Scrum Product Owner-Hybrid

BarcelonaOur client is a training company focused on 3 areas: Health and wellness: Improve your physical and mental health with information based on the knowledge and experience of nutritionists, trainers and health professionals. Finance: Develop the key skills and strategies to take control of your financial situation. Personal development: Unlimited access to your library of digital courses in the 3 reference areas: health and well-being, personal development and finance. Incorporation into a global community of students of different nationalities with whom experiences are shared to accelerate the acquisition of knowledge. The Product Owner is responsible for the back office tools, reports and systems used by the various Operations teams (Growth, Customer Support, Development, marketing, Payment Security, Integrity, and Payment Services), some player facing functionality, and new platforms or licenses for all of Operations. The role of the Product owner is to identify and evaluate system improvements and after Group management approval, to plan out development projects and develop business requirement specifications. The Product Owner will work with software teams during development and test,release and track usage and value delivered. Responsibilities & Duties: Liaise with internal stakeholders and external software development teams to identify and clarify development requirementsProject manage operational, training and support requirements for new systems deploymentsAnalyse stakeholder workflows and report potential improvements to Group managementProject manage and co-ordinate change management required for rollout of new developments and platformsAssess feature requests for feasibility and value and report the outcome to COOCreate plans to be approved by the COO for multiple release cycles and functional specifications for projects in accordance with stakeholder objectivesManage the configurations for back office toolsComplete user-acceptance testing of new developments and document release notesInvestigate, document and resolve post-development issues identified in production systems. The successful candidate must either have at least 3 years of experience as a product owner in a similar role or at least 4 years of experience in an operations environment, preferably within online gaming with an excellent understanding of operations processes and software. Ability to manage and prioritise high volumes of responsibilities autonomously without delays in deliverablesEducated to degree level in computer science or another technology related discipline or demonstrable technical experience such that they can work comfortably with developers, data analysts, and make tool configurationsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsStrong interest and aptitude in defining business requirements for software developmentStrong relationship management skills – ability to relate to business users and software developersAbility to work under pressure and to tight deadlinesSuperb attention to detailDesirable: Project management qualification or experienceSome experience working with databases and knowledge of programmingKnowledge of software development lifecyclesWe offer: Specific social benefits