Leads requirements gathering effort based on stakeholders' input
Responsible for writing user stories, acceptance criteria, stocking, grooming and prioritizing backlogs, producing release plans and epic roadmaps, running show and tells and producing release communications and tracking benefits realization
Attending all scrum ceremonies. Accountable for the timely availability and accuracy of requirements for development projects, ensuring the engineering teams can develop software as efficiently as possible
Work with the User Experience department to ensure implemented features match with their user journeys and design
Maintains the written 'source of truth': documented user stories recording the agreed requirements of all product owners and stakeholders to enable traceability and re-use.
Performs change management through product and sprint backlogs as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
Keeps Technology Management, Programme Management, Product Management well informed of the status of development requirements and scope
Communicates and enforces requirements specification standards
Understands the dependencies between technology components and how they combine to deliver solutions to the end consumer and to the business
Consistently creates high-quality well documented, easily sustained deliverables and documentation
Understands and balances commercial needs against technical requirements and capabilities
Ensures that all solutions meet company-wide 'hygiene' requirements in terms of functional, non-functional performance, security, compliance, social responsibility
Identifies risks and raises concerns in due time when applicable, along with mitigation options
Contribute to technical discussions (e.g. scalability, architecture) and understand the benefits and drawbacks of different technical solutions
Requirements
Previous experience in the product owner role
Experience in product development
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, based on a data driven approach
Knowledge of techniques for requirements elicitation and specification
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, drives for simplicity and clarity, able to confidently present and influence senior management