Shiji Group provides software solutions and services for the hospitality, food service, retail and entertainment industries, ranging from hotel management solutions, to food and beverage and retail systems, payment gateways, data management, online distribution and more.

Founded in 1998 as a network solutions provider for hotels, and later changed to a software provider for the whole consumer market, Shiji Group today comprises 5,000 employees in 80+ subsidiaries and brands, serving over 91,000 hotels, 200,000 restaurants and 600,000 retail outlets.

Shiji is committed to connecting the global business of hospitality. We provide an integrated suite of technological solutions that empower hotel, retail, food, and entertainment companies to better connect with their guests.

Business understanding and solutioning 

• Understand the business perspective and be able to represent the goal for the development team.
• Analytical and creative thinking to assist Product Owner or Senior Product Owner in assessing alternate paths and to suggest alternate paths/solutions to reach the business goals.
• Participation in advancement of entire product department by voicing opinion, suggestions or reactions to processes, ideas, or functionality.
• Occasional participation customer meetings, to represent the Shiji product team and gain understanding of customer concerns and goals.
• Work effectively with business analyst to represent logic and functionality of the application
• Contribute to team by voicing opinion, suggestions or reactions to processes, ideas, or functionality.

Technical and Development management 

• Translate business requirements into technical stories for development execution
• Ownership of feature for delivery in its entirety
• Complete release notes for all stories where consumers need to be advised of function description.
• Maintain and plan backlog of stories for future sprint planning to ensure appropriate workload for development team
• Prepare sprint review session with every release to show-case work accomplished by the team in previous sprint. 
• Maintain high level of domain knowledge for given area to understand own work but also to provide support across the company regarding domain area information.
• Oversee and report to management feature delivery status including progress, dependencies and delivery dates
• Decomposing of feature to understand and breakdown the areas impacted
• Ensure all user stories are identified and written which covers all areas of the feature in the product. Ensure no gaps are left open with in feature
• Identify when development of feature within one microservice may impact or be impacted by functionality in another area of the Shiji enterprise platform. Work cross modularly with other product owners to shore up those gaps for a bullet proof solution.
• Work closely with dev lead to plan the execution of the feature, identify dependencies, and estimate an accurate delivery date for full feature.
• When needed, work closely with dev leads from other teams where work in that module is required.
• Regularly plan refinement/grooming sessions to ensure stories in backlogged are groomed and ready for developers to pick up.
• Groom stories early on to recognize when adjustments are needed, to keep the estimated delivery dates/timelines.

• 2+ years of relevant experience including implementation/ development experience and project management leadership experience
• Experience working with Property Management Systems (PMS)
• Current knowledge of the hospitality market, competition, and environment. Expertise in hotel management systems products, technology, and industry solutions
• Technical knowledge and deep understanding of hospitality software and solutions
• Degree in a Technical, Hospitality, or Business field
• Previous experience with agile/scrum methodologies a plus
• Outstanding communication skills. Expresses and articulates key elements of ideas or concepts (both written and verbal) in a logical, descriptive, and comprehensible manner. Anticipate reactions and responds appropriately
• Display of strong tenacity and drive to see things through to successful conclusion. Demonstrate a sense of urgency, a propensity for action, and confidence in the likely success of plans and initiatives. Deliver results that meet or exceed expectations

• Challenging and creative technology environment with a great deal of freedom and responsibility
• Feedback and initiatives are always welcome, you’ll also get full ownership to help shape the company's future
• Opportunity to grow inside the global organization and develop yourself both professionally and personally
• Flexible working hours and a modern workplace in one of our multinational offices
• Regular company Events & Entertainments as well as access to various location-based benefits and Employee Assistance Programs