IT Officer II, Product Owner - Tenders Global

IT Officer II, Product Owner

United Nations International Computing Centre

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CIT is looking for a highly motivated, experienced, and versatile Product Owner with Investment Banking domain knowledge and strong business analytical and technical skills to join the team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of highly skilled, diverse, and technical professionals and contribute to the department’s priorities. The position will be based in Chennai, India.
 
Roles and Responsibilities
 
•  The product owner plays a key role in driving the success of a product by aligning its development with customer needs and business objectives, coordinating cross-functional efforts, and ensuring that the product delivers value to both the users and the organization
•  Work with Finance and Accounting clients to understand product requirements and manage expectations for delivery
•  Develop a clear vision and strategy for the product, including defining goals and target audience
•  Create product roadmaps that outline the features, enhancements, and updates to be implemented over time, prioritizing them based on strategic business needs
•  Work closely with cross-functional teams in development, design, QA, information security, cloud, etc., to ensure alignment and successful completion of product development
•  Define product scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely value delivery to clients
•  Gather and prioritize product requirements from various stakeholders, balancing competing interests and constraints to deliver maximum customer value
•  Develop and document business cases, business processes and workflows, requirements, use cases, test plans, test strategies, and operational procedures and plans
•  Actively manage the product backlog and prioritize business needs
•  Monitor the development process, guide the design and development team, and make decisions to ensure the product is delivered on time and within budget
•  Work across multiple functional and technical teams to initiate and manage product requirements (Functional and Technical)
•  Organize and lead status meetings; prepare and track progress
•  Perform delivery planning, manage risks and issues, and correct plan deviations
•  Manage expectations for deliverables and client communications and help implement effective product oversight and governance
•  Implement a well-defined management process and ensure ongoing process improvement to apply best practices for Agile methodology
•  Ensure that each team member is fully engaged, makes a meaningful contribution, and encourages a sustainable pace with high levels of quality output
•  Develop training materials and potentially train the users on the newly developed products

 

Selection Criteria

 

•  Master’s degree in computer science, business administration, or finance
•  7+ years’ experience working with IT products. At least 2+ years of experience working as a Product Owner for large implementations
•  Experience & knowledge in SDLC, SCRUM/Kanban, and Agile methodologies are required
•  Relevant certification is a plus
•  Excellent working experience in investment banking, private equity, and capital markets is a plus
•  Familiarity with Financial products, such as Loans, Guarantees, Equity, Blended Finance, Securitization, etc.
•  Strong product visioning and facilitation skills to lead requirements elicitation workshops planning and preparation, presentation, knowledge capture, and follow-up
•  Experience working with multi-function project/product teams, including Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel
•  Excellent presentation and documentation skills
•  Strong interpersonal skills, including collaboration and team building
•  Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
•  Solid understanding of and proven experience using appropriate tools: Agile Project Management tools such as Azure DevOps or equivalent
•  Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience interacting with business and IT individuals


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