Agile Product Owner

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to business case development and cost benefit analysis on initiatives to be brought forward for approval
• Develop business requirements by displaying a thorough understanding of the business needs whilst also ensuring changes adhere to the confines of company compliance and governance frameworks
• Express business cases into clear project requirements, epics and user stories with responsibility for sign off
• Work with the Underwriting product managers to create and maintain a project backlog and produce a prioritised list of clear and concise user stories with acceptance criteria from the developed business requirements
• Act as the product owner representing the business on an IT Agile Scrum team and ensure the product owner responsibilities in Scrum are completed including defining user stories and prioritising the team backlog of work
• Work alongside the IT Agile Scrum team during the refinement and implementation of user stories providing input, advice and clarifications when needed

Experience Required

• 3+ years’ Business Analysis or Product Owner experience working within the Financial Services Sector
• A certified Product Owner qualification would be an advantage or experience working within an agile framework
• A certified project management qualification would be an advantage or knowledge of project management disciplines

Essential and Desirable Skills

• Strong documentation skills
• Ability to convert business deliverables into themes, epics and user stories
• Ability to prioritise items in the backlog for delivery and effectively communicating to all stakeholders
• Strong analytical, investigative and problem solving skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to work on your own initiative in order to meet personal and departmental targets
• Ability to work under pressure, handle complex change and prioritise key activities
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills together with an approach that encourages open discussion and collaborative resolution to challenges
• Working knowledge of project management software tools such as JIRA

Educational Requirements

• A relevant Third Level degree or relevant professional qualification

Working Hours & Benefits

• 21 Days annual leave
• Bonus
• Pension
• Health insurance
• Motor / home insurance
• Subsidised lunc