Product Owner / Open Source Community Manager

Fincons Group is an IT business consulting company that has been designing the digital future of leading companies on international markets for 40 years. Fincons Group built its reputation on foreseeing and interpreting new business models and the rapid evolution of IT systems by building a complete range of services: from research and consulting to design and development, from system integration of leading vendor software solutions right up to application management, supporting clients step by step along their digital transformation journey. Fincons is a multinational with over 2,600 people and several offices worldwide (in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium and the USA), but above all a Family Company where the founders play a strategic role with commitment and passion, grounding the company in the same principles of a united and caring family.

We firmly believe in the value of cooperation and in the contribution that every idea and intuition can bring. We believe that everyone’s effort can make a difference. Transforming knowledge into a strategic resource is our company mission, and we pursue it with the help of our most strategic asset: our people.

Fincons is looking for a Product Owner / Open Source Community Manager

TASKS

•Work within the agile process and take decisions regarding priority, business value, and functionality for all the work done by the agile development team.

•Typically supervise several business analysts.

•Ensure execution and coordination of tasks involving the open source community engagement;

•Coordinating feedback on communication and engagement tasks with colleagues and contractors working on other tasks.

•Contribute to the development of an open-source community. This implies frequent contacts with third parties, preparation of presentations.

•Contribute to the development, update, and promotion of guidelines enhancing the community's growth and collaboration efforts.

•Propose solutions by combining IT tools and business process refactoring or improvements based on an in-depth understanding of a specific business domain.

•Be involved in the decision-making process related to user stories scheduling into sprints.

•Review deliverable and demonstrable product version/software functionalities after every sprint.

•Organize live demonstration of the product at the end of the sprint.

•Evaluate and facilitate progress reporting.

•Assist with internal and external communication by improving of transparency and dissemination of information.

•Evaluate prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs.

•Interact with business analysts, customer, users, project leaders and the developers.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

•Master’s degree combined with relevant IT professional experience of at least 10 years.

•Multi-annual experience with large, enterprise-level multi-user Information Systems.

•Multi-annual experience in Agile as well as agile toolbox (i.e., JIRA, Confluence, Big Picture, Gliffy, Balsamiq, etc.).

•Excellent Knowledge of Application Management Lifecycle.

•Good Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, COBIT, Zachman, and actual experience developing and building models based on such framework.

•Excellent leadership, conciliation, and negotiation skills.

•The ability to work in a proactive and independent manner, with a focus on priorities, communication, and decision-making capacities.

CERTIFICATIONS

The following are highly valued for this opportunity:

•Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

•Project Management Professional (PMP)

•PMI

•PRINCE2 Foundation

•Certified in PM2

•ITIL v4 certification

Knowledge of English (C1) is required

Office: Brussels

modality of work: proximity

If interested, please apply!

Our personnel search is addressed to candidates of all genders.

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