Area Product Owner

Viseven Group is an international IT company specialising in interactive content and cloud-based solutions for global pharmaceutical companies since 2009; constant growth and self-development is in our corporate DNA. Our unique developments and approaches are actively used in more than 30 countries all over the world. Viseven’s solutions are represented at major industry events in Barcelona, Philadelphia, London, etc.

The rapidly expanding team includes more than 500+ highly-skilled tech- and non-technical experts: front- and back-end developers, BA specialists and managers who create, localize and customize applications at 8 offices: in Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Vinnytsia (Ukraine), Tallinn (Estonia), Saint John (Canada), and Bridgewater, NJ (USA).

Role description:

We are looking for Area Product Owners, who are responsible for maximizing the value of their areas while ensuring that this does not compromise the product’s overall value creation. This includes describing area functional set, interacting with development teams, participating in product discovery and strategy work, and helping evaluate feedback and data.

Responsibilities:

• Assist and coordinate with the overall Product Owner and bridges the business needs with the technical team.
• To be responsible for their respective product backlog.
• Take one of the key roles in the process of creating an area strategy vision and communicating it to stakeholders.
• Manage the product backlog – To build up a stack of items in the backlog and prioritize them as per the business goals and the global approach.
• Determine the priority of product backlog items in order to deliver the maximum outcome.
• To have the Backlog sequenced prior to the Sprint Planning Meeting.
• Has to make sure that he/she is participating in the overall development stages of the product regarding his/her areas.
• To get the clarity for the team on a few queries or they might need to demo the committed item.
• Participate in the ceremonies with the team, in some ceremonies, this role can be active such as planning or backlog grooming but can be passive or inactive such as in the daily scrum.
• Act as a liaison for business stakeholders and end-users, determining whether each story meets their shared expectations via his areas.
• Evaluate product progress at each iteration – make sure that the development delivers the expected outcomes from the stories they worked upon and accepts it.
• Participate in the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings, and Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives
• Terminate a Sprint if it is determined that a drastic change in direction is required with the approve of the Product Owner.

Requirements

• 1+ years of relevant experience as a Product Owner (Project Management or Business Analysis)
• Working experience with Jira, Confluence, MS Project
• Upper-Intermediate level of English both speaking and writing.
• Multitasking, ability to work on several projects simultaneously.
• Experience in the process set up inside scrum team
• Experience of personas writing
• Experience in testing applications
• Experience in working with SaaS applications
• Experiences with modelling notation (bpmn, uml)
• Strong organizational, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Product development mindset

We understand that our team members are essential to making our goals a reality, so we value and empower them to share their vision. And we reward this kind of passion with a highly competitive compensation and exceptional benefits, such as:

· Passionate experienced team and enjoyable working environment

· Professional and career growth

· Paid time off 18 business days per year

· Paid time off 3 business days in case of marriage or childbirth

· Healthcare insurance – including dentist and gym

· Accounting assistance

· Free tea/coffee, fruit and snacks

· English learning courses

· Opportunities to participate in professional forums and conferences

· Regular corporate events and team-buildings