Main purpose of the role & responsibilities in the business
At Kainos, we provide innovative products to help Workday customers reduce risk and maximize their investment. Our solutions include testing, compliance, data masking and document management. As a Product Owner, you will shape the future of our market‑leading Smart Test Product – a cloud‑based automation tool that allows Workday customers to create and execute large volumes of test scripts by supplying the needed test data.
You Will Be Responsible For
* 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 etc.
* 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 positioning when needed.
* As required, stepping in to support sales efforts with product demos and customer discussions on more technical aspects of the product.
Minimum (essential) 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.
* You will have an enthusiasm for new technologies and innovation and be prepared to be proactive in bringing new ideas to how we work and to the product roadmap.
* You will need an eye for detail, particularly to interpret supplied information and understand sources and challenge 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.
* The ability to communicate effectively with the team and external stakeholders.
* Being flexible to travel if required to customer and partner locations worldwide.
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