HLE Nepal is a growing FinTech powered business with a dedicated team of developers working in the AWS space. As the technology driver in HLE we are moving towards serverless solutions. Our goal is to keep increasing the agility of the company in order to adapt with the pace in the industry. We have a team that is experienced in cutting edge technologies and we encourage continuous learning.

HLE Nepal’s head office is located in Australia and services the Australian mortgage broking industry. Our company's mission is to operate ethically for the benefit of society. That includes our customers as well as our employees.

We are looking for an experienced Product Owner to join our team. This new role will have a direct impact on the product we provide . You will be integral to co-creating a product ready for growth and will translate product strategy into actionable tasks for our cross-functional product squads. Knowing the layers of our tech stack, ranging from data engineering and data science to full stack and web development is important. Equally important to this role is a transparent leadership and communication style and a passion for curation of data.

Requirements

• Your main responsibility will be to help implement the product vision and translate this to the product roadmap, which you'll own. This means you'll start from the high level business requirements and prioritized features.
• Defining: Since our product is for Australian Mortgage Industry , you'll take ownership in all data field definitions and data structures and are responsible for the process of defining them by speaking to different stakeholders. You'll also help define how our customers interact with the data (via API, UI, …).
• Translating: You will be responsible for deciding on priorities and translating business requirements to the different engineering squads. In this you are able to set clear acceptance criteria.
• Validating and releasing: You are the end-owner of the releases, in which you are responsible for final validation: have the business rules been implemented & interpreted correctly by the teams?
• Explaining: You'll be the SPOC for the roadmap for a wide spectrum of audiences including the management, the commercial teams and even our customers.

Qualification

Must have -

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Information Systems OR related industry experience
• You have at least 3 years of relevant technical experience
• You're an excellent communicator who's able to communicate both with brilliant engineers and business focused stakeholders. You must have a good command of the English language, both written and spoken, since you'll work with people of different nationalities.
• Excellent Understanding of Agile process and principles 

Ideally, you will also have - 

• Certification of Product Owner, Scrum Master and Scrum Master (not mandatory)
• You have worked in, or show a big interest in the technology Start- up , allowing you to build up domain knowledge to understand our customers & their needs even better
• Have experience with our tech stack (Python, AWS)
• Have experience with Jira, SCRUM, bringing in expertise on how to structure our projects.
• Have worked in a startup or scale-up (with > 20 software engineers) before so you know what it's like to build products from the ground up in an environment with many uncertainties & growth challenges.
• Have experience working with stakeholders in an industry where data is not the main focus and can help showcase the value it brings.
• Knowledge of UML, activity diagrams, process flow diagrams, SWOT analysis, Business value and ROI

Benefits

• HLE believes it is powered by its people: You will be joining a team geared up for growth, giving you the unique opportunity to help shape our future as a company. Your day at work will matter. You will join a very special team; nimble, talented, international and highly motivated.
• We believe in flexibility at work and Importance of Work life balance. You will have a lot of autonomy in deciding what tasks are important and where you choose to work to keep you inspired. We trust you know your schedule.
• Transparency and Feedback is our superpower. It means our organization is flat and our culture is open and inclusive.
• We inject fun into work. Virtual or in-person random catch-ups and spontaneous after-work fun is as common as informative monthly company-wide meetings and organized team events.
• Developing yourself is an important cornerstone of our company. Together, we will find relevant training to help you stay ahead of your, and our, game.
• A competitive wage with benefits such as health insurance and medical Perks, Book Read Bonus, EAP , Referral Bonus and Many more