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Product Owner

The Digital Xperience area at Xpand IT is a fast-growing technological team that focuses on Microsoft and Mobile technologies. The main mission is to deliver high-quality software solutions that respond to end-user needs, in a continuously demanding and fast-paced technological world, providing the best experience in terms of personalisation, performance and features. We take advantage of a set of state-of-the-art frameworks and tools such as Kubernetes for the deployment of Azure Apps and .Net Core for Web development.

But that’s not all: our team also works with Kotlin and Swift for native App development and Xamarin or Flutter for cross-platform App development, deploying and integrating our Apps into Microsoft and Azure ecosystems.

YOUR ROLE

As a Product Owner, you will be the one responsible for having the proper product vision and innovation. You will gather all kinds of data and information from all relevant channels (competitors, current customers, market trends) to build the product roadmap that maximises success. In this role, you will have the challenge and privilege of working in a new R&D area created from scratch that is outlining the roadmap of next-generation apps.

Your daily activities will include:

  • Working with a wide range of functional teams and various stakeholders, including management, analytics, design/user experience, quality assurance and engineering
  • Interpreting data insights and transporting into the product roadmap, listening to the customer and market trend insights
  • Outlining, developing, owning, and executing the product roadmap
  • Translating the roadmap into well-established product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria
  • Working in an Agile environment and continuously reviewing the product needs, refining priorities, outlining milestones and deliverables
  • Working with user-focused departments to outline the self-service user experience, support, and monitoring for customers
  • Prioritising and maintaining the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders (business, customers) and market trends (competitors)
  • Leading the product functional design process based on an intimate knowledge of users and technology
  • Developing and maintaining appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance post-launch of every release to evaluate future investment
SKILLS YOU NEED TO HAVE
  • MSc / BSc in Information Technology Management and/or Computer Science
  • Vast knowledge of technological trends
  • Analytical and data-driven mindset
  • Prior experience (5+ years) in software development life cycle using the industry best standards and tools (e.g. Atlassian Jira)
  • Proactive, self-starter with excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
  • High degree of organisation, individual initiative and professional accountability
  • Ability to guide a team of professionals with various roles and be able to help them collaborate and come to an agreement and acceptance on a solution or path
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent knowledge of English (written and spoken)

// Learn more about Digital Xperience:

Development Cycle
80
100
Team Management
55
100

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Product Owner
Gustavo Neves, Project Manager
@Xpand IT

At Xpand IT we not only innovate in technology but most importantly in methods. This permanent evolution is the key to have a strong team that has the right expertise and the skills to give their best and face any market challenges. The relationships, the teamwork spirit and the willingness for learning make us really unique.