EiQ Product Owner (EiQ PO) – Seafood Portal Full Time

ELEVATE limited

Role

EiQ Product Owner (EiQ PO) – Seafood Portal (1 Year Contract)

Department

Corporate IT

Location

London / Hong Kong

Overview

ELEVATE is seeking a passionate, detail oriented I.T. Product Owner (SCRUM Product Owner Role) with a strong understanding of web, mobile, Blockchain, and AI applications. The EiQ PO will play a major role in planning and developing data-driven applications that will transform the way brands and retailers assess and address risk in their supply chains and drive improvements by helping evolve our world leading EiQ platform and adjacent ELEVATE digital product development for application in the seafood sector (wild-capture, aquaculture, and processing). The seafood sector presents unique challenges with respects to human rights and risk assessment, therefore a main part of this role is to understand data needs for a seafood EiQ platform to meet industry needs and scope out initial planning for a seafood portal.

The ideal product management candidate will be customer focused and commercially astute, display strength in both creative and analytical tasks, and be a self-starter who enjoys working cross-functionally to drive change and execution. Experience and understanding of the seafood sector is a plus.

You will work closely with the Programs team and our NGO partner to drive the planning and development of exceptional digital products that support our program effectiveness vision and enable responsible sourcing excellence for our multi-national clients . This role presents the opportunity to work at a dynamic and fast-growing company, with an experienced global team managing diverse projects, and have a core voice in bringing ELEVATE’s digital solutions to life.

Responsibilities

• Digital products portfolio management and drive design of products:
  • Determines product requirements and customers’ need by conducting the necessary research and stakeholder engagement needed to define the necessary user journeys to create world class user experiences.
  • Actively engage with the market to get a clear understanding of the business issue for which products are required; proposes the best approach or combination of approaches to further insight creation.
  • Create business cases development of the seafood portal.
  • Build close working relationships with sales, business unit operational and marketing teams and other key stakeholders (especially technical / data / product); align in-life product road maps with technical scheme road maps.
• Scoping of EiQ seafood portal:
  • Scope out clear vision of potential seafood portal
  • Maintain a prioritized product backlog by creating user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria for product feature requirements
  • Engage with other data platforms in the seafood space to understand and scope opportunities for data interoperability between platforms to maximize benefits to prospective users.
  • Participate in all SCRUM ceremonies and performs the role of SCRUM Product Owner (backlog grooming, planning, review, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.).
  • Monitor and review development progress, QA, and documentation throughout process, ensuring success – while ensuring clear communication with key .
  • Work with the wider I.T. and product teams to drive implementation of integration with internal and external systems, ensuring tech stacks alignment , data security and integrity at every step.
  • Advise and support on a broader proposal for funding to develop the full EiQ seafood platform.
• Drive digital product features launch:

• • Oversee product trials with support from the relevant teams and works closely with testing teams to ensure quality.
  • Develop product related user training materials, and support other go-to-market activities.
  • Work closely with the customer experience team and operational teams to improve the customer experience for the digital products.
• Contribute to the development and evolution of internal Product and I.T. processes and way of working.

Qualifications

• experience as digital Product Owner / Product Manager
• Experience of digital products and the wider digital technology environment
• Deep product management experience with formal product management techniques, tools, and principals involved in planning and delivering new products and services.

• Experience in Agile software delivery and SCRUM Product Owner Role.
• Experience in managing a sizable RFP for SaaS Solutions.
• Strong technical expertise and understanding of major software concepts, engineering background.
• Proven experience leading the evolution / maintenance of complex, data-driven solutions, and platforms.
• Facilitation is a plus.
• Proven track record of delivery and effective project team management (incl. virtual/remote teams).
• Product development experience and comfort working against ambitious targets.
• Strong organization and presentation skills with a passion for product and excellence.
• Track record for engaging internally and externally at senior executive and C-Suite level, and in a multi-national, multi-cultural team.
• Clear communicator with ability to inform stakeholders, and guide teams with meaningful feedback to ensure product delivery and drive ongoing improvements.
• Ability to roll up your sleeves and try different things with minimal direction.
• Hands on experience in Confluence and Jira.
• Experience / knowledge of the seafood sector is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal English.

Compensation

ELEVATE offers a competitive salary and compensation package based on experience and qualifications.

At ELEVATE we focus on developing an enabling environment in which our people can flourish and succeed. We do this by delivering insightful and innovative solutions to our clients while remaining knowledgeable and good partners. Our workforce is made up of individuals with unique and diverse skills, values, backgrounds, and experiences.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ELEVATE is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by local law. Personal data provided by applicants will be treated as confidential information and will be used exclusively for employment purposes only. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. Applicants who are not invited for an interview may consider their applications filed for future reference.

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