Product Owner - Coventry, United Kingdom - Cadent Gas

Cadent Gas
Cadent Gas
Verified Company
Coventry, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Location:
Coventry (with hybrid working option)


Role Type:
Permanent


Salary:
£75,900


At Cadent we're excited to be part of the future of UK energy We've got a clear roadmap that will drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving its net zero targets by 2050.

We're making a difference through innovation and new ways of working.

Together we're shaping a cleaner, greener future for our 11 million customers whom we put at the heart of everything we do.


About the role:


  • As a Product Owner for Data, you will be working within the Data Product Line with internal scrum teams and external thirdparty vendors. You will be a recognised leader and expert ensuring that the team and individual service delivery expectations are exceeded and positively received as well as leading and promoting optimum efficiency and compliance within the agreed budget, achieving a positive ROI.

Key Accountabilities:


  • Support the maintenance of the evergreen technology roadmap, understanding the systems and solutions within the product line and value streams (SAP, AWS MS Power BI/SAC, Informatica, Erwin Data Intelligence and other SAAS and onprem solutions).
  • Working with IT Teams and Procurement Teams to plan maintenance activity, advise on contract renewals and/or ceasing of contracts in line with the strategic roadmap.
  • Identify, analyse, and implement appropriate KPIs which allow the business to measure product success.
  • Recognise data as a product; translating product roadmaps into backlogs that prioritise delivery of the highest value features first.
  • You will be responsible for promoting lean agile practices through identifying and iterating towards transformational department needs, collaborating with wider organisational initiatives as necessary.
  • Coordinate and collaborate with Product Managers and other Product Owners across teams to ensure successful delivery of crossroadmap projects and dependencies.

About you:


  • A background in data and data product ownership.
  • A good understanding/breadth of knowledge around data, data flows and the value of data.
  • Ability to lead, engage, inspire and mange change whilst delivering excellent results through product and sprint goals.
  • Experience of working with a variety of stakeholders, strong interpersonal and communication skills at all levels, with the ability to translate complex IT issues into business related vocabulary.
  • An understanding of the role technology and digital platforms plays to enable business value with an overall understanding of the whole lifecycle of technology products.
  • Experience of working in an agile productcentric environment and agile/matrix managed multidisciplinary technology teams, including deep understanding of agile methodologies such as software development methodology, e.g., behaviourdriven development.
  • Previous experience in creating product specifications, including capturing requirements, writing user stories, estimations/story points, wire framing, and/or documenting acceptance criteria desired
  • Proficient in the use of Atlassian products: Jira and Confluence.
  • Desirable Qualifications: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and SaFe Agilist.

What's In It For You:

We are committed to supporting our employees to get the best out of themselves.

For this role in particular we can offer:

  • Funding and support towards completing relevant qualifications
  • Ample opportunity for progression within the business
  • Mentoring and guidance opportunities


We are also working flexibly, if this is something that you are interested in then please don't hesitate to contact us to discuss.


Benefits:

We offer a host of benefits to suit your lifestyle and support your well-being


These include:

  • 25 days holiday, plus 8 statutory days and an option to buy or sell holiday days
  • An Annual Performance Bonus
  • A generous pension scheme where the company double matches your contributions up to 12% i.e. if you contribute 6% a month, the company will contribute 12%
  • MyChoices benefits like bicycles, salary sacrifice cars and healthcare that you can pick and choose from. You could get a better deal than you would on the high street and make tax and National Insurance savings
  • A free Employee Assistance Line where you can get support and advice on any of the challenges you're facing, completely confidentially
  • Support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, examination fees and time off for study leave so long as it's relevant to your role
  • A Matched Giving scheme where the Company will match any funds raised by permanent employees for registered charities up to £400 each year
  • The chance to say "thank you" to one another when you've done a good job through our Cadent Congratulates Scheme
We want our employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to discuss flexible work
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