Product Owner - Payments Experience

As Product Owner you will work within the Agile framework focused on the end to end creation of best in class experiences for our customers. You will identify customer needs, define business requirements and work with local and group scrum teams to prioritise work. You will be responsible for prioritising the backlog to generate the most value for the business. This is a pivotal role within the Digital team to deliver on our digital transformation.

This role is 5-days per week onsite

• Act as subject matter expert in the digital channel with focus on larger transformation projects
• Define product vision, road-map and growth opportunities as appropriate
• Provide vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout projects, day to day tasks and gather business requirements and write user stories
• Ensure the team always has an adequate amount of tasks to work on
• Assess value and prioritise user stories/epics to ensure that work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with the business strategy and product goals
• Work closely with Product teams to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value and ROI
• Work closely with UX to define optimal user experience for features as needed
• Support the scrum lead with business readiness and deployment activities
• Lead and manage virtual teams to drive delivery -  Digital Partner, IT, Operations, Consumer & Customer Management
• Effectively share information and project progress to business owners & key stakeholders and buffer team from potential distractions
• Engage business in sprint reviews and business acceptance
• Participate in agile daily stand-ups, sprint planning meetings, demos and retrospectives
• Mitigate impediments that may impact successful team completion of release/sprint goals.

• Experience with Jira or similar Agile backlog management tool preferred, but not required

• Experience working on Payments / Point of Sale projects
• Experience in managing delivery through agile teams and methodologies
• Expertise in various business analysis methodologies, including data analysis, uses case development, story writing, and user acceptance testing and product documentation
• Experience in user story and acceptance criteria creation, coaching and review
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand complex customer needs and translate them in stories with actionable acceptance criteria
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that supports collaboration across a diverse range of people
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint or equivalent

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges  
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects   
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses  
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. 

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive