Product Owner

PDI Technologies Slovakia, s.r.o.

Place of work
Košice
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
2 000 EUR/monthfrom 2000 EUR gross/monthly (based on experience and skills)

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

Product Owner (PO) is a critical member of an agile development team that drives the team to deliver high quality, high value features and functions. As a PO, you will help shape our product vision, features and requirements while working closely with engineering Scrum teams, Product Manager, customers, and stakeholders to build high quality products for our target markets. The PO is responsible for managing the team backlog, working with the team to break down user stories, define acceptance criteria, and prioritize work in order to optimize the business value produced by the team. The PO must also collaborate with stakeholders both internally and externally, share progress towards product delivery with other parts of the organization and the user community. The PO needs to have an excellent understanding of the customer's needs, be comfortable working with customers to understand user requirements, and be able to represent those needs to the team.
Primary Responsibilities
  • Work closely with system users (customers, partners, consulting) to understand product needs and translate into actionable user stories
  • Manage team backlog in ALM tools such as Aha!, Jira, Azure DevOps
  • Stay aligned with product management on product vision, roadmaps and priorities
  • Ensure that product backlogs are prioritized, and properly balanced between product and maintenance
  • Conducting backlog refinement meetings, sprint reviews and product demos
  • Attend sprint planning meetings, work with team to define sprint goals
  • Collaborate with team regularly to review output during sprints, answer questions about desired functionality/outcomes
  • Guide the scrum teams in breaking down user stories, defining acceptance criteria
  • Ensure the team has the appropriate number of stories in the backlog prepared for sprint planning, monitor ready stories vs. velocity
  • Work closely with Support to understand and prioritize customer reported issues

Employee perks, benefits

  • Attractive pay
  • Work with a young and talented team
  • Ability to continuously learn new skills
  • Home-office
  • Flexible working hours
  • Drinks and healthy snacks in the office
  • Regular socializing, teambuildings, sports activities...

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

Secondary with school-leaving examination
Follow-up/Higher Professional Education
University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

  • 2 - 5 years experience working as a business analyst, product manager, product owner or similar role
  • At least 2 years experience working as a Scrum product owner
  • Highly motivated self-starter with a desire to help others and take action
  • Requires strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms
  • Ability to independently work as a contributing member in a high-paced and focused team
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks with competing deadlines
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to socialize ideas and influence decisions without direct authority
  • Collaborative in nature with a strong desire to dig in and learn independently and as well as through asking questions
  • Considers ‘best-practice’ standards, as well as departmental policies and procedures
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills
  • Understanding of product and sprint backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, and work breakdowns
  • Understands the fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
  • Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Creative thinker with a vision
  • Excellent attention to details
  • In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
  • Domain experience in the petroleum Industry ERP, Logistics & Pricing solutions preferred.

Advertiser

Brief description of the company

For nearly 40 years, PDI has helped convenience retailers and petroleum wholesalers adapt to changes in the industry by leveraging the latest technologies. Simplifying the complexity in your world is our main focus. That's why we're delivering an integrated portfolio of global, cloud-based solutions and services to meet our customers needs today and well into the future. From the back office to fuel logistics, and the latest wave of consumer demands and digital commerce, PDI solutions and services are designed to give you a competitive edge. Our deep domain knowledge is backed by our industry-specific software offerings and a people-first approach. Serving the entire supply chain means that we’ve had to solve a wide range of industry challenges and deliver measurable value. To address the increasingly dynamic convenience retail and petroleum wholesale industry, PDI leads the way with converged digital, cloud-optimized, secure, and scalable solutions including ERP, Loyalty, Fuel Pricing, Point-of-Sale and Logistics to create a broader industry ecosystem. The result is unparalleled insights, simplified operations, and higher profitability for your employees and business. We’re dedicated to helping our more than 1,500 customers in over 50 countries, providing solutions and services to over 200,000 sites.

Number of employees

500-999 employees

Contact

Contact person: Slovakia Jobs
Tel.: +421904240620
E-mail: send CV

Company address

PDI Technologies Slovakia, s.r.o.

Gemerska 3

040 11 Kosice

Slovakia

1300+ employees

www.pditechnologies.com

ID: 3692998  Dátum zverejnenia: 12.8.2020  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto): 2 000 EUR/month