EiQ Product Owner

Role

EIQ Product Owner

Location

Hong Kong

Who we are

Corporate & IT

At ELEVATE, we offer a unique and impactful career journey designed to empower our teams to influence change. Join our team for a truly international experience. With 24+ offices globally (and still growing), you will have exposure to real issues that span the globe. Fasten your seatbelt for an energetic and dynamic experience where you will have exposure to and support our global best-in-class team across 100 countries from Finance to HR to IT. In line with ELEVATE’s mission to use business and innovation to be a drive transformational change, this is your opportunity to lead the operations of an organization that is a driver of meaningful and lasting impact that effectively improves people’s lives and preserves our planet. Our Corporate and IT departments are an essential part of our operations and play a strategic role in delivering our business goals.

Job overview at a glance

ELEVATE is seeking a passionate, detail oriented I.T. Product Owner (SCRUM Product Owner Role) with a strong understanding of web and mobile applications. The EiQ PO will play a major role in planning and developing data-driven applications that will transform the way brands and retailers assess and address risk in their supply chains and drive factory improvements by helping evolve our world leading EiQ platform and adjacent ELEVATE digital product development. You will have the opportunity to work closely with the ELEVATE Assessment Team in various Regions, Product Development, Analytics and I.T. teams to drive the planning and development of exceptional digital products that support our program effectiveness vision and enable responsible sourcing excellence for our multi-national clients. This role presents the opportunity to work at a dynamic and fast-growing company, with an experienced global team managing diverse projects, and have a core voice in bringing ELEVATE’s digital solutions to life.

Who you are

Are you thrilled by the idea of working in a business that aims tackle the world’s biggest challenges? Do you want to work:

• on environmental, social and governance issues
• with an amazing team of like-minded creative thinkers
• in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• for some of the biggest and most forward-looking brands in the world

Responsibilities

• Drive design, development, and delivery of internal and/or customer facing web and mobile products:
  • Work closely with stakeholders and understand needs and pain points to strategize, roadmap, effectively plan, and deliver IT solutions that support our program effectiveness vision.
  • Determines product requirements and customers’ need by conducting the necessary research needed to define the necessary user journeys to create world class user experiences.
  • Maintain a prioritized product backlog by creating user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria for product feature requirements.
  • Participate in all SCRUM ceremonies and performs the role of SCRUM Product Owner (backlog grooming, planning, review, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.).
  • Monitor and review development progress, QA, and documentation throughout process, ensuring success – while ensuring clear communication with key stakeholders.
  • Own and drive feature acceptance testing and facilitate user acceptance testing activities where required.
  • Work with the wider I.T. and product teams to drive implementation of integration with internal and external systems, ensuring data security and integrity at every step.
  • Establish benchmarks for determining impact of releases, showing improvements to selected metrics and performance indicators.
• Develop product related user training materials, customer facing materials, and support other go-to-market activities (e.g., marketing related messaging, visuals, etc.)
• Contribute to the development and evolution of internal Product and I.T. processes and way of working.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as digital Product Owner / Product Manager

• Experience in Agile software delivery and SCRUM Product Owner Role.

• Experience in managing a sizable RFP for SaaS Solutions.

• Strong technical expertise and understanding of major software concepts, engineering background.

• Proven experience leading the evolution / maintenance of complex, data-driven solutions, and platforms.

• Proven track record of delivery and effective project team management (incl. virtual/remote teams).

• Product development experience and comfort working against ambitious targets.

• Strong organization and presentation skills with a passion for product and excellence.

• Track record for engaging internally and externally at senior executive and C-Suite level, and in various locations in China, SEA, India and/or US/Europe.

• Clear communicator with ability to inform stakeholders, and guide teams with meaningful feedback to ensure product delivery and drive ongoing improvements.

• Hands on experience in Confluence and Jira.

• Excellent written and verbal English.

• Candidates with more experience will be considered for senior product owner role.

• Immediately available is preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer

ELEVATE is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by local law. Personal data provided by applicants will be treated as confidential information and will be used exclusively for employment purposes only.  Only short-listed candidates will be notified.  Applicants who are not invited for an interview may consider their applications filed for future reference.

To learn more about career opportunities at ELEVATE, please visit our Careers Page here: https://www.elevatelimited.com/careers/

Updated: May 2023