Job Description

Our client in the Automotive and Property Information industry is currently looking for a Product Owner, in Bryanston, Johannesburg.Responsibilities:

• Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with the overall business goals & strategies.
• Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor products to ensure our solutions remain competitive and innovative.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, including business leaders, key anchor tenant customers, and development teams, to gather and prioritise product requirements.
• Act as the primary point of contact between stakeholders and the development team, ensuring a shared understanding of product goals.
• Create and maintain a comprehensive product roadmap that outlines the timeline for feature releases and product enhancements.
• Prioritise features based on business value, customer impact, and development feasibility.
• Define in collaboration with the Sales lead and other relevant colleagues, detailed user stories and acceptance criteria to guide the development team in building high-quality features.
• Embed the use of customer usage and information tools (PowerBI reports, HubSpot, Google Analytics, Hotjar) in understanding user needs and making data-driven decisions.
• Work closely with UX/UI designers to create intuitive and user-friendly interfaces.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and QA, to ensure successful product delivery.
• Conduct regular sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to optimise development processes.
• Work closely with the team to ensure rigorous testing of product features and functionalities.
• Ensure alignment on testing outcomes requirements, depth and rigour of testing that results in approval.
• Conduct user acceptance testing to validate that the product meets user expectations.
• Plan and execute product launches, including communication strategies, detailed training materials, and customer support processes.
• Work closely with UX/UI and Marketing to produce and release adequate multichannel collateral to this effect.
• Monitor product adoption and user feedback to identify opportunities for improvement, leveraging Support, Training and technical monitoring infrastructure and channels.
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and regularly analyse product performance against these metrics.
• Use data-driven insights to make informed decisions and identify areas for optimization.

• Degree/Diploma in relevant field.
• Role-related certification in Agile and Product Ownership.
• B2B product PO experience required.
• 3+ yearsxe2x80x99 experience as a product owner.
• Experience Advantageous:
• Managed a product/ product through all stages of the product lifecycle.
• Experience with measurement tools relating to software product management (e.g. Hotjar, Google Analytics, PowerBI reports, HubSpot, others)
• Experience with business client connection & research tools, such as shadowing, focus groups.
• Experience with experimentation techniques, AB-testing, prototyping.
• Experience producing Product Strategy, Roadmaps, Business cases.
• Experience running teams with Agile Methodology, SCRUM, KANBAN.
• Deep understanding of real estate processes preferably from a South Africa market context, general market dynamics, and varied real estate niche customer needs.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Agile/Scrum knowledge and experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Familiarity with project management tools and product management software.

• Up to R90 000 per month .

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