Technical Product Owner (Contract) Full Time

InfoSum Ltd

• Guide technical teams to derive and define technical product requirements from business needs
• Break down requirements into incremental value add deliveries, such as epics or stories and prioritise the backlog
• Work with product management, architecture, software designers, and technical analysts to ensure that requirements feed into a coherent, deliverable roadmap that meets market needs.
• Ensure new product concepts get driven through initial proofs of concept over a pilot phase into the hands of the platform customers
• Liaise with product management to create innovative solutions to customer issues and bring these solutions to market
• Work with the Quality Assurance team to ensure that our deliverables are of the necessary quality
• Support the product release cycle process and activities to ensure that we deliver value in the hands of our end users and clients

To be successful, you will:

• Have a technical background and experience working on a technology product. (We are interested in skill sets that might include experience in development, testing, technical analysis or product support)
• Hold technical knowledge with the ability to liaise with engineering and architecture teams
• An extrovert that can engage a team of developers to promote the vision of the product
• Have strong people and communication skills with the ability to pick up technical concepts quickly and explain them to non-technical employees, clearly, concisely and without jargon
• Have a working knowledge of the software development process with relevant experience in working with DevOps methodologies
• Have some knowledge of Agile principles and Lean software development
• Have the ability to work autonomously, with minimal guidance
• Have an understanding of customer interactions and user journey on SaaS platforms and a passion for improving customer experience
• Good IT skills including:
  • Atlassian; Jira and Confluence (must have)
  • Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook or Google Workspace (must have)
  • Miro, (nice to have)