Role Overview
At Kainos, we provide innovative and creative products designed to help Workday customers reduce risk and maximize their Workday investment. Our solutions include Workday testing, compliance, data masking, and document management. As a business with a proven record of year‑on‑year growth and over 500 customers.
As a Product Owner at Kainos, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our market‑leading Smart Test Product for Workday. It is a cloud‑based Test Automation product that allows Workday customers to create and execute a high volume of test scripts by simply supplying the test data needed. You will own the product backlog across one or more functional areas, ensuring we stay at the forefront of the industry.
Responsibilities
* Understanding customer needs, personas and why they engage with your product.
* Becoming an expert in the problems we solve for and “why” they matter.
* Running structured workshops with customers and internal stakeholders.
* Defining and building solutions to address customer needs.
* Defining the benefits your solutions deliver and how to measure success.
* Know your competition and how to stay ahead of them.
* Launching products and features including organising and enabling internal teams such as delivery, pre‑sales, onboarding to maximise impact.
* Managing Roadmap Delivery and managing the product backlog.
* Creating actionable user stories for development teams.
* Managing and prioritising the backlog to ensure goals are met.
* Identifying and measuring the success criteria for each delivered feature.
* Defining and communicating release acceptance criteria for each product feature, including the criteria for MVP.
* Measuring, tracking and improving non‑functional aspects of the product.
* Contribute to marketing campaigns and external posting when needed.
* As required, stepping in to support sales efforts with product demos and customer discussions on more technical aspects of the product.
Requirements
* A minimum of 2–3 years’ experience working as a Product Owner in a SaaS environment managing backlog, working with development teams and building Product Roadmaps.
* Demonstrable experience and capability to successfully carry out the key elements of the Product Owner role above.
* Excellent communication skills are vital. You’ll need to be a persuasive and effective communicator with strong negotiating skills. It’s not only about talking, you’ll need to be able to listen, understand, and build on others’ viewpoints.
* Enthusiasm for new technologies and innovation, and a willingness to bring new ideas to the product roadmap.
* Attention to detail when interpreting supplied information and challenging sources where necessary.
* Comfort and ability to engage with customers to understand requirements, and support functional or technical product discussions.
* Relevant commercial experience and awareness to help set priorities of product investments and drive commercial product success.
* A good understanding of technology, digital services and trends.
* Effective communication with the team and external stakeholders.
* Flexibility to travel if required to customer and partner locations worldwide.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are.
Our talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out. We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.
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