Delivery Product Owner, EMEA

at  IQGeo

JOB SUMMARY

IQGeo is seeking a Product Owner as an integral part of the IQGeo Services Team supporting the implementation of IQGeo’s Web and Mobile Mapping Software for domestic and international enterprise customers. The Product Owner will play a crucial role in ensuring successful planning and execution of projects with significant scope and complexity for our customers in the Telecommunications markets. You will work closely with various stakeholders, understanding needs and translating them into business and technical requirements. This role is about translating your passion for telecommunications and geospatial software, incorporating your love for technology and problem-solving. Our flexible scheduling and outstanding benefits support success in a highly creative, innovative, and energetic company.

REQUIRED SKILLS/ABILITIES

Essential

• Excellent domain knowledge of telecommunications networks, in particular network planning, construction, and maintenance programs.
• Experience working with web mapping software and/or geographical information systems.
• In-depth knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology in an enterprise environment
• Experience with creating requirements documents and other such written project artifacts pertaining to the job role
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead, large, complex projects from concept to delivery and continuous improvement
• Experience with collaboration and issue tracking tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and road mapping tools.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

Desirable

• Experience working with SaaS Products
• Certified Scrum Product Owner
• Experience of delivering ‘tier 1’ large customer projects
• Software Development background
• UI/UX experience and or Certification
• Previous experience within an agile software development environment, preferably web-based and customer facing.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in other languages (German, Dutch, Arabic…)

General

• Excellent oral/ written communication and presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Ability to prioritise effectively and work on concurrent projects
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years’ experience as a product owner, business analyst, telecoms/geospatial SME consultant or requirements engineer.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree from an accredited university in Geomatics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related fieldMinimum 5 years of software technology and industry experience.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• Manage communication and collaborate with stakeholders to understand project requirements, goals, and deliverables and translate to product/solution requirements to reach definition of ready.
• Being consultative to customers based on current operational processes and their fit with IQGeo products.
• Create user stories for development backlogs with acceptance criteria based on requirements provided by the customer
• Manage development backlog and prioritise based on changing requirements and address any gaps/unknowns.
• Identify potential risks and issues that may impact project delivery.
• Author and deliver comprehensive documentation including business requirement documents, use cases and process flows.
• Develop strong, trusted-advisor relationships within the customer’s project team.
• Arbiter and advocate of solution acceptance.
• Attend SCRUM ceremonies.
• Facilitate customer demonstrations to describe and show business value
• Understand complex software, system and platform technology and use cases.
• Work with IQGeo product managers to understand the product vision and provide feedback to the product management group on customer requirements and use cases for future consideration in the overall roadmap.
• Ability to occasionally travel (less than 20%)
• Perform other related duties, as assigned.