Product Owner

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Job details

Who You'll Work With


You will be based in our Cairo office as part of McKinsey Digital in Middle
East. This group brings together the best of McKinsey's digital capabilities
to help our clients use digital technology to transform their businesses.
As part of this group, you'll join a global team working on everything from IT
modernization and strategy to agile, cloud, cybersecurity and digital
transformation. You'll typically work on projects across all industries and
functions and will be fully integrated with the rest of our global firm.
You'll also work with colleagues from across McKinsey & Company to help our
clients deliver breakthrough products, experiences and businesses, both on
technology and non-technology topics.
Our office culture is casual and social, with an emphasis on education and
innovation. We have the freedom to try new ideas, experiment and are expected
to be constantly learning and growing. There is also a strong emphasis on
mentoring others in the group, enabling them to grow and learn.


What You'll Do


You will lead the execution of digital product development and transformation
projects for leading industry players, mainly in the Middle East.
In this role, you will be a core member of the McKinsey consulting team with
responsibilities that range from shaping product vision, strategic designs to
managing and transforming agile product and leadership teams. You will engage
on some of the most challenging business problems facing our clients. These
projects can range from rapid process re-inventions at leading financial
institutions, 'big data' analytics at large scale retail organizations, to
consumer facing app development for traditional industries. In each situation,
as a product owner, you will typically be at the center of the problem
solving, advising our most senior clients on how to successful execute on
their strategic vision with digital means.
You will be well versed in all aspects of the product, process and technology.
You will be at the intersection of business strategy, client and
implementation vendors and you'll be responsible for translating abstract
visions into reality, while managing client expectations as well as vendor
efficiency.
You will also be proficient in all aspects of the agile deliverables required
for a technology team to build beautiful products. This includes hands on
development of storyboards, wireframes, product prioritization, backlog, user
stories, product KPI, monitoring/tracking and commercialization.


Qualifications



  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, business or equivalent degree

  • ‎4+ years of experience leading agile projects as a product owner and as a scrum master

  • Experience leading product and/or cross functional teams; experience as both a team member and coach in the agile product owner roles

  • Experience with building consumer quality products, enabling business capability and objectives through technology

  • Strong product instinct to build great product vision, product roadmap and competitive analysis

  • Knowledge and understanding of technical engineering best practices (e.g. test driven development, continuous integration, etc.)

  • Excellent knowledge on tracking and analytics setup

  • Proficient with drawing storyboards, creating wireframes, creating/'grooming' product backlogs, writing user stories and developing acceptance criteria

  • Skills to prioritize and align with business and IT stakeholders to ensure highest value capture

  • Excellent project management skills; ability to plan ‎2-‎3 steps ahead of the team and surface hidden risks ‎2-‎3 levels deep within the team

  • Ability to work under pressure and manage client expectations; ability to work at an abstract level and continuously pivot to arrive at the highest impact answer for the client

  • Excellent analytical skills and data driven approach to constantly analyze user feedback and analytics report

  • Ability to influence senior client business and IT executives on transforming towards agile; ability to move between strategic discussions with senior client leaders to tackle on the ground agile coaching with teams

  • Excellent communication skills; skills to communicate complex ideas effectively in English

Job Summary

  • Advertiser: McKinsey & Company
  • Announcement date: 31/07/2022
  • Type of employment: -
  • Experience level: -
  • Educational level: -
  • Job location: Cairo
  • Salary: -
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