Product Owner (Junior) - Maidenhead - Permanent
A successful company based in Maidenhead is seeking a Product Manager to join their highly entrepreneurial and experienced team. As a Product Manager you'll be responsible for the creation and evolution of exciting products which meet the needs of their customers and the business.
The work can be performed on a hybrid basis - typically 3 days onsite / 2 days remote.
Responsibilities:
* Support Product Management by creating epics and user stories to enable applicable development for at least 2 sprints of prioritized user stories
* Work closely with the Scrum team to help clarify stories as required
* Compile test results to provide data for use in solving problems
* Perform engineering level tests to find defects; troubleshoot and debug development and production issues, collaborating with QA Engineers to develop optimal product test plans
* Work with Product Owner to clarify and estimate feature work
* Work with QA Engineers to develop optimal product test plans and resolve new feature issues as QA finds bugs during release stabilization
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
* Bachelors’ degree in business, computer science or equivalent field plus c 2 years’ experience working as a business analyst, product manager, product owner or similar role OR equivalent experience
* 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
If this exciting opportunity could be of interest - please let me know ASAP. Interviews can be arranged at short notice.