Product Owner - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Advanced

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Verified Company
Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Role Introduction:


The role will be to take the strategic product roadmap for these products, to groom the Product Backlog, to develop User Stories, and to work with the Development teams to deliver innovative solutions.

This role will act as the point of authority for product design decisions, responsible for the quality of the business solution and its applicability to the user community in the targeted market sectors.

This role is also responsible for ensuring that software is developed and made available in a timely manner for release to market.

This role works closely with Product Management and with an Agile Scrum Engineering Team.

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What You Will Do:

  • Responding to emerging roadmap and market requirements and identifying logical solutions to meet those requirements
  • Responsible for the quality of the solution (in terms of its business applicability) and the successful release to market
  • Act as the "product expert" both internally + externally
  • Working closely with Business Analysts to create, manage and maintain a Backlog in JIRA, including User Stories and Acceptance criteria.
  • Working closely with software development teams in an Agile environment to define priorities and manage issues to successful conclusion.
  • Managing the release of new product features, working closely with Agile development teams to ensure timely release to high levels of quality
  • Production of product specifications, release notes and product literature and collateral
  • Work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to:
  • Create clearly defined requirements through rigorous investigation, analysis and review in order to define and clearly document business and user requirements
  • Visit customers and market representatives/events to create, review, and challenge solution requirements
  • Carry out fit and gap analysis of requirements vs. products to understand if standard products meet user needs or identify key opportunities through areas of product improvement
  • Define and communicate logical solutions to meet market and customer requirements
  • Work with Agile development teams to produce Proof of concept solutions where required
  • Review customer requests for bespoke solutions to determine applicability to wider customer base
  • Understand and resolve complex technical, strategic and business issues
  • Attend customer briefings and presentations

What You Will Have:

  • Communicate your own ideas effectively & assimilates those of colleagues and customers
  • Work collaboratively with developers to achieve team delivery objectives
  • Manage and prioritise workload including the ability to work to targets and tight timescales
  • Deliver high quality documentation
  • Support and contribute to departmental objectives
  • Make decisions under pressure

You will possess:

  • Product Owner / Business Analyst experience
  • Experience of using Agile methodologies
  • An appropriate degree and/or Scrum certifications
  • An aptitude for written communication and an ability to produce documentation with ease
  • An ability to influence others regardless of position/seniority
  • An analytical approach to problem solving
  • Strong customer facing skills with the ability to represent the company in a confident and professional manner
  • Excellent people and collaboration skills
  • Organised and proactive with strong attention to detail

What We Do For You:

Wellbeing focused - Our people are our greatest assets, and ensuring everyone feels their best self to come to work is integral
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Annual Leave - 25 days of annual leave, plus public holidays and the ability to buy additional days
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Employee Assistance Programme
  • Free advice, support, and confidential counselling available 24/7 through Care First
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Endometriosis Friendly Employer
  • We are proud to confirm our commitment to developing an environment and culture that allows those with endometriosis to thrive in the workplace

Personal Growth:


  • Regardless of where you are at in your career, we're committed to enabling your growth personally and professionally
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Development Programmes
  • From Future Managers to Leadership Training, our development programmes help you get where you need to go
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Performance Bonus
  • Our Groupwide bonus scheme enables you to reap the rewards of your success

Financial wellbeing - We understand as well as your mental wellbeing, your financial wellbeing is really important
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Pension Scheme
  • Our plan with Scottish Widows offers 5% matched contribution by the company
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Income protection insurance
  • Providing you with support and assistance when you need it most

Recognition - Highlighting and rewarding the great work our people do
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Values Awards
  • Our quarterly employeedriven initiative to highlight and reward the people in the organisation who embody our values the most
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Clear Review
  • Our own technology platform that allows you to get realtime feedback, conversations and goals to help
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