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Universal Music GroupDepartment DescriptionWith a global footprint, the Universal Music Group Royalty and Copyright Product Team designs, develops, delivers and maintains a number of technical solutions to calculate royalty accountings in a timely and accurate manner to our valued artists. We’re also providing them with an extent and detailed visibility of these earning from various sources of digital incomes. The team continuously collaborates with our international business teams to deliver innovative solutions as well as supporting best practices and new processes for a better royalty flow.The RoleThe Product Owner is a liaison between our business and development teams, driving software products to success by recognising strategic need and tactical goals. Managing the expectations of our stakeholders across multiple business teams is essential with a solution-oriented focus. The Product Owner will convert those expectations and domain knowledge into clear solution for both business and development teams in a big data team, playing an essential role for collaborative and successful products and becoming the subject matter expert for some of the Royalty and Copyright applications.Key ResponsibilitiesBe Technical: Form up the solution and ensure that it is delivered to the development team in an appropriate form of user stories, process flows and wireframes to enable the development to proceed with minimal analysis supportOrchestrate the development by creation of tickets, estimation, sprint management and scrum masterDefine User Acceptance test plansPlay the role of Product Owner in an Agile MethodologyCreating Business models incorporating process and data modellingBe Knowledgeable: Develop a sound knowledge of the business domainAcquire subject matter expertise and provide thought leadership in our products and processes, to drive excellence in our servicesDocument and agree requirements with end usersBe Commercial: Be a passionate advocate of the product visionManage prioritisation of the product backlog to be continually aligned to business valueBe Collaborative: Build positive relationships with business stakeholders and development teamsFacilitate regular meetings with stakeholders to gather requirements, update them on progress and address concernsCommunicate project status to stakeholders and team members throughout the course of a projectAssist our programme managers in overall project management and deliveryContribute to effective presentations and workshopsSkills And Experience RequiredMust haveProven track record working as a Business AnalystDemonstrable evidence of analysing and documenting complex business processes / process mapping and managing with stakeholdersAbility to form up the problem solution, use of wire-framing and other techniquesAbility to work with the development team and ensure on-time delivery (local and offshore)A proven track record in Software DevelopmentEnd to end experience of the product and software lifecyclesProven experience interacting directly with end usersResults orientated with exceptional communication and interpersonal skillsStrong understanding of Agile project methodologyAbility to break solution down into sprints working in an Agile project methodologyExperienced in defining Epics and User StoriesStrong understanding of key technologies and limitationsAble to command respect with Senior Business ManagersAbility to drive coherent product developmentBusiness focussedSelf-starter, strong initiative and leadershipNice to haveProject management experienceMusic industry business knowledge is highly desirableKey Behavioural/Personality TraitsYou will have a strong track record across the full lifecycle of projects, proving the ability to communicate with business stakeholders, understand business pain points, translate requirements into solutions, and transfer knowledge to an Agile project team for multiple IT products.Just So You Know…The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder''''s specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.Seniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionProduct Management and MarketingIndustriesEntertainment ProvidersWe’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.

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