As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for providing product vision and direction to one or more Agile development teams and stakeholders throughout the project and create requirements to make sure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on. One of the main projects you will be working on is development of our media platform.
Freedom and responsibilities:
- Planning and prioritizing product feature backlog and development of the product
- Defining product vision, road-map and growth opportunities
- Assessing value, developing cases, and prioritizing stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value, aligned with product strategy
- Providing backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
- Working closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
- Working closely with journalists in order to understand and prioritize their needs
- Taking part in preparing product release plans and setting an expectation for delivery of new functionalities
- Providing an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
- Researching and analyzing market, users, and roadmap for the product
- Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends
What we look for:
- Previous working experience with media platforms or web administration being in a Product Owner or similar role will be treated as an advantage
- Excellent knowledge of WordPress and experience in working in it
- Experience with online media or in online journalism
- Understanding of journalists’ processes, needs and working habits, also experience in working with them will be considered as a strong advantage
- Understanding of Agile process and principles
- Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
- Creative thinker with a vision
- Attention to details
- BA in Computer Science, Engineering or other relevant field
- High proficiency in written and spoken English
What you'll have here:
- Challenging projects and environment with an extremely Agile mindset
- Continuous career growth through Product community and personal development plans
- Direct communication with key stakeholders
- Casual but highly professional and dynamic environment
- Modern and cozy offices
- Sports, team buildings, conferences, and events
- Work life balance
We are focused on solving challenging creative problems and making brands with attitude that stand for something valuable. We are looking for smart, ambitious, passionate individuals to join our growing team. If you have what it takes to make a change for the better send us your CV and we will get back to you soon.