Product Owner

**Job Information**:
Industry

**IT Services**
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City

**Málaga**
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State/Province

**Andalucia**
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Country

**Spain**
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Zip/Postal Code

**29001**

On behalf of my client, I am searching for a **Product Owner-Payments**.

You will manage a small but effective team that handles the overall quality and performance of your suite of products; the overall execution of the roadmap and best possible user experience.

My client is an innovative tech company that develops incredible software for several industries. They understand that great ideas come from great people, and great people thrive when they’re trusted to challenge, change, improve, and perfect their products and processes. Their strength lies in the diversity of their skills, and that comes from the diversity of their people. It’s a place where you can try new ideas, take risks, and move Fearlessly Forward.

**What you'll do**
- Prioritize and refine the iteration backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of internal stakeholders and our customers
- Develop user stories and define acceptance criteria
- Set sprint goals and objectives for the agile team
- Accept user stories at the end of each iteration
- Participate in team demos and retrospectives
- Ensure features demos are presented to customers early and often
- Prepare and participate in Program Increment Planning
- Work closely with the product managers to decompose program backlogs into iteration backlogs by just-in-time story elaboration
- Work with an agile team of engineers to plan and clarify user stories and ensure the team iteratively deliver value to customers
- Work with cross-functional teams, customers and stakeholders including: design, architecture, security, engineering, and user enablement
- Turn data insights into product features with actionable outcomes for the customer
- Partner with stakeholders and customers across the organization to inform the product vision, strategy, features, and prioritization.

**Requirements**:
**What you'll bring**
- Proven track record as a Product Owner or similar role in product management.
- Experience working with Payments Products.
- The high degree of proficiency in iterative development, understanding of Agile principles Scaled Agile frameworks is a plus
- Hands-on experience managing all stages of the product life cycle
- Technical background with knowledge of software development and web technologies
- Excellent organizational skills
- Product Owner Qualifications
- Balance of technical knowledge and business acumen
- Proactive, self-starter with excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire internal teams & stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment
- High degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability
- Established background in launching software or services in partnership with engineering teams and a high degree of proficiency in prototyping, iterative development, understanding of Agile principles
- Customer-first mindset

**Benefits**:
**What's in it for you**
- Inspiring and fulfilling work at an innovative and values-driven company creating cutting-edge tech
- Attractive salary and customizable benefits package
- Flexible working hours and ways of working
- Contemporary and accessible office environments with a range of workplace perks
- Six weeks’ paid leave for every four years of service
- Relocation package for you and your family including soft-landing package services to help you settle in (applicable in Spain, if you are moving from a different city/country)
- Being part of a team with a forward-looking, international mindset and agile working practices
- A friendly, inclusive and multicultural environment (we are made up of over 35 nationalities, speaking almost 30 languages)
- Wellbeing programmes, learning and personal growth opportunities
- A range of employee events throughout the year, including team building activities, Learning Labs, Hackathons and Designathons
- Opportunities to shape the tech community within and outside of the company, through mentoring and knowledge-sharing