Product Owner

We are looking for a freelance Product Owner for our client in the area of Amsterdam.

Location

Amsterdam area

Start date

a.s.a.p.

Period

3 months +

Contract hours

fulltime

Description

Our client is currently looking for a Product Owner within. As a Product Owner you will report to the IT Area Lead and will be responsible for ensuring alignment with the other squad(s) and the Platform Strategy. You will work closely with the IT Area leads and other Product Owners in a specific area as well as Product Owners from other tribes, representatives of Information / Enterprise Architecture and Information Technology.

In particular you will be responsible for managing the product life cycle for one or more products that support global capabilities including requirements gathering, business case derivation, product scoping and feasibility, roadmap and delivery management.

Activities

• Gaining a deep understanding of use cases and user experience, identifying gaps and generating innovative solutions that expedite delivery of IT (monitoring, logging, data) solutions strategy and/or accelerate business benefit;

• Contributing to the global strategy to ensure coordinated demand management, requirements gathering and business case derivation across the various business initiatives;

• Creating buy-in for the product vision both internally across stakeholder community, adopting countries and business units, as well as with key external partners;

• Assisting the IT Area Lead by monitoring budget, expenditure and costs against delivered and realized benefits as the product(s) matures;

• Translating global strategy into product vision and roadmap as well as determining product specifications and managing product backlog;

• Proposing and seeking governance approval for prioritizing delivery based on business and customer impact;

• Working closely with other Product Owners on collaborative initiatives;

• Working closely with the IT Area Lead(s) and Tribe Lead to ensure that roadmaps, backlogs and status is accurately reported, dependencies are managed and risks are mitigated;

• Working closely with information technology teams to oversee delivery and ensure quick time-to-market and optimal resources;

• Driving product launches including working with internal communications team, stakeholders and other team members;

• Acting as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding as well as visiting stakeholders, countries and business units to solicit feedback on products and capabilities;

• Taking overall responsibility for the success of the product by ensuring effective transition to the new business as usual position;

• Evaluating competitive products, industry trends and actively seeking opportunities to partner and collaborate - where appropriate exploiting prototypes and proof of concepts;

• Ensuring the delivery of new capabilities is to the appropriate level of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the product roadmap and programme governance arrangements.

Competence

• You are knowledgeable regarding IT Infrastructure products and industry trends;

• You have a technical background;

• You are familiar with the DevOps way of working;

• You have proven work experience in Product Management with track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle;

• You are a self-starter with a good ability to work in a virtual team and agile way of working;

• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills with a variety of stakeholders at different levels of seniority and knowledge;

• Decisive, visionary and able to support decisions with sound research, business case development and approvals skills;

• Flexible, adaptable and ability to project fairness and objectivity when making decisions;

• Ability to analyze complex scenarios and look for trends in the market and users opinions and behavior;

• Results oriented with an ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems;

• Excellent (English) verbal and written communication skills.

Personal Profile

You have a hands-on mindset, a strong customer- and problem-solving orientation, show fast results, and have demonstrated good communication skills, especially in an international IT organization.

We would like to receive the following information. These are the minimum requirements to the offer:

• A recently updated Curriculum Vitae (MS Word);

• Motivation to the offer;

• Information regarding the availability of your candidate;

• Hourly rate (excl. VAT, incl. expenses).

We are looking forward to receiving your offer.