Product Owner – Malmö

Veritaz is a fast-growing IT-consultant firm. Our company is made up of insanely bright people from over 4 countries, and we are in Sweden, UK, US and Pakistan. The voyage has been incredible this far, but it is only the beginning.
Assignment Description:
We are seeking a Product Owner for Data Delivery to join our Digital organization. You will have a key role in the success of product delivery in the Agile Release Train (ART) and will be responsible for creating and expanding our data solutions that will fuel our digital transformation.
The solutions covered range from traditional data warehouse solutions for reporting/BI to more modern solutions like data lakes and streams to handle real-time reporting and advanced analytics. You will work closely with business stakeholders to create efficient solutions and be responsible for maximizing overall value delivered by your agile team.
What you'll do:
· Understand strategic initiatives and help deliver products that support the Bank in achieving its desired objectives.
· Drive product development to build end-to-end solutions with a team of dedicated engineers and designers by acting as a Product Owner within an agile team or teams.
· Create and understand user stories and acceptance criteria, and provide input to the Product Roadmap.
· Build trust and effective relationships with relevant stakeholders and understand pain points and problems and address them in a timely fashion.
· Maintain and prioritize the agile team's backlog (scope, priorities) in JIRA.
· Contribute to the program scope and manage team scope by collaborating with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, and other Product Owners.
· Define the sprint goals and drive the sprint backlog creation with the team.
· Review and accept delivered stories and co-define the Definition of Done together with the agile team.
· Interact with third-party companies regarding technical integrations and support.
· Participate in agile ceremonies and prepare for PI Planning from the team perspective.
· Keep track of progress for ongoing PI Planning from a scope perspective.
Who you are:
· Several years of experience as a Product Owner, preferably within the financial services industry.
· Experience in Data warehousing, BI and Data Governance.
· Knowledge of Agile frameworks, preferably SAFe.
· Strong technical leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
· Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal), including facilitation.
· Strong stakeholder management skills.
· Experience within/knowledge of data architecture and technical components for Data & Analytics.
· Passion and drive to work with technologies in a team-oriented environment.
· Organized with strong time-management skills.