Agile Product Owner / Junior Agile Product Owner - Jobs in Alida

Job Description

We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today.Working Arrangement Hybrid Job Description The Opportunity The customer is the focus of everything we do, and millions of end users rely on our products daily. We believe in the value of empowering Agile Product Owner / Junior Agile Product Owner with the resources to solve critical problems for the future of our business, which is why we need you.Objectives of this role:

• Lead team scrums to define product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities, and communicate with stakeholders throughout the project
• Collaborate with internal and external contacts to analyze needs and align product roadmap to strategic goals
• Work closely with product managers and business teams to create and maintain product backlog according to business value or ROI

Responsibility:

• Envision target state and roadmap considering customer needs and experience
• Plan and prioritize product development and product feature backlog
• Develop detailed product feature specifications and ensure they are clearly understood by relevant teams
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work aligns with product strategy
• Mitigate roadblocks to achieving sprint/release goals
• Lead the product-release plans and set expectations for delivery of new functionalities
• Continuously review the business needs, refine priorities, outline milestones and deliverables, and identify opportunities/risks
• Serve as product ambassador internally and externally, sharing knowledge and answering questions

Required skills and qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in product development
• In-depth knowledge of agile methodology and direct experience in scrum delivery
• Understanding of business values related to features and functions with customer centric focus
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively manage conflicting needs of stakeholders

Preferred skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor #39;s degree (or equivalent) in related discipline
• Product Owner Certification (SAFe POPM, SAFe SA, etc.)
• Proficiency with applicable project management tools and technology
• Native or business level for both Japanese and English
• 4+ years consulting firm experiences in insurance industry (life preferred)
• 4+ years insurance industry (life preferred) experience for leading projects

Internal Guidelines about Work from Home: Hybrid Model, following Manulife’s Working Better guidelines.Over time: 0-40 hours/month.Salary: Based on our Work Rules, we will consider your experience, skills and knowledge when we decide the salary.Commutation allowance and Variable Incentive Bonus are paid based on our Work Rules.Working Hours: Standard Working Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm (Include 1 hour break. Flex-time system available)Benefits: Social Insurance (Health Insurance, Employees #39; Pension, Unemployment Insurance, Worker #39;s Accident Insurance), Benefit One, Training system (include Japanese lesson / English lesson), Childcare Leave/Family care Leave, Baby-sitter support program, wiwiw System (Support program for those who take Childcare Leave), Retirement Pension (only for Regular employee).Holidays/Vacations: Saturdays and SundaysNational HolidaysYear-end and new year holidays (December 30, December 31, January 2 and January 3)Annual Paid HolidayFor Regular employee, other special holidays are available (e.g. Anniversary Leave, etc.)Location: Hatsudai Head Office, Tokyo Opera City, 3-20-2 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo JapanWhat motivates you

• You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit
• You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile mindset and enable business outcomes
• You thrive in teams, and enjoy getting things done together
• You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters
• You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up
• You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone

Our commitment to you

• Our mission; to be a part of making Decisions Easier and Lives Better
• A leadership team dedicated to your growth and success
• A bold ambition and set of goals to be a leader in driving transformation in our industry
• Our best. Every day.

Learn more about opportunities with us at jobs.manulife.comAbout Manulife and John HancockManulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.Manulife is an Equal Opportunity EmployerAt Manulife /John Hancock , we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention,advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour , ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process . All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies .To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact recruitment@manulife.com . #J-18808-Ljbffr