Location: Hybrid /Gauteng (Centurion/Bryanston)

Salary: Market related

Company overview

Lightstone is an intelligent solutions company with strong, industry-specificexpertise and core capabilities in data management, GIS, analytics and softwaredevelopment. We specialise in delivering integrated, online knowledge solutions,batch and real-time data quality solutions, and a broad range of geo-spatial andanalytic projects to a range of property, auto, business to consumer, governmentand financial services clients.

We hire exceptional people and provide them with the environment where theycan excel. Our non-corporate culture encourages flexibility, collaboration andinnovation.

We pride ourselves on our core values of ‘Encourage Participation’, ‘Respond tochanging needs’ and ‘Win together’ which are reflected in each development,project, product or service we undertake to deliver.

About the team

We care deeply about designing and building products that help our customerssolve real problems, get valuable insights and grow their businesses. We lovesolving problems by combining data and creative thinking with customer andbusiness challenges. Mostly, we love making things real and having fun doing it.

Role overview

As an Insights Product Owner within the Property Product team, you will workclosely with the analytics teams and client relationship managers to design anddeliver new insights products while enhancing the existing portfolio. This rolerequires a self-motivated, independent, detailed, and pragmatic individual whocan coordinate projects across various teams, contributing to the ongoingdevelopment of both new and existing solutions. Excellent verbal and writtencommunication skills and experience in managing product portfolios areessential. You will report to the Head of Product for the Property division.

About You

As an Insights Product Owner within the Property Product team, you will workclosely with the analytics teams and client relationship managers to design anddeliver new insights products while enhancing the existing portfolio. This rolerequires a self-motivated, independent, detailed, and pragmatic individual whocan coordinate projects across various teams, contributing to the ongoingdevelopment of both new and existing solutions. Excellent verbal and writtencommunication skills and experience in managing product portfolios areessential. You will report to the Head of Product for the Property division.

Very importantly, you will have an innate love for problem solving; a big-picture orsystems way of thinking, and a lot of patience for actively helping people tonavigate change.

Qualifications/Requirements

  • Degree/Diploma in relevant field
  • Role-related certifications advantageous

Experience

Required:

  • 5-10 years of experience in product ownership, preferably with analytical,financial or digital products
  • Experience in roles that require data interpretation.
  • Experience with Agile Methodology (SCRUM, KANBAN)

    • Advantageous

  • Facilitation skills
  • Business analysis background; business process mapping / modelling

Key Responsibilities

Product portfolio & role:

  • Understanding overall product solution and driving current and futureproduct strategy, with input from analysts
  • Link between sales team and analysts from a solution and optionsperspective; ensuring the analytics teams fully understand the problemfacing the client, in order to bring their best skills to creating the appropriatesolutions
  • Input into commercial discussions and proposals
  • Idea Generation, in conjunction with analysts
  • Impact Assessments with input from Analytics and Sales
  • Business cases including estimated revenue, cost, and time for all relevantteams
  • Participating with Sales person on scope clarification, market research andactive participation in scoping sessions
  • Communicating the impact of changes to client
  • Conducting solutioning workshops with internal/external clients and deliveryteams

    • Product Management:

  • Complete ownership of the product backlog, ensuring it is visible, up to date,transparent, and clear to all, and reflects business priorities
  • Optimising the value of the work the analytics teams perform througheffective prioritisation
  • Tracks total work remaining at least every sprint and compares to previoussprints to assess progress by the desired goal, and makes this infotransparent to all stakeholders
  • Ensuring TFS reflects product view
  • Runs Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective (whererelevant)
  • Reporting on the progress of sprints, projects and strategic initiatives usingburndown, velocity and forecast charts
  • Updating Product Head and PO Forum with project tracking and forwardplanning
  • Retrospective business case reviews with Finance.

Non-technical skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills/li>
  • Passionate about problem-solving
  • Ability to work well in a team as well as individually
  • Able to influence without direct authority, through compelling valuearticulation
  • Professional and credible communication for client conversations
  • Ability to accurately estimate work required on tasks (with appropriateinvolvement of analysts), prioritise work and deliver to deadlines
  • Positive outlook on life, work and other people
  • Attentive to detail and strong analytical skills
  • Excited about learning, pushing technical limits and finding new solutions
  • Able to think creatively and innovatively
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