Job Description
Your career at Redbridge - the starting point of a fulfilling career, where innovation, expertise, and partnership are at the very heart of our business.
Joining Redbridge means being part of a team of global specialists who are committed, caring and independent. We interact with the right people the right way, and if we can identify a better way to partner with our clients, we will work hard to find it.
Created in 1999, Redbridge is an international consulting firm, assisting its clients on all the debt and treasury projects. We cover the European scope, from our offices in Paris, London and Geneva and the Americas from New-York and Houston. Our company is fully owned by its founders and employees.
About the role
We are currently seeking a Product Owner to join our global Product Management team embedded in the software branch of the company.
Reporting directly to the Product Manager you will assist him in driving the development of the company’s market leading bank fee analysis software using Agile principles and working within the SCRUM development framework to manage team workload and capacity and driving progress against plans.
In addition to Fortune 500 external customers, internal advisory teams are a key internal client.
- You’ll work closely with teammates across functions like BRM, Data, Engineering, Client Care and Product Marketing to help define and deliver our product roadmap.
- You'll help guide the prioritization of work and help make resourcing and prioritization tradeoffs in service of our customers’ and our company’s goals.
- You’ll ensure clear communication with your team and everyone at the company to continuously improve how you work together and ensure everyone is happy, productive, efficient and operating with our customers and stakeholders’ interests at our core
We are looking for a motivated individual who wants to build or develop an experience in Agile product development and contributes to building high quality SaaS products. We are expecting you to grow into owning an area of the product suite and become the go-to expert on it. You have a structured, problem solving, curious and forward-thinking mindset and the ability to embody Redbridge’s core values – Caring, Committed, Independent.
Key responsibilities
- Define product requirements and decompose concept features into workable user stories
- Ensure that the backlog is clear and reflective of the team priorities in collaboration with the Engineering Managers and Product Managers
- Write user stories to be refined with engineering and made ready for development
- Run functional refinement sessions with Engineering to ensure stories are actionable
- Ensure that stories and features delivered meet acceptance criteria (Quality Assurance)
- Collaborate with Product Managers and other stakeholders to develop the product vision and define the feature priorities
- Document and communicate new features of the product to showcase to external and internal customers
- Run release planning with Engineering to ensure releases are aligned with Product Strategy
- Driving Redbridge’s agile practices and embedding processes within the team whilst maintaining morale and dedication
- Reporting progress and plans to Redbridge leadership teams.
Business skills required
- Communication: competent at engaging people at all levels, knows when to challenge and ask relevant questions.
- Project management, Organization and self-discipline: result oriented, ability to define clear milestones and follow a project plan
- Ability to articulate clearly technical problems in a simplified way
- Team player: working with colleagues from across the business and customers
- Understanding of the needs of customers
- Forward thinking & innovative mindset to consider future possibilities as well as new ways to test, learn and optimize
- Agile project management framework (scrum)
- Understanding of databases (SQL)
- Previous experience with JIRA & Confluence
Profile and Background
- Open minded, agile mindset
- Passion for excellence
- Attention to details
- Resilient and hard-working
- Able to work effectively in a cross-border team environment
- Strong analytical, written and oral communication skills
- Strong planning and execution abilities
- Professional fluency in English, both written and spoken is essential; other languages such as French would-be a plus
- University-educated
- Any project management type certification would be a plus
Compensation & benefits
- Competitive salary depending on skills and experience
- Certification in Agile Product Development, other certifications could be funded as needed.
- Hybrid working
- Options to relocate in other Redbridge’s offices (Paris, Geneva, Houston, New York)
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: From £45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London, EC2R 8EJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Product management: 1 year (preferred)
Language:
Work authorisation:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London, EC2R 8EJ
Reference ID: https://redbridgedta.zohorecruit.com/jobs/Careers/595618000004151001/Empty?source=CareerSite
Expected start date: 01/03/2023