Product Owner at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer’s needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Product Owner

Location: Lagos
Group: Technology
Department: Technology
Unit: Technology Operations
Grade Band: Manager

Reporting Responsibilities

Reports to: Program Manager

Job Objective(s)

Leads the development effort by conveying the business value and vision to the team and outlining work in the Scrum backlog.
Drives a project by communicating directly with the team, while visually demonstrating prioritization decisions in the backlog.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

Lead business and technical analysis sessions to support new development efforts to meet current and projected business needs.
Create user stories, user acceptance criteria, epics, process maps, data mapping and formal requirements documentation.
Aid in prioritizing backlog items based on the client’s wants and needs.
Assist with aligning stakeholders’ business and system requirements to overall client strategy.
Provide business analysis and support for the project team throughout the system development lifecycle.
Assist with identifying risks, dependencies and constraints while developing specific plans to mitigate or address these concerns.
Help to develop and make recommendations that improve the solution determination process as well as assess impact of proposed changes.
Aid in preparing impact and opportunity assessments regarding the cost/benefit of proposed projects.
Apply collaborative techniques as well as analytical and problem-solving skills across project delivery.
Ensure and assist in achieving and meeting project deadlines and schedules. On some projects, this may include the creation of these deadlines and schedules.
Use your knowledge of business process creation and development to create and recommend process design and improvements for both Robots and Pencils and the client.
Assist with managing client expectations and ensure they are met (or better yet exceeded) and managed effectively across all the disciplines.
Drive the implementation of technology and process solutions from concept to completion.
Aid in developing training and/or technical documentation.
Work collaboratively with the team to develop effective team approaches and techniques, creating the necessary approach, framework, controls and analysis practices across project delivery.
Support the project team with Design Doc creation and management.
Assist in developing release plan(s) and sprint plans in project management tool.
Support in scheduling and managing the team, tasks, deadlines and key milestones, including kick off meetings.
Ensure project risks are managed for on-time/on-budget delivery to the client.
Proactively manage issues with scheduling, team or clients and flag accordingly to project director as issues arise.
Assist with the management of scope creep by using scope management tools.
Regularly interact with the Quality Assurance team to ensure appropriate tests are completed throughout development.
Collaborate on the creation and delivery of a Client Status Report at least weekly, identifying progresses, issues and risks.
Manage creation of weekly client presentation and present to the client.

Team:

Lead
Delegate
Coach
Mentor
Motivate and Influence.

Job Requirements
Education

Minimum of 2nd class lower in first Degree (MBA, MSC, MA, ML and/or Professional Qualifications is an advantage)

Work Experience:

Minimum of 7- 12 years working experience in a corporate environment, travel/aviation a big plus.
3+ years of related product owner/business analysis experience.
Extensive knowledge of business processes, strategic planning, and IT resources and enabling technologies.
Technical background not required but considered an asset.
Working knowledge of project management tools and methodologies.
Highly motivated and solution oriented.
Well-rounded interpersonal skills and experience working with cross-functional teams.
Outstanding organizational and communication skills.
Excellent writing skills including proper spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Superior time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks with minimal supervision.
Ability to work under pressure with multiple competing deadlines.