Product Owner/Product Manager

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Business Analyst and/or Product Owner.

• Experience in designing and launching large scale software products, scalable distributed systems (e.g., banking, finance/fintech, API gateways, etc.)

• Experience in integrating with payment processors/providers (e.g., MoonPay, Stripe, Alchemy Pay, etc.)

• Experience in bringing new products to market, from vision to production (e.g., product backlogs, roadmaps, releases, milestones, etc.)

• Experience in conducting on-site/offline discovery.

Documentation Skills:

• Ability to structure and orchestrate information architecture effectively within the project.

• Proficiency in creating clear and concise product requirements (e.g., BRD, SRS, Business Model Canvas, VP Canvas, etc.)

• Proficiency in product backlog management: epics, user stories, splitting, acceptance criteria (Gherkin, SMART, INVEST), prioritization (e.g., Jira/Confluence, Notion, etc.)

• Proficiency in creating various diagrams and models (UML), business process (BPMN) (e.g., Draw.io, Miro, Visio, etc.)

• Prototyping and wireframing skills (e.g., Figma/Figjam, Balsamique, etc.)

Technical & Analytical Skills:

• Strong skills in business and system analysis, full cycle requirements management and product management.

• Strong logical and analytical skills, with the ability to perform functional decomposition and identify edge cases.

• Ability to provide practical/realistic solutions and recommendations for product development.

• Solid understanding of the SDLC and development methodologies, ability to collaborate with various tech teams.

Requirements Elicitation and Analysis:

• Identify and articulate business needs, elicit functional and non-functional requirements from stakeholders, and analyze them to drive project objectives.

• Analyze and actualize the existing documents and artefacts.

• Facilitate discussions to uncover underlying needs and translate them into actionable requirements.

Documentation:

• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation as a Business Analyst/Product Owner.

• Collect, define, and translate business/product objectives into clear deliverables, technical requirements. and user stories within the backlog.

• Distribute tasks to the development team and ensure continuous support and alignment of functionality through to production.

Solution Design and Specification:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design technical solutions that are feasible, scalable, and aligned with business objectives.

• Develop detailed technical specifications to guide the development process and ensure alignment with project goals.

Stakeholder Management:

• Serve as the primary liaison between the technical team and client stakeholders (government agencies, partners).

• Ensure traceability of requirements between project goals and client expectations.

Risk Management:

• Identify and assess potential risks associated with project delivery, including technical, security, and timeline risks.

• Collaborate with the development team to define and implement effective mitigation strategies to ensure project success and safeguard deliverables."