Technical Product Owner

individual to work from their Johannesburg Office. The candidate must have a solid work ethic, be able to work under deadline, engage and collaborate with team members/management and be able to follow directions and respect department /

corporate policies.

Minimum Requirements:

• Lead scrum teams: define product vision, roadmap, growth, and stakeholder communication.
• Analyze needs and align product roadmap to strategic goals with internal/external contacts.
• Serve as product ambassador: share knowledge, answer questions, conduct demos and training.
• Research new feature requirements and tech specs, manage UX/UI process.
• Conceptualize, develop, and own components of the WTAX technology product roadmap (Salesforce, Microservices, etc.).
• Assess, manage, and prioritize the product backlog (Jira).
• Engage with business leaders/SMEs to translate business needs into technical plans.
• Manage internal/external development teams/partners for timely, quality delivery.
• Provide regular progress, risk, and bottleneck reports to the technology steering committee.
• Actively mitigate roadblocks to team success in releases/sprints.
• Run proofs of concept for new tools and technologies.
• Run design sessions with development teams to select optimal technical solutions.
• Nurture an Agile culture focused on continuous, rapid delivery of valuable software.
• Design, develop, and implement test plans; participate in UAT.
• Hand over and provide high-level support for deployed functionality.
• Run tech team daily standups and manage sprint planning.
• Develop detailed product feature specifications.
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes.
• Assist with new feature rollouts and coordinate between business/tech units.
• Monitor emerging tools, technologies, and methods for potential WTax benefits.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Accounting, Finance, IT, Science, Mathematics, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong competency in business process design and analysis.
• Ability to understand and present the "big picture" and propose improvement solutions.
• Practical experience in business process design/re-engineering.
• Proven technology project management experience.
• Scrum/Agile training and practical experience (advantageous).
• Familiarity with modern cloud technology, SaaS products, and low-code platforms (advantageous).
• Working knowledge of IT systems fundamentals (e.g., databases, integration patterns) (advantageous).

• Experience configuring CRM/ERP systems, with Salesforce experience prioritized.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on experience.

If you meet the above requirements we will contact you within 3 working days