Software Product Owner

Have you previous experience as a Software Product Owner or a Scrum Master?  Epsilon Telecommunications is a global connectivity company seeking a software professional to join our small development team of 4 people in Sofia as a Software Product Owner to be responsible for leading the agile feature development of the Epsilon software defined networking platform ‘Infiny’.

As product owner you will demonstrate a very clear understanding of the internal business workflows and network technology at play within the business. Working with key stakeholders across departments, as the Software Product Owner you will:

• Analyse the business requirements for the platform and takes part in high level solutioning


• Work with Digital Transformation Director to produce a prioritized backlog of development activities aligned to the roadmap


• Review technical backlog with development team as part of continuous agile sprint cycles


• Provide clarifications during sprint iterations on requirements and takes part in quality assurance activities


• Ensure release readiness

Accountabilities

1.      Backlog grooming and planning - Responsible for understanding business requirement and building the backlog (creation, prioritization and breakdown); Translates business requirements or product roadmap into manageable backlog and documents the epics/features/stories; Consults with Digital Transformation Director and multiple other stakeholders across departments; Backlog should cover all functional and non-functional aspects and include 'done' criteria. Leads and/or participates in producing estimations.

2.      Quality Assurance – together with software tester, ensure the overall quality of the release by ensuring that all acceptance criteria are met

3.      Release Planning – an active participant in release planning, the PO conveys the sprint goals at the beginning of every release to the development team, working with the Digital Transformation Director, the Product Owner prioritizes user story backlog and supports the sprint and release planning activities.

4.      Execution & Support – Supports the development team and provides ongoing early feedback during sprints (business clarifications, adjustments for risk, reprioritizations, changes in scope, approves 'done' stories); Reviews and approves all design gaps and/or solution enhancement suggestions relevant stakeholders. Takes an active part in all planning & retrospectives activities.

5.      Agility - Ensures new features are demonstrated to stakeholders and that there is a regular feedback loop to further refine the future roadmap and development backlog.

6.      Product Readiness - Supports product readiness activities such as testing, training, user guide documentation, etc.

Skills and Knowledge

• Business oriented. Ability to represent the end-user needs to the development team.


• Experienced in functionality/spec definition, architecture, and design.


• Ability to facilitate scope changes and prioritization.


• Experience in agile methodologies.


• Prior experience in being responsible for complex development projects.


• Good negotiation and communication skills.


• Ability to work under pressure, work with several parties in parallel, lead cross functional tasks

Additional Requirements

• Prior experience in a range of software roles


• Experience of agile software development as a product owner or scrum master 


• Experience with telecommunications industry beneficial

Why you should join us:

Our development philosophy is very much to empower the teams to own their process and we are looking for like-minded individuals who thrive in a fast pacing and exciting culture where every single person is key to the success of the business and your contribution is really felt. 

Extremely multinational environment (we are now part of the Korea Telecom group that offers financial stability whilst allowing us to continue as a separate entity) with the corresponding mind-set and attention to people. There is no gap between management and employees. As a small entity (55 people in Sofia and 200 people globally), communication is fast and productive. 

Our benefits include a competitive remuneration package; 20 days holiday, rising up to 23 days (1 year extra for every full year worked), An extra 1 day holiday to take in the month of your birthday. Sport Card; Health Insurance including dentistry; Fresh fruits in the office and we currently work from a hybrid of home based and using our Sofia contemporary offices (around 2 days a week) which offer a pleasant and safe working environment.

Epsilon Telecommunications Ltd are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

When you apply, please ensure that you send your CV written in English along with a cover note explaining why you think you will be good in this role.