Junior Product Owner/Business Analyst

Our IT organisation has a critical role in driving extraordinary business results. Through a strong partnership with other areas of our business, we bring innovative thinking to every conversation and deliver with integrity. We’re looking for people who bring great ideas and who make our partners’ ideas better. Intellectually curious advisors (not order takers) who focus on outcomes to creatively solve business problems. People who not only embrace change, but who accelerate it.

Job Description:

• The Junior Product Owner will utilize their analytical, statistical, and business skills to understand business processes and document requirements. 
• Interpret existing processes and uncover insights and form business decisions in the areas of offer management, marketing, sales and services. 
• Apply learned concepts, business acumen, customer/user insights to real business problems. 
• Use industry tools like Excel, SQL and Tableau to analyse large real world data sets.
• Create data dashboards and various data visualisations to communicate insights. 
• Have a wide range of technical competencies including: statistics and coding languages, databases, machine learning, and reporting technologies. 
• Lead and drive data based initiatives to gain insights putting our business ahead of competitors that do not have these insights. 
• Have the abilities to learn on the fly and to communicate well in order to answer business questions, explaining complex results to nontechnical stakeholders.

Basic Requirements:

• Good understanding of industry standards, and security best practices.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and solve for blockers with minimal guidance
• Strong bias for action and ability to work independently toward goals 
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to gather and analyse complex requirements and translate them into actionable product features.
• Good verbal and written communication  and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at various levels. 
• The ability to work in the office a few times per week

Additionally welcome:

• Proven track record of successfully launching and managing complex software products or solutions.
• Familiarity with user experience (UX)
• Previous experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role .
• Experience working in an agile development environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing product backlogs.