Assistant Product Owner, D&a - Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Unilever

Unilever

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

2 weeks ago

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Deepika Kaur

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Description

Title:
ASSISTANT PRODUCT OWNER**
Reports to:P4G Product Owner

Business Area (OU Group): Data & Analytics

Function / Sub-Function:
UniOps / Business Operations

Standard Job Name:
Assistant Product Owner**
Work Level:WL1D

Scope:
Global

Location:
India**
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BUSINESS BACKGROUND

UniOps' purpose unleashes the power of people, experiences, technology, data, and performance to deliver experiences that grow, fuel, and protect Unilever and our stakeholders.

The Data and Analytics (D&A) team plays a critical role in driving Unilever's Growth and Fuel for Growth, empowering our people to make smarter and faster resolutions to unlock value.

Our vision is to transform Unilever to become truly Data Intelligent, delivering greater performance through data-driven resolution.

About D&A - Context and Vision
Digital technology is transforming business, creating huge amounts of data.

Our belief is that those companies that can truly harness data and deploy analytics at scale, will be those that succeed in the future.

Our vision is to elevate data and data use across Unilever, to transform Unilever into a Data-Intelligent enterprise, where every resolution and action is powered by the best data and advanced analytics (AI) to deliver on our business goals.

It's about empowering our employees, helping them to make smarter and faster resolutions and freeing up their capacity to focus on growth and the resolutions that matter.

Resolutions about our categories, brands, channels, key markets, and our people.

We are helping to guide Unilever into the Future of Work, combining the best of human intelligence and machine through data-intelligent resolution-making.

Who we are and what we do
We are a passionate team of over 350 data experts, data scientists, information experts, technical specialists, and business analysts.

We operate as 'One D&A', made up of Global engagement and expertise teams, based in our key hubs including India, the UK, and US, and local UniOps in Market D&A teams, based in our key markets.

Together, we combine the best of global for scale and efficiency, and local for intimacy and impact.

'We are in the midst of a paradigm shift where the intelligence of machines will complement human ingenuity to do good, do better and smarter" - Sanjiv Mehta, Unilever President, South Asia

Our key focus
as D&A are to:

Set the Unilever data strategy and lay the foundations to maximise the value of our data_._
Deliver the connected Data Platform to accelerate access to integrated and trusted data at scale across the company for analytics and _re_s_olutions_._
Embed core data and analytics capabilities, _resulting_ _to _aut_o_mation, AI, and Big Data to boost Unilever's _resolution intelligence_._
Guide_ the Data and Analytics Culture to build a futurefit workforce _those values_ and adopts dataintelligent _resolut_ionmaking across all levels._

We are also passionate about powering our growth with purpose, building a diverse and inclusive team and culture, for example through our #WomenInData program, and continuing to innovate in the use of data and AI to meet our sustainability goals.

ROLE PROFILE

If you are excited about data and insights and passionate about consumer product offerings with an innovative mindset for improvement, then we think this role is for you.

You need to be a skilled market analyst who has a proven understanding of the full lifecycle of a product, from conception to release.

We're looking for a confident assistant who can collaborate with cross-functional teams in the creation of products that improve customer experience and grow market share.

You will support the Product Owner with the detailed specification and documentation as well as the planning of the product releases and the testing.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Works with the Product Owner/Manager/Market stakeholders to define and document business and technical requirements (into required templates such as the BRD and into JIRA)
Translates requirements into fully defined user stories, Help manage the product backlog and prioritise based on market priority and roadmap, ensures prompt upload to JIRA (or wherever these will be tracker) and ensures ongoing management as the project progresses
Guide feasibility validation of new features and validation of new features with markets using artifacts like wireframes etc
Works closely with third party development partner to ensure they are briefed on requirements and change requests as needed
Owns management of the following artefacts: JIRA board for Helix product, Backlog of requirements & UAT tracker
Guide technical and functional testing for Product releases
Guide technical and functional clarifications during User Acceptance Testing (UAT) sessions, market onboarding and product support
Maintain, update and manage product technical and functional documentation (Release notes, User guides e