Product Owner

2 weeks ago


Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Te Wananga o Aotearoa Full time

Product Owner

  • Are you passionate about driving product success and innovation? Join us as a Product Owner
  • Permanent, Fulltime (37.5 hours per week)
  • Free health and life insurance, generous leave provisions plus additional leave based on length of service, free car parking.
  • A whanaufriendly workplace with workfromhome options

About us


Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) is New Zealand's second largest tertiary institution, and we've been providing transformational education opportunities to New Zealanders for over 35 years.

Our vision of
'Whānau transformation through education' drives our commitment to being at the forefront of tertiary education underpinned by Māori culture and values.

Ko ngā uara (our values) are woven throughout the actions we take to achieve great outcomes for our tauira (students) and kaimahi (employees):


  • Te Aroha:Having regard for one another and those for whom we are responsible and to whom we are accountable.
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Te Whakapono:The basis of our beliefs and the confidence that what we are doing is right.
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Ngā Ture:The knowledge that our actions are morally and ethically right and that we are acting in an honourable manner.
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Kotahitanga:Unity amongst iwi and other ethnicities; standing as one.

About the role


Are you passionate about driving product success and innovation? Join us as a Product Owner, where you'll be at the forefront of translating vision into reality, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring the delivery of exceptional products.

As a Product Owner, you'll serve as the linchpin between Product Managers, development teams, and stakeholders.

Your mission? Transforming strategies into actionable tasks, managing product backlogs, organizing sprints, and championing a customer-centric approach to product development.


Key responsibilities:

  • Translate Product Managers' strategies into actionable tasks, aligning with market insights and business objectives to shape the product's direction.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, customers, and the development team to gather requirements, refine and prioritise backlog items, and ensure that the most valuable items are at the top.
  • Maintain and prioritise the product backlog, which is a list of all desired features, enhancements, and bugs for the product.
  • Participate in sprint planning to determine the team's objectives for the upcoming sprint.
  • Collaborate with the development team during sprint planning to determine which backlog items will be worked on during the next sprint.
  • Throughout the sprint, clarify requirements, provide feedback and answer questions, and ensure that the team has a shared understanding of what needs to be built and that the product is meeting the intended goals.
  • Liaise between the development team and stakeholders, including customers, users, management, and other departments to gather feedback, communicate progress and updates, and manage expectations.

About you

Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline
  • Product owner certifications (e.g Certified Scrum Product Owner, SAFe Product Owner Certification, Professional Scrum Product Owner, Certified Agile Product Manager)
  • Full NZ Drivers Licence
Experience

  • 4+ years' experience in product ownership or related roles
  • Proven experience with product management principles and practices including product planning, roadmap development, prioritisation, and agile methodologies
  • 2+ years' experience in project management
  • Proven experience with Agile processes
  • Proven experience managing all stages of the product lifecycle
  • Understands and uses basic Te Reo Māori phrases, mihi and greetings
  • Prepared to increase knowledge, understanding and everyday use of te reo and āhuatanga Māori and support other kaimahi in the same endeavour


As a kaupapa Māori organisation, your willingness to participate in cultural activities and develop an understanding of Āhuatanga Māori (values, culture and tikanga) is desirable.

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