Product Owner

EX LIBRIS– Who are we?

Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate, is a global EdTech (Education Technology) industry, leader. We serve some of the most prestigious academic institutions and research Universities around the world, with a total of over 7,500 customers in 90 countries.

Our SaaS solutions help universities transform academic libraries, maximize the impact of research activities, enhance teaching and learning, and drive student engagement and success. For more information about Ex Libris, see our website, and join us on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

We are looking for a Product Owner to join our team and work with a cloud-based (SaaS) next-generation, library automation software (Alma).

What will you be doing in this role?

• Contribute to the products, share your vision, and participate in creating the product strategy.
• Work closely with Product Management, designers, and development to groom and prioritize backlog according to product strategy, roadmap, and themes.
• Serve as subject matter expert and be the “go-to” person in your area of the product.
• Gather detailed requirements, ideas, and needs from customers.
• Collaborate with the UX/UI team to define the user interface requirements and workflows including Mockups, and UX specifications.
• Write requirements for functional and non-functional needs.
• Support development team during feature building
• Manage early access to new features by selected customers.
• Track feature adoption rate, and KPIs solicit feedback from customers as needed, and investigate ways to increase feature usage.
• Support documentation – Release Notes, OLH review, how-to, guide me, training videos.
• Demo the new features to the Professional Services, support, and pre-sales teams.
• Act as the focal point for support and Professional Services
• Stay up to date on related industry trends and practices and constantly exchange ideas.
  
  

About You – Experience, Education, Skills, And Accomplishments

• Hands-on product owner, keen on details, and enthusiastic about data
• At least 5 years of experience in a software organization, involving development or product definition roles.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodology and best practices
• Experience in writing requirements/user stories and designing solutions.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently, with attention to detail.
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills, and creative thinking.
• Proven ability to deliver results and collaborate with multiple teams.
• Excellent writing, verbal, and presentation skills – in both English and Hebrew
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering or equivalent
  
  

It would be awesome if you also had . . .

• Background in library sciences or familiarity with the field
• Background in Data modeling
  
  

Hours of Work / More important information for you:

Our base is in the Jerusalem, Israel office, working in a hybrid model.

This is a full-time position.

Why Ex-Libris?

At Ex Libris, we value our employees and are striving to create the perfect balance between work and home life. Join us to be part of a family-like environment; enjoy our unique culture and benefits. Be part of a thriving, productive community helping change the future of higher education with the state-of-the-art technology from Ex Libris.

At Ex Libris, we work hard and have fun doing it!

At Clarivate, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, training and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. We comply with applicable laws and regulations governing non-discrimination in all locations.