Product Owner Specialist

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Business Transformation – Senior Associate Product Owner

The opportunity

SGV's Business Transformation practice is seeking motivated, creative and dynamic professionals who are practical, rigorous and driven to deliver tangible results.

As a Business Transformation Consultant, you will be part of a team who guides organizations in executing their growth strategies by defining, designing and delivering meaningful enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.

Your key responsibilities

As a Business Transformation – Senior Associate Product Owner, you will be part of a team of professionals who support clients in the following capacity:

Business Analysis & Design

• Conduct business process reviews and walkthroughs to understand and analyze the current state of operations, including organizational structures and supporting technology.
• Identify opportunities for improvement based on current-state reviews and industry leading practices.
• Document business processes following industry-leading standards for process modelling, or as required by client.
• Assist in the elicitation and refinement of requirements, detailing the design of identified improvement opportunities.
• Understand business needs, analyze requirements, and translate them into actionable product features and functional requirements.
• Write clear and well-structured business requirements and documentation.
• Communicate and validate requirements with relevant stakeholder groups.
• Collaborate with QA teams to validate the developed solutions.
• Review the work completed by an Associate Product Owner.

Product Architecture and Prioritization

• Assist in defining the epics and features of product.
• Manage and monitor product backlog.
• Recommend prioritization methods to be use for managing the product backlog.
• Facilitate the prioritization of the product backlog based on a value-based  framework.
• Align business processes with industry-leading solution capabilities.
• Monitor the delivery of product features.

Change Management

• Conduct change impact analysis, including identification of change interventions.
• Facilitate training needs analysis.
• Collaborate with training teams to develop materials.
• Prepare change and communications plans on the purpose and impact of the change.

You will work closely with a Lead Product Owner who will oversee your work in client engagements.

• Apart from your responsibilities to our clients, you are expected to:
• Develop and maintain your personal training and development plan to ensure you continue to update and improve your skill profile on an ongoing basis.
• Adhere to the independence, quality and risk management policies of the firm.
• Co-facilitate trainings and workshops, if any.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A bachelor's degree in business, engineering, and information systems
• 5 to 10 years of relevant experience as a business analyst or product owner.
• In-dept experience and application of business process modelling and requirements engineering frameworks such as BPMN and BABOK.
• Experience in using business and data analysis tools.
• The ability to demonstrate integrity, personal leadership and teaming
• The ability to analyse complex data sets, identify patterns, and derive meaningful insights to support decision-making and problem-solving.
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated creativity in solving problems and in visualizing ideas

Ideally, you'll also have the skills and attributes below but don't worry if you don't tick all. We're interested in your aptitude and attitude and willingness to learn.

• Interested in pursuing a long-term career in Business Transformation
• Understands the product development lifecycle and software development lifecycle.
• Basic technical understanding to communicate effectively with development teams and comprehend technical constraints.
• Training and certifications in Business Analysis and Product Ownership such as, but not limited, Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA) and Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA).
• Ability to work effectively within cross functional teams and foster a positive team environment.
• Good collaboration skills: contribute ideas to the team to complete and improve project output.
• Exposure or knowledgeable in the operating model of the following sectors: Government & Public Sector, Financial Services, Consumer Product and Retail, IT-BPM, Heath & Life Sciences, Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications, and Industrials & Energy.
• Flexible and is willing to work in client sites within or beyond Metro Manila