Associate Director - Head of Product Design & Product Owner

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<li>Set ambitious and clear product vision and communicate ‘the story’ effectively to key stakeholders and the team</li>
<li>Own the end-to-end product strategy from inception and determine business value once solution enters production</li>
<li>Build Backlog of product features, i.e. write user Stories and acceptance criteria together with the work-cell team</li>
<li>Continuously improve Backlog ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated and prioritized</li>
<li>Ensure customer-driven design considering user pain points and usability test results, while using market and industry knowledge to deliver a well-positioned product</li>
<li>Approve each Feature and provide valuable feedback for the team</li>
<li>Drive Sprint- and release plans together with the Scrum Master</li>
<li>Exercise strong decision making mandate from executive group to own product end-to-end</li>
<li>Work with Solution Architect to build a modular and reusable solution</li>
</ul><h2>Requirements</h2><ul>
<li>Deep knowledge of relevant domains/products/journeys</li>
<li>Solid knowledge of industry trends pain points to be able to create a high value product vision and user demands and</li>
<li>Comfortable with technology/IT to be enable engagement and discussion with tech team to understand risks</li>
<li>Experience in Agile Development, with specific<strong>Product Design (UX/UI) and experience in leading the Product Owner (or similar)</strong>experience, should be confident in building and managing the Backlog of work</li>
<li>Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex messages and trade-offs and tell a compelling story</li>
<li>Sufficient authority to make real time decisions in the lab (should be an actual Product Manager, or a direct report)</li>
</ul><ul><li>Ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders – strong leadership skills</li></ul><ul>
<li>Strong problem solver with ability to lead the team to push the solution and progress</li>
<li>Challenger mindset and passion to challenge status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas – loves and embraces change</li>
<li>Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency and trust across the team</li>
<li>Not afraid to ‘roll up the sleeves’ and seeks to go outside comfort zone to learn – pushes the team to do the same</li>
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