Afarax is looking for a freelance Product Owner Squad Transactions. Our client in the banking sector, is seeking an experienced Product Owner Squad Transactions to strengthen their team.
Product Owner of the squad
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 he/she leads and organises the Squad.
The Agile Product Owner is in charge of expressing and prioritizing the needs of the product using a Product Backlog. For understanding the needs and prioritising the backlog based on value, the product owner is in regular contact with all stakeholders and is also explaining the prioritisation decisions to them.
The Agile Product Owner has to ensure the Team's perfect understanding of the product and priorities and the whole consistency of each Sprint.
The product owner motivates the squad, helps them to organise the work and facilitiates problem solving in the team.
Project Management related toTransactions
Occasionally the product owner will also take on the role of Opus Owner (cf project manager role) for Transactions related topics
build the product's big picture including its roadmap based on agile slicing, and translate this picture towards the development team
iteration planning and priorities definition to ensure the proper content delivery
initiate a priority management approach, ensure the product consistency and quality
actively participate into agile ceremonies (agile retrospectives, sprint review, sprint planning…)
Strong knowledge of English
At least one national language
Product Owner or Scrum Master certification
Functional understanding of Banking systems, ideally daily banking, both mainframe and distributed
Expertise in agile methodologies and backlog management
Product Management
Stakeholder Management
Project Management
Banking Transactions management
Quality-minded and eye for detail
Team management
Stekholder management
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