Product Owner at Safaricom Kenya

Job description

We are pleased to announce the following opportunity in the E-Commerce Masoko Department within the Enterprise Business Unit. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for persons who meets the criteria indicated below.

Reporting to the Masoko Technology Lead, the position holder will be responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Masoko Development Team. He or she will solely be accountable for managing the Product Backlog, articulating customer requirements and maintaining business justification for the project. The Product Owner represents the Voice of the Customer.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifies Stakeholder(s)
• Helps develop a Collaboration Plan
• Helps develop the Team Building Plan with Scrum Master(s)
• Creates Epic(s) and Personas
• Prioritizes Prioritized Product Backlog Items
• Defines Done Criteria
• Creates Release Planning Schedule
• Helps determine Length of Sprint
• Helps create User Stories
• Defines Acceptance Criteria for every User Story
• Works with Scrum Team to commit User Stories
• Explains User Stories to the Scrum Team while creating the Task List
• Provides guidance and clarification to the Scrum Team in estimating effort for tasks
• Clarifies requirements to the Scrum Team while creating the Sprint Backlog
• Clarifies business requirements to the Scrum Team
• Grooms the Prioritized Product Backlog
• Accepts/Rejects Deliverables
• Provides necessary feedback to Scrum Master and Scrum Teams
• Helps deploy Product Releases and coordinates this with the customer
• Participates in Retrospective Sprint Meetings.

Requirement

• Bachelors and/or Masters in Computer Science, Engineering or similar relevant field
• Knowledge of Agile processes and principles
• Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills
• Solid Understanding and Application of the Scrum Framework
• Evolving the Agile Organization
• Previous working experience as a Product Owner or Project Manager
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Creative thinking
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work collaboratively across the business, and to engage internal and external stakeholders
• Strong independent decision-making, organizational, planning and problem-solving skills
• Confident, enthusiastic and strategic with strong leadership and influencing skills

Additional Information

Required

As part of our recruitment process we will request the below documentation which will be required as soft copies at a later stage of the process

• An updated CV with a confirmation of three referees- 2 must be professional and must have supervised you at some point, the other referee can be a colleague in the same professional field. If the referees are within the same organization that you are working with, you will need to confirm to us that it’s okay to contact them in writing (via email). This also includes all references within the Human Resources department.
• Scanned copy of certificate of good conduct from the CID (Less than 1 year old) - Applicable to Kenyans Only
• Scanned copy of certificate from Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) – Applicable to Kenyans Only
• Scanned copy of University Certificate or letter from the University requesting for internship
• Scanned copy of your National ID / Passport - Legal Form of Identification