PRODUCT OWNER (BC) - DIGITAL COMMERCE & EXPERIENCE

For our Practice Define & Design, mainly based in our Amsterdam office, we are currently looking for a Product Owner - Digital Commerce & Experience that will help us transform our clients into digital leaders.

As our Product Owner you will be guiding our clients towards feasible solutions that help them to achieve their business goals. You will proactively spot opportunities and convince the client of their value during all product phases. You will support the client in managing a prioritized backlog and create detailed functional specifications that are ready to be developed. Moreover, since a digital product is always on the move, it's your job inspire and guide our clients to their next step of their digital journey.

During the design and development cycles you are together with the Project Manager the linking pin in a team of UX consultants, UI designers, Frontend / Backend developers and QA consultants. You will make sure that specifications and design choices are well understood by the client and the internal team before and during development. But you are also happy to answer any functional and technical questions that might come up during the development cycle. 
 

• You will provide general expertise in web technologies and are familiar with e-Commerce- and Engagement-solutions as well as supporting marketing tools.
• You will be in close contact with the client's Product Owner and other stakeholders and you don't mind working on their location when this is desired.
• You will be advising the Product Owner on Product Roadmap and Product Backlog priorities from a business level perspective.
• When you identify gaps in our client's application landscape, processes or organisation structure, that keep them from reaching their business goals, you are not afraid to bring this up and discuss this with the client.
• You will advise our clients on appropriate improvement options and help them to prioritise these based on their costs, benefits, lead time, technical sustainability, etc. 
• The starting point of new features are the functionalities that come out of the box, so you are eager to learn the capabilities of the solutions in SQLI's portfolio.
• You will demonstrate these functionalities and advise the clients on how to best apply them in their situation.
• You will be able to initiate, prepare and moderate workshops independently.
• You will make detailed functional specifications of the requirements and make sure that they are clear and approved by the team and the client.
• You will attend scrum events such as the daily standup and may be asked to present the product demo's at the end of each sprint.
• You may be asked to give a training of the finished product to the end users.
• You are hands-on in guiding the customer to ensure the real world succes of their solutions.
• Working for an agency, you are aware of the time assigned to you and will proactively notify the customer and the project manager if this is at risk.
• You continue to bring fresh ideas and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are one of the “SQLI innovation drivers”!  

• Have a passion for digital innovation and the urge to help the customer in making them successful. 
• Have strong social skills and can communicate on all levels in an organisation and can sell his/her ideas and concepts in an authentic and convincing way.
• Have strong presentation skills.
• Are curious by heart and want to truly understand our client's business. 
• Are open minded, collaborative, positive and curious, but also has an analytical mindset and is not afraid to be critical in a constructive way. 
• Are able to estimate the impact of new initiatives on Business, IT and Organisation.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Are flexible and self steering but also a team player.
• Are eager to learn and keep learning new solutions and new skills.
• Have a good understanding of current e-commerce trends and innovations.
• Have experience in the conception, implementation and operation of end-to-end digital solutions.
• Have expertise in one or more of the following solutions: SAP Commerce Cloud, Commerce Tools, Bloomreach, Qualtrics, or other Engagement and eCommerce solutions.
• > 5 years working experience as e-commerce consultant in an IT- or digital environment, including client-facing consulting experience
• Have experience in B2B Wholesale and/or B2B Brand Manufacturing domains

Become a member of „SQLI team“ and be part of our great adventure in a company of human scale, but with great ambitions. We are over 2200 talents in more than 13 countries and 3 continents. Of course, it is not only ‘work hard’! We reward our development team with so much more than just a salary package. You'll work in a human-sized company with great colleagues and involved managers. We want to get to know you and help you develop and grow - whatever it is you're great at. So, you will always have learning opportunities (formal and informal) to improve your role-specific skills and expertise. We offer a competitive salary package supplemented with a number of benefits. Plus, our flexible working arrangements support people at different stages in their lives.

If you want to build something you are proud of and you believe in the vision, we want you in „SQLI family “!

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