What we’re looking for
Futurehome is searching for a motivated Product Owner - MDU for our team. Futurehome has an ambition to be the leading smart home company and we are therefore searching for new talent for our exciting plans going ahead. As Product Owner - MDU you will serve as the voice of the client. You will act as an ambassador for the product internally and externally and as the primary contact for queries related to the product. You will be both a member, and a leader of teams. As Product Owner you will own the product roadmap. You will work with internal and external customers to analyze the needs and align product roadmap to strategic goals. The Product Owner you will report to the Head of ProductResponsibilities
- Develop scope and define backlog items (epic/features/user stories) that guide the Agile software development team
- Solve product related problems, make decisions, complete trade-off analysis to stay on track towards business deliverable commitments
- Draft key objectives and results, strategies and apply the data for the product to make business decisions
- Possess a fundamental understanding of end-to-end customer experience integration and dependencies
- Collaborate with stakeholders during the visioning and concept development of a product
- Accountable for the created product(s), delivering in the product model and communicating the product needs with business partners
- Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with a maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
- Identify and help the client understand the business model, value and value proposition
- Develop and maintain an appropriately prioritized backlog of user stories for implementation
- Develop appropriately detailed specifications for the product features so they are clearly understood by the development teams
- Represents team in front of stakeholders, clients or users
- Work closely with product management and senior management in order to create a product that fits the company portfolio
- Research and analyze market, the users, and the roadmap for the product
- Follow our competitors and the industry
- Increase an understanding of Agile practices, Lean Startup, new technologies opportunities and other new trends.
Experience
- Entrepreneurship skills or experience
- Creative thinker
- Strategic thinking
- Product Management
- Experience in sales or marketing is an advantage.
- Management of stakeholders and their expectations
- Deep understanding and experience with Agile methodologies
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams to deliver on a common goal
- Interpersonal skills and developing relationships with team members and customers
- Experience with a definition of minimum marketable features and minimum viable products
- Knows how to define the product roadmap
- Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills
- Organizational and time management skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
- Discipline
- Active listening
- Overall understanding of technologies used in the product
