The Role:
As a Product Owner at Propellerhead, your primary purpose will be to ensure clarity on the next most valuable thing to deliver. This is a client-facing role, important to maintaining long-term relationships with our customers through continuous high-value delivery. As such, you will work closely with internal and client stakeholders to ensure both functional and commercial objectives are met.
We are currently seeking a motivated and effective Product Owner to join our growing team. Are you tired of working on software that never sees production or adds no tangible value for users? Here at Propellerhead we focus on delivering software into production that adds value for our customers.
Propellerhead operates a hybrid working model (work from our office and from your own home). While we prefer our NZ-based team to be located in Auckland, we are also welcoming applications from international Product Owners who would like to work remotely or relocate to Auckland (please specify your plans in your application).
Work alongside our innovative team based in Auckland, New Zealand! We are seeking talented individuals excited about the opportunity to learn, expand their skillset and support our company in its evolution to a Rust code base.
We welcome applications from individuals located internationally seeking remote engagements, or those looking to relocate to Auckland, New Zealand.
While most of our team work within the New Zealand timezone, we welcome applications from those located internationally. Propellerhead only require a minimal timezone overlap with our NZ-based team, mainly to join the daily stand-up. This typically takes place at the start of the NZ work day (9.00am NZT), though may vary slightly depending on which team you join. The crossover hours will be discussed further and agreed upon in the latter stages of our recruitment process.
Key Accountabilities:
- Product Backlog Management: Build and groom the product backlog, ensuring it contains appropriate items, prioritised effectively, and that items at the top are ready for delivery.
- Communication: Clearly communicate product backlog items to the product delivery team to build a shared understanding of the problems and solutions.
- Delivery Constraints: Ensure delivery teams work solely on funded backlog items, constraining product delivery as necessary.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with stakeholders to create and prioritise valuable product deliverables with clear, measurable outcomes.
- Scope Management: Manage scope to deliver maximum value, while ensuring efficient use of resources.
- Outcome Determination: Evaluate whether a product deliverable achieved the desired outcome, making necessary adjustments based on feedback and results.
- Team Coordination: Keep product delivery teams informed of upcoming work and broadly communicate relevant context and problems faced to build a shared understanding of the product direction.
Skills and Experience:
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in a software development environment.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and principles.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks effectively.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working with stakeholders to define and prioritise product features.
- Familiarity with product management tools and software.
- Remote candidates: Able to demonstrate a reliable work setup, including a high-quality camera, and stable high-speed internet connection, to ensure consistent and quality involvement in virtual meetings.
