Product Owner - Reading, United Kingdom - Primark

Primark

Verified Company

Reading, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Product Owner Movement**:

Business Unit

Technology

Team

Movement

Job Title

Product Owner
Movement

Reports to

Senior Product Manager, Movement

Business Context:

- _ Really exciting time for Primark: _
- _Ambitious growth and transformation agenda_
- _ Expansion into new markets and store growth in existing markets_
- _ Deliver more memorable in-store experiences every day _
- _Further deliver on our Primark Cares sustainability strategy_
- _ Create operational excellence to support and empower our customer-facing teams _
- _Technology will be at the heart of this growth and transformation agenda_
- _ We want to use the latest technologies to do things smarter, better and faster to continue to offer Amazing Fashion at Amazing Prices_
- _ At the beginning of a significant Supply Chain programme augmenting, refreshing or replacing existing estate whilst moving to automation with integrated transportation, data and planning solutions. Expanding into digital world and looking to overall update technologies that are not in line with the strategic vision._

Job Purpose:

Primark Technology is about to embark on a transformation journey to support business strategy which includes modernising our operating model as well as technology architecture. _

Key Responsibilities:

- _ Working with Business stakeholders, set vision for your products using industry knowledge, functional expertise and your understanding of the Primark business context. Support the business owner in defining objectives that will influence the product vision_
- _ Leading the development team in delivering value to the user_
- _ Managing live products to ensure value is being delivered to end users. Ensuring BAU operations are achieved, and system availability is maintained_
- _ Accountable for the release plan and strategy & cross portfolio alignment on relative priorities for the suite of products which may be identified to solve business and customer problems._
- _ Accountable for maximising the value of the product resulting from work of the development team and through its end-to-end lifecycle_
- _ Responsible for the product development and operations, participating in planning (Sprint and Product increment) and providing a refined and precisely prioritised product backlog for the development team _
- _Understanding user needs, how the business works and driving the development of the product through clear prioritisation. Envisaging and understand the final product and convey the value it creates and what problems it solves _
- _Initiate and translate the product road map into a manageable product backlog and prioritise delivery based on value, risk and service considerations_
- _ Support the articulation of sprint goals by providing product vision_
- _ Work with the Product Manager to define, prioritise and break the feature backlog into stories, including clarification and acceptance criteria_
- _ Collaborate closely with key team members and delivery partner to ensure the acceptance criteria of stories is met and support the release planning and sprint planning exercises_
- _ Understand Agile estimation approaches and support the delivery team in being self-managing_
- _ Combine awareness of the relevant business area, the retail market, our customers and other consuming technology product teams to ensure products satisfy all three_
- _ Understand the primary activities and supporting process activities for value maximization_
- _ Know our market, our competition and our business models. Identify trends within customer segments and product segments for new products or improvements for existing ones_
- _ Keep abreast of new technical developments which could improve or redefine the product and customer experience_
- _ Build a culture of customer value driven development_
- _ Promote a cross-team spirit amongst Product Owner peers_
- _ Support the operationalisation of the product into the mainstream organisation and ensure adoption of products across the organisation_
- _ Support our transformation by proactively educating colleagues within technology and wider Primark about agile methodologies and product management_
- _ Support the delivery of products from wireframes to product launch to measuring engagement, working closely with the engineering team_

Knowledge & Experience Required:

- _Significant understanding of strategic Supply Chain warehousing and transportation technologies with recent experience of emerging technologies_
- _ Deep understanding of retail global supply chain solutions from movement of goods from origin to store_
- _ Multi channel experience _
- _Up to date with latest technical solutions from Global Trade Management through to Warehouse Management and automation of these solutions _
- _Over 3 years' experience in business relationship management in an IT environment_
- _ Industry or functional expertise validated through experience working for a Retail