Product Owner in Berlin bei amaris

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Mission Description

A Product Owner with a humanitarian background plays a crucial role in developing and managing products and solutions that address humanitarian needs and challenges. This role combines an understanding of humanitarian principles and needs with product management expertise. Here's a comprehensive job description for a Product Owner in this context:

Job Title: Humanitarian Product Owner

Job Overview: The Humanitarian Product Owner is responsible for guiding the development and management of technology products and solutions that address humanitarian challenges. They work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and stakeholders, to ensure that products meet the unique needs and requirements of humanitarian organizations and beneficiaries.

Profile Requirement

Key Responsibilities:
Product Vision and Strategy:
Develop a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with humanitarian principles and goals.
Define and prioritize features and functionality based on humanitarian needs and feedback from stakeholders.

Requirements Gathering:
Collaborate with humanitarian organizations, field workers, and beneficiaries to gather and document requirements.
Understand the specific challenges and constraints faced in humanitarian contexts.

Backlog Management:
Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring that it reflects the most valuable and urgent features.
Create user stories, acceptance criteria, and detailed specifications for development teams.

Stakeholder Engagement:
Act as a liaison between the product development team and humanitarian stakeholders.
Collect and incorporate feedback from users and humanitarian organizations to continuously improve the product.

User-Centered Design:
Work with designers to ensure that the product is intuitive, user-friendly, and accessible to beneficiaries and field workers.
Conduct usability testing and gather user feedback to inform design decisions.

Development Oversight:
Collaborate with development teams (e.g., scrum teams) to ensure that product features are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

Monitoring and Evaluation:
Establish metrics and KPIs to measure the impact and effectiveness of the product in humanitarian contexts.
Use data-driven insights to drive improvements and optimizations.

Compliance and Ethics:
Ensure that the product adheres to ethical and data protection standards, particularly in sensitive humanitarian situations.
Stay informed about relevant regulations and compliance requirements.

Budget and Resource Management:
Manage the budget and resources allocated to product development.
Make resource allocation decisions to maximize the impact of the product.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., International Development, Humanitarian Studies, Product Management).
Proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager, preferably in a humanitarian or nonprofit context.
Understanding of humanitarian principles, ethics, and the challenges faced in humanitarian operations.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Proficiency in agile product development methodologies.
Familiarity with technology and software development processes.

A Humanitarian Product Owner plays a vital role in ensuring that technology products and solutions effectively address the unique needs and challenges faced in humanitarian contexts. This role requires a deep commitment to humanitarian values, a keen understanding of the field, and the ability to bridge the gap between technology and humanitarian operations.

Who are we?
Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7500 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.

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