[Hiring] Senior Manager- Product Owner, Digital Venture @Makro PRO

Role Description

Senior Manager - Product Owner creates product roadmap and defines the strategic vision for their team driven by the overall vision. They have a deep understanding of the target market/industry and build close relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that the team’s effort is aligned with overall strategy. A Product Owner manages dependencies with other team’s functions while identifying, building and managing strategic partnership across the different teams. They work closely within their team to ensure business value and user feedback is translated into new developments when necessary. Product owners will be accountable for specific business KPIs based on the area of the product they are focused on.

• End to end team output strategy from inception to production
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure the digital vision and products align within team strategy and requirements
• Accountable for product-specific KPIs once solution enters production and communicate regular tracking to stakeholders
• Utilize market and industry knowledge to translate user needs into user stories and acceptance criteria for their team. Maintain a backlog 3 to 4 sprints ahead of the team
• Works closely with CPO to establish each product’s business value and support messaging, communication, and customer outreach as necessary
• Facilitates release planning with stakeholders as well as weekly demos
• Integrates usability studies and research into product requirements to enhance user satisfaction and ensure customer driven design
• Align outward facing product requirements and stakeholders

Qualifications

• Ability to develop methods and promote work standards among other employees of the company
• Proven skills in managing staff, coaching, resolving conflicts
• Strong communication skills to teach and convey messages in a professional form
• Ability to create an atmosphere of trust and comfortable/efficient work environment
• Belief in a non-hierarchical culture of interaction, openness to new ideas and continuous improvement
• Proven knowledge of standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the retail industry
• Experience working in the development of B2C digital products
• Strong collaborator with cross-functional teams from tech, design, and business
• Experience with managing data ingestion, storage, and processing, and collaborate with data professionals to design and implement advanced analytics capabilities

Benefits

• Clear focus
• Diverse Workplace (Our members are from around the world!)
• Non-hierarchical and agile environment
• Growth opportunity and career path