Product Owner

We have a core belief that our toxic, sedentary lifestyles are making humans, and the planet, sick. So we’re on a mission to change it.

We’re a bunch of outsiders, dreamers, entrepreneurs, rebels and activists who fight for full regeneration of our people and planet. We move furiously fast in an ever-changing ecosystem, and we also fail fast, learn, get back up and try again. 

We are a footwear company, a health and wellbeing company, and an evolving bunch of activists. And we’re searching for brilliant humans with exceptional skills and talent to help us make this dream into a reality.

Does the shoe fit? Read on…

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Product Owner to lead our platform programs, with a primary focus on evolving and enhancing our current eCommerce solutions. This role is crucial in driving the successful delivery of our digital platforms roadmap, ensuring that all initiatives within the program meet the needs of our community while aligning with our business objectives. As a Product Owner, you will lead a cross-functional team, collaborate with the digital team—including other product owners, development, and QA—and work closely with external agencies to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality platform solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

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  ProgramRoadmap Execution: Work closely with stakeholders to define,prioritise, and deliver on the program roadmap, ensuring alignment withbusiness goals and user needs.
  

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  StakeholderManagement: Engage with key stakeholders to understandrequirements, manage expectations, and keep them accountable fordeliverables.
  

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  UserAcceptance Testing (UAT): Lead the UAT process to ensure allplatform updates and new initiatives meet the highest standards of qualityand user experience.
  

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  Collaborationwith Agencies and Internal Teams: Coordinate with externalagencies and internal development teams to meet project deadlines,ensuring seamless integration of solutions.
  

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  BusinessRequirements Workshops: Facilitate BRWs with yourcross-functional team to define and refine requirements for newinitiatives, ensuring all business needs are captured and addressed.
  

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  ContinuousImprovement: Identify opportunities for process and platformimprovements, driving innovation and efficiency within the platformprogram.
  

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  LeadCross-Functional Team: Oversee a dedicated cross-functional team,fostering collaboration across departments to deliver platform solutionsthat enhance user experience and drive community engagement.
  

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  Userstory creation: Write clear and concise user stories, includingacceptance criteria (For internal development projects only).
  

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  Sprintreview and retrospective: Participate in sprint reviews todemonstrate completed work and in retrospectives to improve processes.
  

DESIRED SKILLS AND QUALITIES

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• Experiencein a similar role in ecommerce and will haveworked on large-scale digital builds and user-driven creative solutionsfor an ecommerce brand.
  

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• Strongunderstanding of platform development and the ability to translatebusiness needs into technical requirements.
  

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• Desireto produce the best experiences in the industry hands-down 
  

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• Proventrack record of managing complex tasks or technical projects
  

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• Experiencewith Adobe commerce 
  
• Experience in UAT
  

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• Proficiencyin project management tools (i.e. Kanban boards, Jira, etc)
  

Vivobarefoot believes that diversity is the essence of its ecosystem. We encourage  diversity of thought and believe that it enables creativity and innovation to flourish. Our mission is to create a fair and equitable workplace where people thrive and are empowered to become their true selves at work. We believe that feedback and fostering collaboration will allow employees to blaze new trails and enjoy every aspect of the Vivobarefoot community.

Every opportunity for recruiting a new member of the Vivobarefoot family should be an opportunity for us to introduce fresh perspectives, talent and skills into our community. Therefore, our commitment is to recruit  regardless of race, colour, nationality, religion, sexual orientation,  mental health illness, disability, marital or parental status, national or social origin, gender identity,  age or any other characteristics protected by law. We look forward to walking this barefoot journey with you!