Looking for an Agile Product Owner

Good morning,

I am Looking for an Agile Product Owner

Location?: Brussels

Language?: French + English

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Description

?Role profile

??Agile product owner Expert

Job title

?Agile Product Owner - Contracting

Work location

?1000?BRUXELLES

Start date

?ASAP

End date

?31/12/2022

Description

?Mission context

Agile Product Owner - Contracting

In order to sustain bank revenues and enhance our customer satisfaction and loyalty, we aim to support the bank strategy on its digitization and offering evolution. As such, the bundling of multiple products and services (of which possibly some from third parties) under a unique contract and pricing will enforce our positioning.?

The?Senior Product Owner Contracting?will be in charge of launching and setting up a new squad dedicated to contracting related matters (tooling, processes,....) as well as helping on defining the future approach. He/she will define priorities and be responsible for backlog management.

According to Scrum methodology, the Agile Product Owner represents both stakeholders and the voice of the customers capturing their expectations, preferences and aversions. Along with the Scrum Master and the Development Team he/she embodies the Scrum Team.

?The Agile Product Owner is in charge of expressing and prioritizing the needs of the product using a Product Backlog.

?The Agile Product Owner has to ensure the Development Team’s perfect understanding of the product and the whole consistency of each Sprint.

Function?description

Design phase and project methodology:

• build the product’s big picture including its roadmap and translate this picture towards the development team
• clarify the need and draft the product’s key functional specifications according to the agile methodology
• iteration planning and priorities definition to ensure the proper content delivery
• defines the priorities and monitor the Product Backlog, thus he continuously prioritizes the key business needs
• make sure that the different stakeholders become and stay aligned on the product to be delivered

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Project follow-up and support:

• initiate a priority management approach, ensure the product consistency and quality
• actively participate into Scrum ceremonies (agile retrospectives, demo, test labs…)
• is the decision maker or has the authority to arbitrate on delivered functionalities
• conduct Sprints Backlog live adjustments and follow-up

Agile requirements

An analyst involved in Agile projects must have the "Agile mindset" which implies:

• a positive attitude and pragmatism
• thirst for knowledge: Agile is about learning and adapting. Knowledge sharing is key to success.
• The goal of team success: Agile is about the success of the team, no individual success or heroic behavior. It is more important for the team to succeed than for the individual to have completed his/her tasks.
• There is no failure, only feedback: Agile is about taking everything as lessons, adjusting actions based on the feedback, resulting in continuous improvement.

Beyond the roles:?Agile teams are cross-functional.?All required disciplines are represented in the team (analysis, development, testing, … ). However, although team members have a primary role representing a discipline, they are expected to take on other roles and contribute to other disciplines?whenever it helps towards reaching the sprint goal.

Language requirements

French

Sound knowledge of French

English

Sound knowledge of English?

Education

Master or bachelor

Certification

?Travel

?Required experience / knowledge

At least?<?7 >?years of relevant experience

Technical experience

mandatory

• Product Owner?/ Business Analyst experience

preferable

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Business experience

mandatory

• ?Knowledge of the?contracting topics
• Expertise in?agile?methodologies
• Budget Management

preferable

• Knowledge of the banking industry

Soft skills

• Ability to see the overall picture (helicopter view) - strategic thinking
• Analytical mind – conceptual thinking
• Negotiation and persuasion skills
• Structured approach
• Quality-minded and eye for detail
• Goal-oriented
• Open to change
• Leadership

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