Position: Senior Product Owner
Company: NewAge
Experience required: 3y
Category: Product Manager
English level: intermediate
Published: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

Create a News Social Media Platform for independent media and news creators to facilitate media pluralism, effectively counter propaganda and encourage an increase in the number of independent journalists.

**Newage.io** is a product-led company connecting people and technology to make our teams and clients succeed. The product teams inside Newage develop platforms for fintech, iGaming, insurtech, and other businesses.

Our mission is to empower our people and clients to pursue the mastery of product development. We unite 240+ talented engineering professionals in Ukraine, Georgia, Poland, and beyond in our teams. And we invite you to join this extraordinary team!

**About the project:**
Create a News Social Media Platform for independent media and news creators to facilitate media pluralism, effectively counter propaganda and encourage an increase in the number of independent journalists. 

**Tech stack:**
Backend: PHP Symfony;
Frontend: Next.js Framework (React);
Mobile App: React-Native;
Infrastructure: Docker, AWS( ECS, Fargate, s3, ALB, ES, EC, SSM ) CI/CD GitLab, CloudFlare as WAF, and CDN.

**Responsibilities:**
-Keep the product in line with business goals;
-Create a product roadmap if required;
-Communicate with stakeholders to understand business objectives;
-Develop personas either alone or in conjunction with a team including user experience experts; 
-Create customer journey maps if needed;
-Make market research for a better understanding of customers’ needs and how competitors operate in order to design a better product;
-Consider the needs and objectives of stakeholders and learn about what problems they are aiming to solve with the product; 
-Own and define the product backlog according to customer requirements; 
-Create a list of backlog items, Epics and User Stories;
-Prioritize items based on overall strategy, urgency and criticality of the requirements;
-Map out dependencies; 
-Actively involved in the product development process;
-Contribute to the planning, execution, and review of each sprint; 
-Continuously monitor and communicate customer objectives and vision changes to the development team; 
-Advocate on behalf of the customer for the development team; 
-Works with a cross-functional team and the PM to plan a product release; 
-Work closely with engineering and quality assurance to ensure the right customer problem is solved, prioritize defect or bug resolution; 
-Be a part of the product development review and suggest any changes or improvements on behalf of the customer; 
-Evaluate the work done by the development team and provide constant feedback; 
-Determine whether the final product is acceptable; 
-Communicate and align with other POs and teams when needed.

**Requirements:**
-Maximize Value - The product must be released in a short period. Hence, it is important to prioritize requirements and what is of utmost importance to be delivered. Must ensure maximum product value in line with customer expectations and product vision.
-Effective Interpretation of Customer Requirements - Must interpret customer requirements and define them with product functionality.  
-Leadership and Communication Skills - Must have excellent communication and leadership skills. As one of the significant responsibilities of the role is interacting with many stakeholders, it is imperative to be able to convince team members on achieving the required goal.  
-Excellent detailed writing, including some user interface documentation skills. 
-Excellent teamwork skills especially with people less skilled in communication. 
-The ability to influence and work collaboratively with development teams 
-Upper intermediate English Level.

**We take care of your:**
**Health**
-Health insurance coverage 
-10 days of paid sick leave 

**Wellbeing**
-Paid lunches in the office 
-Competitive salary and encouragement for your efforts and contribution
-Financial support in critical situations 

**Professional development** 
-Transparent career path and growth opportunities 
-Internal and external learning activities 
-Opportunity to visit paid conferences and events etc