SUMMARY:
Product Owner required for a growing software company in Aberdeen city centre.
POSITION INFO:
Product Owner required for a growing software company in central Aberdeen.
The company:
Started around 10 years ago, they are at about 70 headcount in total and are growing at a phenomenal rate. They aim to hire between 10 to 15 people in the next 3 months and this is largely in the Development space. Currently they operate across an Agile environment, however they are really looking to embed this further, hence the growth in people in this area.
They are a software company and they focus on a very specific area of advanced analytics, developing a few different futuristic tools. Over the last few years, they have really started to gain momentum with sales and they operate globally, working alongside a number of very recognisable brands. Their brand new offices are right in the city centre and, like many companies, will be moving to a hybrid office and work from home balance, when people return to offices.
The role:
Being one of a team of Product Owners and Managers, you will work largely with one main squad and also across the business in order to improve the product for the users. You''ll collaborate with the Product Manager and be able to determine the business and customer needs. You''ll be responsible for extracting feature ideas from epics into user stories and will collaborate with a number of dev teams. You will also work closely alongside the UI and UX teams to design and prototype new products and features and will additionally contribute to the product vision and roadmap.
The client are looking for someone with a strong software background and at least a few years working within a software product environment. You''ll be working with multiple and separate dev teams and will have to be comfortable working in a collaborative environment.
Key Skills and Responsibilities:
** Strong background in software product ownership
** Working alongside multi-discipline Dev teams
** Prioritise features and stories
** Maintain team backlog
** Collaborate with UX/UI Designers to design and prototype new products and features
** Provide knowledge and understanding of product and feature goals to technology teams while they develop and test to your designs
** Create high-level documentation, working alongside the technical writers
** Defining features and distilling them into requirements, such as epics and user stories, and defining acceptance criteria
** Understanding of BI/data tools (beneficial)
This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing tech company and you will play a pivotal role in this.
If interested in this opportunity, please apply or call Hamish at Cathcart Associates for a chat.
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