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EQPlus

Product Owner

EQPlus

  • Undisclosed
  • Permanent Senior position
  • Cape Town Region
  • Posted 18 Nov 2025 by EQPlus
  • Expires in 33 days
  • Job 2627691
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About the position

We're hiring a Product Owner on behalf of a well-established enterprise. This is a permanent role and is based in Cape Town.

The ideal professional will have a strong feel for service journeys and knows how to turn strategy into a clear, delivery-ready roadmap. The role sits in a mature, technology-focused environment where Agile ways of working are fully embedded and cross-functional collaboration is the norm.

Additionally this role is suited for a Product Owner that thrives in guiding the vision for customer-servicing capabilities, translating strategic goals into features and ensuring teams stay aligned on priorities. The environment values curiosity, calm decision-making, and someone who can connect business needs with customer experience in a practical, grounded way.

Key responsibilities (among others)

  • Setting and communicating the product vision so teams and stakeholders are aligned
  • Translating broader business goals into a prioritised and continuously updated roadmap
  • Working closely with teams and stakeholders to validate needs, gather requirements, and shape delivery
  • Owning and refining the product backlog; focusing on value and clarity
  • Contributing to Agile ceremonies; keeping momentum and removing ambiguity
  • Writing user stories and acceptance criteria that are clear, testable, and aligned to user value
  • Supporting the full product lifecycle; from concept to continuous improvement
  • Keeping an eye on the market; understanding competitors, trends, and customer expectations
  • Tracking performance using agreed metrics; identifying opportunities for optimisation
  • Using research and data to validate product decisions and maintain customer-centricity

Key requirements

  • A degree in IT, Computer Science, or similar
  • Certifications that support PO/PM capability; SAFe PO; POPM; ICP or similar
  • Solid experience as a Product Owner or similar product management role
  • A strong understanding of Agile; Scrum; Kanban; SAFe
  • Confidence communicating with technical and non-technical teams; with presentation and collaboration skills to match
  • Ability to work in a hybrid model with multiple contributors
  • Strong prioritisation skills; grounded in value delivery
  • Creative problem-solving and a willingness to rethink assumptions
  • Familiarity with lifecycle and delivery tools such as Jira; Miro
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be an advantage
  • Understanding of financial-services environments
  • Experience with customer-centric service design; analytics; and data-driven decision-making

Core competencies required:

  • Strategic thinking with an enterprise-wide view
  • Collaborative communication
  • Comfort with change; both delivering it and helping others adapt
  • Analytical thinking; using data to guide decisions
  • Customer-centred mindset
  • Backlog ownership and accountability

If this role aligns with your experience and you're open to work, we'd love to hear from you.

Desired Skills:

  • Product Owner
  • Agile Delivery
  • Customer Experience
  • Digital Servicing
  • Backlog Management
  • Product Strategy

Desired Work Experience:

  • 5 to 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

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EQPlus

About the agency

EQPlus is a Specialist IT & Financial Recruitment Consultancy with a team of highly experienced staff and shareholders, representative of South Africa's unique diversity. EQPlus is a Specialist Resourcing Services organization, specialising in the provision of contracting staff, permanent staff as well as Executive Search. We do IT your way. EQPlus is a leading provider of IT and Financial talent, on all levels of your business Founded in 1999, the dynamic team at EQPlus focusses on the following business units: EQ Resourcing EQPlus is able to supply top quality technical specialists in all technologies e.g. Mobile Technologies, Java, C#, SQL, Oracle, COBOL, Natural – all levels. EQ PLUS ensures that the candidate match the client’s skills requirement and the culture of the organisation. EQ Plus provides a personal service of exceptional value. EQ Professional Services EQPlus is highly experienced in the sourcing of Programme and Project Managers for short and long term positions, both local and internationally. Business Analysts/Business Process skills are also available with experience across multiple leading BA methodologies. EQ Staffing Solutions EQ Staffing solutions is designed to meet your needs, be it Teams, Fixed price or Executive search. Our offering includes bespoke application development skills across all the enterprise development platforms and technologies over the full lifecycle of a project. Why EQPLUS We have a track record of excellent service delivery on small and large scale recruitment projects. •Our team of inspirational bright minds enables us to provide business leadership in our field. •We provide Technology Expertise, using state of the art Recruitment Intellectual Property •We consistently provide quality candidates, at great value for money with passionate service delivery. •We serve clients and candidates spanning the technology and geographic landscape of South Africa. •We are a Total Talent Solution Centre of Excellence and have specialists that focus on the IT Industry. •We provide Executive Search appointments, Independent Contractors and Permanent Appointments including: oArchitects, oBusiness Analysts, oProject Managers, oAnalyst Programmers (Java, C#, PHP, Web Logic, SQL, Cobol, Universe, SAP, Oracle etc.) oNetwork Engineers (up to CCIE level). oMicrosoft Technology experts, oJava Application Development experts and oMobile Development experts. oFinancial Industry Professionals.

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