Associate Director - Head of Product Design & Product Owner

• Set ambitious and clear product vision and communicate ‘the story’ effectively to key stakeholders and the team
• Own the end-to-end product strategy from inception and determine business value once solution enters production
• Build Backlog of product features, i.e. write user Stories and acceptance criteria together with the work-cell team
• Continuously improve Backlog ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated and prioritized
• Ensure customer-driven design considering user pain points and usability test results, while using market and industry knowledge to deliver a well-positioned product
• Approve each Feature and provide valuable feedback for the team
• Drive Sprint- and release plans together with the Scrum Master
• Exercise strong decision making mandate from executive group to own product end-to-end
• Work with Solution Architect to build a modular and reusable solution

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of relevant domains/products/journeys
• Solid knowledge of industry trends pain points to be able to create a high value product vision and user demands and
• Comfortable with technology/IT to be enable engagement and discussion with tech team to understand risks
• Experience in Agile Development, with specific Product Design (UX/UI) and experience in leading the Product Owner (or similar) experience, should be confident in building and managing the Backlog of work
• Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex messages and trade-offs and tell a compelling story
• Sufficient authority to make real time decisions in the lab (should be an actual Product Manager, or a direct report)
• Ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders – strong leadership skills
• Strong problem solver with ability to lead the team to push the solution and progress
• Challenger mindset and passion to challenge status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas – loves and embraces change
• Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency and trust across the team
• Not afraid to ‘roll up the sleeves’ and seeks to go outside comfort zone to learn – pushes the team to do the same