Solution Owner

About the role

We are seeking a Solution Owner to lead product delivery by connecting customer business needs with effective technical execution. In this role, you will collaborate closely with customers to gather requirements, shape development priorities, and build a clear roadmap that ensures on‑time delivery and successful outcomes. You will work alongside engineers, architects, and functional teams to guide solution development, track progress, and report on milestones. Additionally, you will provide technical guidance and mentorship, while partnering with stakeholders across the organization to understand their needs and ensure the final product meets the expected results.

Job Responsibilities

Discovery & Planning:

• Develop and execute product roadmap with clear vision and strategy.

• Conduct stakeholder interviews, workshops, requirements gathering and use case definition sessions.

• Identify project scope, success criteria, and metrics.

• Research market trends and business changes that impact strategy.

• Create release plans and set delivery expectations.

• Well versed with tools such as Miro / Lucid / Visio.

Requirements & Analysis:

• Elicit and document business needs and stakeholder requirements.

• Analyse requirements for completeness, consistency, and feasibility.

• Translate business requirements into technical specifications, in consultation with architects and engineers.

• Create epics and user stories for development team in platforms such as JIRA.

• Conduct peer reviews of requirements with stakeholders.

• Develop acceptance criteria for features.

Delivery & Execution:

• Prioritise and maintain sprint backlog.

• Guide team implementation of features and functionality.

• Track requirements status throughout project lifecycle.

• Manage requirement changes meticulously and obtain timely stakeholder approvals.

• Mitigate impediments to sprint goal completion.

• Ensure delivered features meet customer requirements.

Stakeholder Management:

• Partner with stakeholders to communicate product vision.

• Manage expectations across internal and external stakeholders.

• Balance competing demands from different stakeholders.

• Facilitate effective communication between business and technical teams.

• Integrate smoothly with client culture and team dynamics.

  
  

Required Skills

• Critical thinkers and problem solvers with the vision to bring people, process and technology together effectively, to deliver technology solutions. Outstanding presentation and leadership skills with ability to engage, influence and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.

• Excellent client-facing communication skills both written and oral, along with strong listening, interpersonal and relationship building skills. Ability to craft and deliver succinct messages backed by supporting evidence, calibrated to the needs of executive audiences.

• Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, and methodology development.

• Demonstrable skills across development methodologies (Agile, SCRUM, Kanban, Waterfall).

• Proficient in Confluence, Jira or other similar tools.

• Experience with Cloud service providers/ Microsoft O365 suite of tools.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills with attention details.

  
  

Skills And Knowledge Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in solution ownership, data analytics, and sustainability initiatives.

• Experience in working with Application Development or Data analytics projects.

• Experience in working with various cloud services and platforms, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.

• Experience in Agile methodologies.

• Experience in IT Project Management - Proficient in Confluence, Jira or other similar tools.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

  
  

Additional Desired Skills

• Strong thought leadership, team building, motivational and customer service skills.

• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure.

• Highly self-motivated and directed, a self-starter.

• Put business needs before technology. Ask great questions. Always think ahead.

• Turn data into useful information. Passion to deliver results and exceed expectations.

• Ability to learn quickly, adapt to change and have ownership of learning new tools as applicable to help in the requirements gathering, refinement and management process.

• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

• Works as a team player, willing to perform other tasks as needed to help the team, even if not part of their defined role and responsibilities.

• Passion, creativity, energy, and enthusiasm towards collaborating on the exciting growth and development of our customers and our company.

• Adaptability to our overall vision, goals and dynamic culture and environment.