Digital Transformation Lead

We are seeking a seasoned Product Owner to lead the modernization of enterprise applications. The ideal candidate must have successfully executed application modernization projects with hands-on experience in system analysis, redesigning complex business rules, and defining content structures of current applications.

As a Product Owner, you will act as a trusted advisor to clients, leading the vision, strategy, roadmap, and prioritization for digital products. You will collaborate with clients undertaking major Digital Business Transformation (DBT) initiatives to understand their business and customer needs and deliver value through fast increment cycles.

• Application Modernization & System/Business Analysis: Analyze existing applications workflows, architecture, and business rules to define modernization strategies.
• Document and Preserve Critical Business Rules: Document and ensure the preservation of critical business rules during modernization.
• Define Content Structure and Functionalities: Define content structure and functionalities in the modernized system.
• Ensure Seamless Transition: Work closely with architects, developers, and business teams to ensure a smooth transition.

• Translate Complex Business Processes: Translate complex business processes into stories and align them with modernization goals.
• Work with Developers & Stakeholders: Work with developers, architects, and stakeholders to document system requirements.
• Shape Product Propositions: Shape product propositions that drive business outcomes.
• Represent Business Needs: Represent business needs in ideation workshops with cross-functional leaders.
• Develop Solution Hypotheses: Develop solution hypotheses iteratively based on user research, industry, and market trends.
• Create Roadmaps with Prioritized Features: Translate product vision into a roadmap with well-defined, prioritized features.
• Validate Business Cases: Validate and present business cases to senior executives and lead reviews to prioritize key features.
• Act as Voice of Customer: Act as the voice of the customer among cross-functional teams to ensure user-centric solutions.
• Establish Goals and Metrics: Establish objective goals, success metrics, and KPIs to measure business impact.
• Prioritize System Enablers: Collaborate with system architects to prioritize system enablers.

• Risk Mitigation: Identify and mitigate risks associated with application modernization.
• Compliance Management: Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, and functional requirements.
• Apply Lean Agile Practices: Masterfully apply Lean Agile practices and frameworks.
• Align Program Increment Objectives: Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment with program increment (PI) objectives.
• Drive Continuous Delivery: Drive continuous delivery principles to maximize the flow of value across teams.

Key Qualifications

• Technical Skills: Strong experience with enterprise application modernization and system analysis.
• Agile Methodologies: Experience with Agile methodologies, Jira, Confluence, and technical documentation.
• Legacy Systems Understanding: Understanding of legacy systems, monolithic architectures, and migration strategies.
• Data Analysis and Review: Experience of data analysis, API reviews, and database structure analysis to support the migration strategy.
• Modern Technologies: Work with modern technologies such as Microservices, Cloud-based applications, APIs, and event-driven architecture.
• System Integrations: Define and document system integrations, workflows, and dependencies between old and new systems.

• Soft Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent Communication: Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Documentation Skills: Ability to document complex workflows and translate them into technical requirements.