Product Owner

We are looking for an enthusiastic Product Owner to work at the forefront of our cloud modernisation, within our Credit & Verification Services. This is a hybrid role requiring travelling to Hyderabad office circa 40% per month

You will be part of a high-performance engineering team that delivers the product backlog of Ascend Cloud Foundation Platform. You will work closely with other Software Engineers to both maintain existing systems and build our cloud-native microservices and web applications using the latest technologies and architectural patterns.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will be #LI-hybrid based in Hyderabad and reporting to Director Product Management
• Drive the agile team to develop quality solutions that deliver the business value
• Collaborating effectively to support and enhance the full product lifecycle
• Collaborate with the Product Manager to create Epics and break them down into User Stories
• Agree the Definition of Done, drive quality acceptance criteria and ensure the team meets both on completed epics/stories
• Leading refinement and pointing sessions
• Backlog prioritisation, refinement and management
• Lead/actively participate in agile ceremonies including big room planning, sprint planning, sprint review etc

• 5+ Years of experience of the full development lifecycle and Agile ceremonies
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain solutions to technical and non-technical audiences
• The ability to work with offshore teams from different cultures and background
• The ability to write clear Epics / User Stories with appropriate acceptance criteria
• Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to analyse problems and requirement
• 5+ years working as a Product Owner or equivalent experience
• Working knowledge of JIRA, Confluence and Aha
• Stakeholder Management
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office products
• Excellent Epic and story writing experience and documentation skills
• Good understanding of application security principles in web applications
• Good understanding of various development languages and the ability to understand code