Group Product Owner - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Citation Group

Description

Group Product Owner

Salary up to £55k

North West Based ideally, but remote with travel to Group HO considered

We are Citation Group.

We offer colleagues and clients an opportunity they will not gain at many other businesses.

We are interested in growth, investment and service excellence, we have never and will never grow our business by cost-cutting or tying people up in bureaucracy.

We don't do politics - we want people focused upon actions and delivery. We don't do micro-management - we empower, support and innovate.

We are leaders, not empire builders and we love our business.

This is a really exciting time to join us as we recruit for the sales teams right across the Group.

Across our group companies we have over 60,000 clients who love us, need us, and want to buy more from us.

Having acquired 15+ businesses over the last 4 years which offer products and services that our clients need and want; we're only interested in future growth; we're not finished yet.

The Role


The role:

• Be willing to learn/understand the background checking and rostering market, everchanging client expectations, legislative needs and product trends.
• Define the goals and outcomes for the development projects you are working on in line with priorities set by your Product Lead.
• Liaise with key stakeholders including clients, internal business colleagues and development teams to ensure goals and objectives are well understood.
• Create suggestions for operational improvement of our software aligned to feedback and insights.
• Understand and create customer journey maps acting as the primary contact between the stakeholder and the various teams.
• Draw up comprehensive backlogs with agreed MVP delivery vs subsequent backlog items, considering all potential associated risks.
• Define solutions by working with the business and technical architects.
• Map out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development.
• Juggle scope, budget, and time, weighing priorities according to the needs and objectives of stakeholders.
• Manage the product and sprint backlogs, prioritising based on the overall strategy and business objectives set by the Product Lead.
• Oversee the development and the sprint cycles, evaluating progress at every stage.
• Conduct Retrospectives, Reviews and Sprint Planning, with guidance and support from our team of Agile Coaches.
• Gain agreement from senior management on the best method of introducing the recommendations to the wider business addressing any uncertainty or concerns.
• Be the Subject Matter Expert for your product within the business.
• Ensure the product is fit for purpose and has ability to run 24/7, at scale.
• Accountable for producing and presenting analyses and reporting on product KPIs.
• Ability to write clear briefs, functional documentation and communicate with development teams.
• Key stakeholder in working party and UAT sessions approving feature changes and assuring quality standards through all stages of the product development.

What we are looking for:

• UX/UI principles
• Client focused
• Able to prioritise and take ownership
• Requirements Definition / User Stories
• Stakeholder Management
• Positive attitude team player

What you get from us

From your birthday off work (in addition to a generous annual leave and bank holiday entitlement), to wellbeing support and a health cash plan, to recognition and incentives, to continuous learning and development, we invest in you holistically.

Coming to work should never be a chore so we, and you, create an environment where you can be at your best.

You will be surrounded by great people who care about what we do and have a true sense of purpose.

We will continually stretch and grow you - you will never clock watch with us. We will trust you and care about you.

We will share our business strategy and there will be opportunities for you to grow your career with us.


Salary:
£50,000.00-£55,000.00 per year


Reference ID:

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