Product Owner Coach at I&M Bank

REF: POC/5/2018

Job Summary

The position entails partnering with the Digital Manager and Leadership Team to develop and prioritize business initiatives, effective product strategies, visions and execution plans.

Job Responsibilities

• Partnering with digital factory leadership to shape and prioritize business initiatives for competitive advantage in digital.
• Playing an important role in representing the business needs and aligning with the product owners and cross-functional product teams for delivering digital solutions that solve business problems and ensuring relevance with business initiatives.
• Co-creating product visions/proposals with the squad product owners and presenting to the leadership and wider organization – outlining how new business opportunities in digital are expected to promote business growth and profitability in line with organization’s strategic goals.
• Communicating with internal squad teams to resolve product dependencies across squads during implementation.
• Empowering squad product owners in taking key day-to-day decisions autonomously without constraints.
• Nurturing top talent and networks- identifying and building relationships with candidates for key open positions and future positions
• Co-creating a product launch plan with squad product owners and working with the marketing team to launch product to market, track usage and adoption.
• Displaying a dynamic leadership style, working with leads throughout the organization and leading product teams focused on innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, growth and success

Qualifications

• Deep experience (6-8 years+) in developing solutions, preferably in banking.
• Relevant business / computer science degree or relevant experience
• Certified Scrum product owner is a plus
• Experience in operating within a multi-channel/multi-region brand.
• Entrepreneurial self-starter who is self-motivated, but also a team player with a professional presence.
• Demonstrates thought leadership and is able to influence at all levels in the organization.
• Knowledge of Agile software development processes.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Agile software development practices.
• Deep knowledge of banking industry, trends in digital and opportunities that can bring maximum business value

Personal Characteristics

• Independent, trustworthy and charismatic with absolute integrity.
• Good measure of creativity, social competence and ability to work in a team
• Entrepreneurial and proactive management skills and a “can do attitude”
• High energy levels, stress resistance and cultural openness will be therefore highly valued
• Strong communication skills in dealing with leadership, key clients, business partners and teams