Product Owner - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Social Security Scotland

Social Security Scotland
Social Security Scotland
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Glasgow, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £52,355 - £65,276
Job grade:


  • Grade 7
  • C1
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • SSS
  • Chief Digital Office
    Type of role:
  • Other
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Location

  • Dundee, GlasgowAbout the job

Job summary:

Product Owner, Hybrid Working with Glasgow or Dundee Base Location, £ £ £5,000 DDaT Pay Supplement after 3 month qualifying period, Full or Part Time Hours, Flexi
- time, 25 Days annual leave (increasing to 30 after 4 years' service) plus 11.5 Public and Privilege, Contributory Pension Scheme (employee contributions 5.45% employer contributions %)


Join our Chief Digital Office division as a Product Owner and support the exciting and transformative work of Social Security Scotland.

Help us deliver an ambitious digital programme to transfer welfare powers to the Scottish Government and make Scotland a leader in the digital world.


As a Product Owner in our Engineering and Cloud team, you'll be responsible for developing and delivering cloud and hosting services, along with their supporting technologies and processes.

We offer a great opportunity to enhance your skills and advance your career in a relaxed work environment.


Job description:


  • As a Product Owner you'll play a key role in identifying and prioritising work to improve our systems, so attention to detail and excellent communication skills are a must.
  • Lead multiple crossfunctional teams/scrum masters, using agile methodologies, to organize, prioritise and assess work, managing the full product life cycle ensuring value delivered
  • Develop and own the vision for assigned product or products, ensuring that vision is aligned to the Agency's strategic objectives and core values and supported by key stakeholders
  • Use the vision to drive prioritisation of development opportunities which a multidisciplinary delivery team will use to iterate the current services to meet the needs of users
  • Establish, define and present a coherent representation of both internal and external user priorities within the delivery team and ensure this is used to drive all decision making
  • Interpret user research in order to make the correct product decisions ensuring they reflect user needs
  • Develop and own the product roadmap and ensure that it is effectively communicated to stakeholders and interested parties via appropriate comms channels and governance
  • Ensure that all work undertaken and solutions delivered meet the Digital First Service Standards
  • Understand the relationship between their specific products and the wider systems and processes that comprise the Social Security Scotland service offering, reflecting this within their area
  • Write options appraisals, provide input to business cases and provide information that enable the Agency to choose appropriate delivery options and/or procure technology and services
  • Communicate credibly with a wide range of stakeholders, within Scottish Government and Partner organisations

Person specification:


  • 1. Knowledge of agile methodology, with demonstrable experience in taking an iterative approach to delivery within in a fastpaced, evolving environment
  • 2. Experience in facilitating engagement with stakeholders and deliver services or change initiatives with the aim of providing better results for citizens
  • 3. Experience in capturing and translating user needs into deliverables, defining a minimum viable product
  • 4. Experience in driving forward implementation of solutions to problems for which you have identified, understood and documented their causes

Benefits:


  • Annual Leave
  • You will receive 25 days annual leave on joining us. This will increase to 30 days after four full years of service. You will also have 11.5 public and privilege days of leave every year. We also offer Flexitime. Any extra hours you've worked can be taken as leave when suitable.
  • Healthy work life balance We can offer the possibility of fulltime, parttime, termtime, and job shares. We also encourage flexible working.


  • Discounts

  • You can enjoy a vast range of retail, travel and lifestyle discounts through our benefit scheme.
  • Personal support for you
  • Our Employee Assistance Programme gives you confidential, independent information and guidance 24/
  • Volunteering special leave
  • Up to three days paid special leave a year for volunteering. We support our staff to help causes important to them.


  • Great locations

  • Our bright and modern offices in the heart of Dundee and Glasgow have been designed with staff in mind. Both locations are ideal for public transport.
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Sift & Interview dates are to be confirmed

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment


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