Role Overview:
As a Technical Product Owner, you will act as the bridge between the technical team and business stakeholders. You will own the end-to-end delivery of the product roadmap, ensuring that the technical team builds high-quality solutions aligned with business goals. You will lead technical planning, prioritize features, and work closely with engineers to translate business needs into technical specifications.
Responsibilities Product Ownership:
- Own and manage the product backlog; define, prioritize, and communicate the product vision.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions by closely collaborating with developers.
- Lead sprint planning sessions, ensuring clarity and alignment of tasks with product goals.
- Drive product strategy, balancing technical debt, feature development, and customer needs.
- Communicate clearly with stakeholders, providing regular updates on product progress, roadblocks, and technical risks.
Technical Guidance & Planning:
- Ensure all technical designs adhere to best practices and are aligned with customer requirements.
- Work closely with the technical team, providing input on architecture and tool selection.
- Ensure full understanding of the product's technical needs across the team.
- Drive innovation within the team, encouraging technical and product improvements.
Coaching & Team Leadership:
- Guide the technical team in understanding business priorities and how they relate to technical solutions.
- Offer technical mentorship and support to ensure smooth project execution.
- Maintain and promote a collaborative environment, ensuring all team members contribute to the product's success.
Quality Control:
- Ensure high-quality technical deliverables, performing code reviews, and enforcing best practices like unit testing.
- Work with the team to enforce coding standards and ensure maintainability of the product.
Reporting & Communication:
- Provide regular reports to stakeholders regarding product and technical team status.
- Work closely with business leaders to ensure alignment between product vision and business needs.
- Escalate product risks, technical challenges, or quality concerns promptly.
Commitment to Product Success:
- Deliver high-quality features on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives.
- Adapt to changes in timelines or business requirements to ensure successful product delivery.
Not a perfect fit?
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science and/or engineering or equivalent
- 3-5 years working experience.
- Strong experience with Spring Boot framework and Spring cloud/Spring security.
- Solid experience and working on Java 8 or 17 Version.
- Good Knowledge and experience with microservices architecture.
- Experience developing solutions to complex problems for enterprise-wide projects.
- Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and AWS.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Very good in English is a must.
- Excellent in communication.
What's in it for you
- 7+ years in technical roles, including development experience.
- A product owner or similar role managing both technical and business teams is a plus.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Experience in Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and sprint management.
- Strong ability to translate business requirements into detailed technical tasks.
- Solid understanding of product lifecycle management and backlog prioritization.
- Ability to balance between technical debt management and feature delivery.
Technical Skills:
Strong knowledge in:
- Object-Oriented Programming (Java, Spring Boot)
- Design Patterns (GoF, SOLID)
- Microservices Architecture
- Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)
- RESTful APIs and SOAP Webservices
- Spring Framework (Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring Integration)
- CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes)
- Caching & Performance Tuning (Redis, ElasticSearch)
- Big Data Solutions (Kafka, NoSQL databases)
- Testing Frameworks (Unit Testing, Integration Testing, BDD).
General Skills:
- Strong communication skills, able to engage with technical teams and business stakeholders.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
- Proactive mindset, always looking to optimize the product and team efficiency.
- Leadership and mentorship abilities to guide the technical team effectively.
Who we are You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.
As part of our global family, whether that's Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you'll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.
Together we can.
