Develop and maintain a product vision to ensure the continuous delivery of a product that meets customer expectations while complying with (IT/business) policies, quality standards, and efficiency requirements.

Tasks

• Analyze components within the landscape and identify opportunities (including innovation).

• Consolidate findings into possible product vision options and required adjustments.

• Verify which constraints and conditions impact these options.

• Create a synthesis of both business expectations and IT capabilities with their technical consequences.

• Translate the product vision into concrete roadmaps and PI planning for the short and medium term.

• Prioritize and manage the product backlog.

Stakeholder Management

• Engage stakeholders constructively in the development and management of the product to ensure that their expectations are consistently and optimally reflected in the product vision.

Tasks

• Identify stakeholders’ perspectives on the product and translate, manage, and integrate them.

• Map out relevant stakeholders and maintain regular communication and meetings.

• Actively collect feedback and input to systematically integrate them.

• Involve stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of a feature (e.g., from initiation to decommissioning).

Quality Assurance

• Monitor and guide the development of features and stories together with the product team and involved managers. Identify customer and service needs and translate them, with the product team, into correct functional and non-functional requirements. This ensures that the product remains up-to-date, stable, and of high quality in production or in use.

Tasks

• Balance change activities with operational activities.

• Prioritize the right features and stories.

• Take ownership of the product lifecycle.

• Follow up and validate the Definition of Ready and Definition of Done for features, including approving go-live.

Reporting and Monitoring

• Track and analyze product operations, usage, profitability, compliance, and user needs. Provide clear and regular reporting to enable short-term corrective actions and contribute to long-term product policy.

Tasks

• Report on product operations and usage.

• Actively participate in program-level and team-level meetings.

• Contribute to cross-departmental discussions.

• Provide statistical information about product end-users.

Risk Management

• You are aware of the daily risks inherent to the products, activities, processes, and systems you work with. You will identify and report risks encountered during the performance of your duties.

Tasks

• Stimulate risk awareness within the team.

• Handle sensitive data responsibly.

• Manage changing market conditions and market risks.

Tools

• Connectivity: LAN / WAN / WiFi / VPN / …

• Firewall / WAF / DDoS protection

• Load balancing

• Voice

• Azure networking

• DNS

• Certificate management

Ideal Profile

• Broad business (financial sector) and/or IT experience.

• 5 to 7 years of experience bridging business and IT.

• 2 to 3 years of experience coordinating, organizing, and leading a team in an agile environment.

• Ability to create value through technology.