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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

Senior Product Owner at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Permanent Senior position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 01 Oct 2025 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Job 2623565 - Ref 878000011527193
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About the position

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Product Owner to join our team. The Product Owner will be responsible for defining, prioritizing, and managing the product backlog to deliver high-quality solutions that meet customer needs and business objectives. This role serves as the bridge between stakeholders and the development team, ensuring alignment on product vision, strategy, and execution.

RequirementsKey Responsibilities:

  • Define and clearly communicate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
  • Gather, analyze, and prioritize requirements from stakeholders, customers, and end users.
  • Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring items are clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned with business goals.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (developers, designers, QA, business analysts, etc.) to deliver features and enhancements.
  • Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the development team.
  • Translate business needs into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Ensure the development team has a clear understanding of product requirements and priorities.
  • Continuously monitor progress, track deliverables, and adapt priorities as needed.
  • Evaluate product performance using KPIs, analytics, and user feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Support sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Proven experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in an Agile environment.
  • Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and product management practices.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to prioritize effectively and balance short-term deliverables with long-term goals.
  • Familiarity with product management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Trello).

Desired Skills:
  • Experience in [industry-specific domain, e.g., fintech, healthcare, e-commerce].
  • Knowledge of UX/UI principles.
  • Analytical mindset with experience in using data to drive decisions.
  • Certification such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) is advantageous.


Desired Skills:

  • Product owner
  • Agile
  • fintech
  • healthcare
  • e-commerce
  • UX/UI principles.

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:


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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

About the agency

Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad. We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search. Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections. For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.

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