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Technical Product Owner

Johannesburg
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: IT
Reference: 127769

Apply before Jun 02 2025 | 55 Days left

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Vacancy Details

Employer: Hire Resolve

Hire Resolve's client is looking for a dynamic, energetic, innovative, strategic, and self-motivated
individual to work from their Johannesburg Office. The candidate must have a solid work ethic, be able to work under deadline, engage and collaborate with team members/management and be able to follow directions and respect department /
corporate policies.

Minimum Requirements:

Lead scrum teams: define product vision, roadmap, growth, and stakeholder communication.
Analyze needs and align product roadmap to strategic goals with internal/external contacts.
Serve as product ambassador: share knowledge, answer questions, conduct demos and training.
Research new feature requirements and tech specs, manage UX/UI process.
Conceptualize, develop, and own components of the WTAX technology product roadmap (Salesforce, Microservices, etc.).
Assess, manage, and prioritize the product backlog (Jira).
Engage with business leaders/SMEs to translate business needs into technical plans.
Manage internal/external development teams/partners for timely, quality delivery.
Provide regular progress, risk, and bottleneck reports to the technology steering committee.
Actively mitigate roadblocks to team success in releases/sprints.
Run proofs of concept for new tools and technologies.
Run design sessions with development teams to select optimal technical solutions.
Nurture an Agile culture focused on continuous, rapid delivery of valuable software.
Design, develop, and implement test plans; participate in UAT.
Hand over and provide high-level support for deployed functionality.
Run tech team daily standups and manage sprint planning.
Develop detailed product feature specifications.
Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes.
Assist with new feature rollouts and coordinate between business/tech units.
Monitor emerging tools, technologies, and methods for potential WTax benefits.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Accounting, Finance, IT, Science, Mathematics, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Strong competency in business process design and analysis.
Ability to understand and present the "big picture" and propose improvement solutions.
Practical experience in business process design/re-engineering.
Proven technology project management experience.
Scrum/Agile training and practical experience (advantageous).
Familiarity with modern cloud technology, SaaS products, and low-code platforms (advantageous).
Working knowledge of IT systems fundamentals (e.g., databases, integration patterns) (advantageous).

Experience configuring CRM/ERP systems, with Salesforce experience prioritized.

Benefits:

Competitive salary based on experience.

IF you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by emailing your CV to itcareers@hireresolve.za.com

You can also connect with Daniel, Carmen and Gaby on LinkedIn or contact Hire Resolve
If you meet the above requirements we will contact you within 3 working days

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About Hire Resolve

Hire Resolve removes the stress of the career search by understanding you as an individual. We take more than just your qualifications into account, considering factors like your salary and benefits expectations as well as your preferred workplace culture to ensure that we find the perfect opportunities to meet your unique needs.

As a specialist recruitment agency, we focus on the Engineering, Finance, IT, Mining, Manufacturing, and Logistics industries. Our team of recruitment consultants is well-versed and highly networked in the industries in which they operate and are dedicated to ensuring that every placement is a perfect fit.