Product Owner – Build by McKinsey

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

You'll join our Taipei office and be part of the consultant community of McKinsey Digital in Asia.This group brings together the best of McKinsey’s digital capabilities to help our clients use digital technology to transform their businesses. As part of this group, you’ll join a global team working on everything from IT modernization and strategy to agile, cloud, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. You’ll typically work on projects across all industries and functions and will be fully integrated with the rest of our global firm. You’ll also work with colleagues from across McKinsey & Company to help our clients deliver breakthrough products, experiences, and businesses, both on technology and non-technology topics.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

You will lead the execution of digital product development and digital transformation projects for leading industry players in China. In this role, you will be a core member of a consulting team with responsibilities that range from shaping strategic product designs to managing and transforming agile teams. We engage on some of the most challenging business problems facing our clients. These projects can range from rapid process re-inventions at leading financial institutions, big data analytics at large scale retail organizations, to consumer facing app development for traditional industries. In each situation, our product owners are typically at the center of the problem solving, advising our most senior clients on how to successful execute on their strategic vision with digital means. You will be at the intersection of business strategy, client and implementation vendors and you'll be responsible for translating abstract visions into reality while managing client’s expectation as well as vendor’s work efficiency. You will also be proficient in all aspects of the agile deliverables required for a technology team to build beautiful products. This includes hands on development of storyboards, wireframes, product backlog, user stories and acceptance criteria.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business or equivalent degree
• 5+ years of experience leading agile projects as a product owner and/or scrum master
• Experience as both a team member and coach in the agile product owner and/or scrum master roles
• Experience with building consumer quality products, enabling business capability and objectives through technology
• Knowledge and understanding of technical engineering best practices (e.g., test driven development, continuous integration, etc.)
• Proficient with drawing storyboards, creating wireframes, creating / ‘grooming’ product backlogs, writing user stories and developing acceptance criteria
• Experience with running and teaching agile in a workshop or classroom setting (preferred)
• Ability to prioritize and align with business and IT stakeholders to ensure highest value capture
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior client business and IT executives on transforming towards agile
• Strong command of English and Mandarin Chinese (both verbal and written)