Enterprise Product Owner
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Product Owner is responsible for maximising the value of specific ICT products by creating and managing the product user stories & backlog. They will look at areas for product development and be responsible for the creation of backlog items prioritising them based on the overall strategy and business objectives. The Product Owner will map out product dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of change in line with the release dates of products. Working closely with the wider team, they will create and maintain a product backlog according to business needs; they will lead the planning of the product release plans and set the expectation for delivery of new functionalities. They provide an active role in mitigating any risks or issues impacting successful completion of product releases. They are a coach and mentor for the Product range.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Sound knowledge and some demonstrated experience working with these products:
- End User Compute (Windows Desktop OS).
- MS Teams.
- MS Office365.
- MS Exchange On-line and Exchange On-line archive including E-Discovery toolsets.
- Mobile devices (Tablets, Smartphones).
- Teleconferencing and Audio-Visual services.
- E-Discovery tools.
- A strategic outlook with the capability to analyse large, complex issues and readily grasp and assimilate the ideas, analysis and advice produced by others.
- Fosters an open, collaborative environment that encourages quality, innovation, ongoing learning, and knowledge sharing.
- Proactively identifies key relationships and possesses an ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships.
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills at all levels.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to present complex issues in a way that engages the audience.
- Responsibility for developing and managing high quality, multiple stakeholder relationships.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Product Delivery
Delivery of high-quality operational product owner services. The Product Owner will be required to deliver results in the following areas:
- Leads the development of the product user stories and backlog ensuring delivery of the Product Roadmap.
- Contributes to budget bids for new funding for products.
- Applies advanced judgement in managing risks and issues associated with new and existing products.
- Leads the delivery of releases in relation to new and existing products with the help of Enterprise Platform Managers in your team and the other Product Owners.
- Establishes and maintains effective relationships with other the product owners, to ensure thorough delivery of products.
- Assists other teams across ICT to deliver products that may be required.
- Supports the ICT branch.
Work Management
Plans and manages work, leads project teams, develops and maintains relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Uses project planning techniques to effectively carry out work, within the resources available and provides timely reports on progress.
- Works will little guidance - identifies the overall objectives and seeks guidance where required and uses initiative to resolve conflicts, manage risks and coordinate work with others.
- Leads multiple pieces of work concurrently and actively and independently plans and manages workload.
- Contributes to meetings, including where matters are complex, sensitive, require negotiation, or solutions.
- Effectively and consistently identifies and manages risk.
Coaching and Mentoring
Coaches and mentors, supports team capability development.
- Provides coaching and mentoring that engages and motivates others to succeed, develop, and proactively share knowledge and ideas.
- Provides intellectual support by bringing new ideas and knowledge to discussions and aides in strategic conversations.
- Contributes to the performance of the team through providing peer review and quality control.
- Aligns team’s work programmes with ICT strategic direction.
Capability Development
Seeks development opportunities.
- Takes responsibility for own professional development of core, transferable skills and seeks opportunities to learn.
- Guides the team and understands and utilises the capability of team members to deliver high quality project outputs.
Relationship Management
Effectively influences through engagement and communication with senior stakeholders in MBIE, businesses, and relevant groups.
- Maintains relationships across a variety of functions and locations. Draws upon multiple relationships to exchange ideas, resources, and know how.
- Actively seeks to build and maintain a network of contacts.
- Partnering with the Product Manager in influencing and managing the authorising environment for teams to work within, including building and maintaining enduring strategic relationships with senior stakeholders
Health, Safety and wellbeing
- Manages own personal health and safety, and takes appropriate action to deal with workplace hazards, accidents, incidents and near misses.
- Manages own personal health and safety, and takes appropriate action to deal with workplace hazards, accidents, and incidents.
- Ensure your own and others’ safety at all times.
- Complies with relevant safety legislation, policies, procedures, safe systems of work and event reporting.
- Reports all incidents and accidents, including near misses appropriately.
Tō tūranga i roto i te Manatū – Your place in the Ministry
The Enterprise Product Owner position reports into the Manager Enterprise Products within the Digital Operations Branch. The branch sits within the Corporate Services, Digital and Data group.
To mātou aronga – What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand
Hīkina Whakatutuki is the te reo Māori name for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Hīkina means to uplift. Whakatutuki means to move forward, to make successful. Our name speaks to our purpose, Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.
To Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi. Based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, we are committed to upholding authentic partnerships with Māori.
As agile public service leaders, we use our breadth and experience to navigate the ever-changing world. We are service providers, policy makers, investors and regulators. We engage with diverse communities, businesses and regions. Our work touches on the daily lives of New Zealanders. We grow opportunities (Puāwai), guard and protect (Kaihāpai) and innovate and navigate towards a better future (Auaha).
Ngā matatau – Our competencies
Cultivates innovation We create new and better ways for the organisation to be successful by challenging the status quo generating new and creative ideas and translating them into workable solutions.
Nimble learning We are curious and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems by learning as we go when facing new situations and challenges.
Customer focus We build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions by listening and gaining insights into the needs of the communities we serve and actively seeking and responding to feedback.
Decision quality We make quality and timely decisions that shape the future for our communities and keep the organisation moving forward by relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.
Action oriented We step up, taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline by taking responsibility, ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.
Collaborates We connect, working together to build partnerships with our communities, working collaboratively to meet shared objectives by gaining trust and support of others; actively seeking the views, experiences, and opinions of others and by working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
As an agency of the public service, MBIE has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti). Meeting our commitment to Te Tiriti will contribute towards us realising the overall aims of Te Ara Amiorangi – Our Path, Our Direction, and achieve the outcome of Growing New Zealand for All. The principles of Te Tiriti - including partnership, good faith, and active protection – are at the core of our work. MBIE is committed to delivering on our obligations as a Treaty partner with authenticity and integrity and to enable Māori interests. We are committed to ensuring that MBIE is well placed to meet our obligations under the Public Service Act 2020 (Te Ao Tūmatanui) to support the Crown in strengthening the Māori/Crown Relationship under the Treaty and to build MBIE’s capability, capacity and cultural intelligence to deliver this.
Mahi i roto i te Ratonga Tūmatanui – Working in the public service
Ka mahitahi mātou o te ratonga tūmatanui kia hei painga mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i āianei, ā, hei ngā rā ki tua hoki. He kawenga tino whaitake tā mātou hei tautoko i te Karauna i runga i āna hononga ki a ngāi Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tautoko mātou i te kāwanatanga manapori. Ka whakakotahingia mātou e te wairua whakarato ki ō mātou hapori, ā, e arahina ana mātou e ngā mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.
In the public service we work collectively to make a meaningful difference for New Zealanders now and in the future. We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. We support democratic government. We are unified by a spirit of service to our communities and guided by the core principles and values of the public service in our work.
What does it mean to work in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Service?(external link) — Te Kawa Mataaho The Public Service Commission
