling : Define product release schedules in co-ordination with stakeholders and development teams, ensuring that features are delivered in. timely manner.
Continuous Improvement : Foster a culture of continuous improvement by collaborating closely with stakeholders and development teams to improve processes, tools and workflows.
Qualifications :
3+ years experience as a Product owner, Technical Product Owner or Technical Business Analyst.
Solid understanding of software development processes, cloud platforms and systems architecture. Familiarity with microservices and event-driven architectures is a bonus.
Strong familiarity with Agile methodologies Scrum, kanban and development tools Jira, Confluence, etc.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language to effectively communicate with non-technical stakeholders.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to help review, analyze, prioritize competing items, challenges and dependencies
Solid collaboration skills with experience in relation building, conflict resolution, negotiation and consensus building skills. Experience with stakeholder and vendor management.
Experience in coaching and mentoring highly performant engineering teams.
Working knowledge of the retail industry and pricing domain is a bonus.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer information systems, engineering or related field.