Product Owner to Sourcing & Production domain, Stockholm

About the assignment:

- Location: Stockholm
- Duration: 08-aug-2020 - 31-dec-2020
- Apply as soon as possible
- Extent: 100%
- Please note that the mandatory requirements have to be met in full in order for us to present your profile to our Customer.

Description

The client is looking for an experienced candidate to take on the role as Product Owner and lead one of their products within the Sourcing & Production domain. The domain consists of three product areas which together manages the development of 20+ applications.

Development of their systems are mainly performed in-house, based on a variety of technologies from the Microsoft technology stack, primarily focusing on .NET/Core and Azure.

The product you will be leading acts as a technology enabler for other products in the domain, both in terms of a platform provider but also best practices with regards to the entire SDLC. The product as of today manages one infrastructural (AKS) and two software platforms and employs 15+ resources.

The client works in an agile environment, with the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) methodology as a guiding framework. Development and test in the product is executed by their strategic offshore partner in an agile offshore model.

Work tasks

- Overall delivery and budget responsibility for your product

- Responsible for defining and driving the strategic work within the product in line with the overall product area & domain strategy.

- Together with relevant stakeholder maintain a delivery roadmap for the product and secure that the right pre-requisites are in place to execute on the roadmap.

- Lead and coach members of your team, such as software engineers, technical engineers, business experts etc.

- Together with area management, manage vendors and their deliveries

Who are you?

The person the client is looking for is a senior leader that takes initiatives and is goal and result oriented. As leader for the area, you are expected to initiate and catalyze change and identify areas for improvement to drive the product forward. By doing so, you take the lead to build a team with people that takes own initiatives and drives towards goals. You act with integrity by showing an ethical and trustworthy behavior in accordance with the core values of the client and uses this in practice when taking decisions and steering your area.

To succeed in this role, it is also key that you collaborate with others in an efficient way. You need to efficiently navigate the organization, communicate with stakeholders and anchor your ideas. You listen, communicate and resolve conflicts in a smooth way. You have a positive attitude to your work and have a constructive way of presenting feedback.

You act as a servant leader and motivate others by defining clear vision and goals for the product. You build teams by engaging and inspiring your team members. You have a strategic mindset and look at questions from all angels and with a long-term perspective.

Mandatory competence and experience:

- 5-10 years of experience in similar role

To be successful in this role, we believe that you have many of the skills/experiences below:

- Senior experience as Product Owner and leader

- Senior experience from driving or steering large, complex IT projects

- Experience from driving architectural transformations in custom development environments

- Senior experience working with offshore deliveries

- Experience from working in a Product Organization

- Knowledge about system development and agile development methods (SAFe, Scrum, KanBan)

- Experience as budget responsible

- Interest and willingness to act as a servant leader and to work according to the concepts of agile organizations

- Interest in (and preferable experience from) the retail planning domain

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How to proceed with the process

- Apply for the assignment through this ad.
- State your preferred hourly rate in the application.
- Upload your CV in word format.
- We will revert to you if we need further information or clarification regarding your application.
- The Customer usually reverts to us within 10 working days from the last application date. We aim to get back to you promptly with any new information regarding your application or the assignment. If you have not received any information from us within this time frame, please contact us through our platform.

You will be informed about the Customer should you be called to an interview.

About Shaya Solutions

Stockholm based tech company focused on engineers, economists, technologists and lawyers within the IT, Energy and Infrastructure segments.

We focus on customer / consultant satisfaction and quality in our services offered throughout Sweden.

Our core values are Humility, Perseverance and Flexibility.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

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