Description
Job Summary:
This role will focus on developing a core feature set that our development teams can use to build the highest quality 3D virtual lab simulations at massive scale. It will work closely with our scientific writers, game designers, artists, developers and content product owners to plan feature sets that allow them to more effectively build scalable content and deliver a high quality experience to our users. Our content scaling ambitions are high and we need you to help set that vision in the team. A background in game development production at scale is a huge advantage. Your team will consist of a team of 7 UX engineers, Unity developers, QA, and you’ll partner with 2 other product teams who also support other elements of our production.
Key Responsibilities:
Act as a Senior Product Owner for Agile Development teams (on- and offshore), using Scrum or Kanban, such as writing user stories
Strong prioritization skills
Set the vision across Platform product teams - Core Unity is at the forefront of the development
Deliver and maintain a set of requirements to ensure the products are delivered in line requirements whilst meeting the needs of all stakeholders
Representing the voice of our growing content production team
Leading our understanding of value for your users
Maintain and plan a clear delivery roadmap for the products, deliver projects, manage dependencies, risks, issues
Defining metrics to measure the impact of your products and effectiveness of your team
Collaborating with multiple other technical product owners with similar goals
Consistent use of tracking and roadmap tools (Atlassian suite)
Qualifications:
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
5+ years in Agile product owner roles, ideally with game / platform development background
Product and Backlog management experience in an Agile organisation (Scrum, Kanban)
Experience within the EdTech or Game industry space is a must
A well-worn toolkit of requirements gathering, documenting. user testing and product validation techniques
UML, Use Case modeling, A/B testing etc.
Communication and Stakeholder management - excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience establishing value-based metrics
Demonstrated ability to triage feedback coming from teams with a variety of backgrounds (artists, developers, writers, scientists, translators, game designers)
Strong technical skills, good understanding of software development practices and technologies
Understanding of the principles of service driven architectures & content delivery networks, API development
Deep underlying knowledge of digital products across web and mobile
Labster Vision: Empower the Next Generation of Scientists to Change the World
For more information on our company vision to empower the next generation of scientists to change the world, please see video links below:
BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/te...
Techcrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2020/08...
TED Talk: see our founder's TED talk here