Associate Product Owner

TN United Kingdom; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Product Owner to drive product development and ensure alignment with business strategies. In this role, you will manage stakeholder relationships, oversee software changes, and ensure system stability. Your expertise in Agile methodologies and retail enterprise systems will be crucial as you collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will be valued, and your professional growth supported. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a thriving organization.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in business relationship management in IT.
• Experience in retail enterprise systems delivery.
• Ability to articulate product evolution through design thinking.

Responsibilities

• Ensure features align with Checkout strategy.
• Manage software bug fixes and defect resolutions.
• Support product delivery from wireframes to launch.

Skills

Business Relationship Management

Agile Methodologies

User Story Mapping

Retail Enterprise Systems

Design Thinking

Education

Degree in relevant field

Certification in Agile Product Ownership

Job description

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• Responsible for ensuring all features & functions to be delivered align with that of Checkout strategy.
• Responsible for ensuring all User Interface Changes to the product have been signed off and agreed amongst all internal and external stakeholders.
• Responsible for ensuring that all software changes made to the product, adhere to Primark Standard Business Processes – any deviation from standard will need to be signed off in advance.
• Responsible for Enterprise Integration – ensuring any changes to the product aligns to existing or establishes new system integrations
• Manage partners in terms of software bug fixes and defect resolution to the product.
• Manage any technical debt that may exist through the product life cycle.
• Responsible for ensuring system stability and availability is maintained
• Responsible for ensuring all product reporting adheres to Primark requirements
• 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
• Work with the Checkout Management Product Owner and Head of Product to define, prioritise and break the feature backlog into stories, including clarification and acceptance criteria
• Understand Agile estimation approaches and support the delivery team in being self-managing
• Support our transformation by proactively educating colleagues within technology and wider Primark about agile methodologies and product ownership
• Support the delivery of products from wireframes to product launch to measuring engagement, working closely with the engineering team

Job Description

• Responsible for ensuring all features & functions to be delivered align with that of Checkout strategy.
• Responsible for ensuring all User Interface Changes to the product have been signed off and agreed amongst all internal and external stakeholders.
• Responsible for ensuring that all software changes made to the product, adhere to Primark Standard Business Processes – any deviation from standard will need to be signed off in advance.
• Responsible for Enterprise Integration – ensuring any changes to the product aligns to existing or establishes new system integrations
• Manage partners in terms of software bug fixes and defect resolution to the product.
• Manage any technical debt that may exist through the product life cycle.
• Responsible for ensuring system stability and availability is maintained
• Responsible for ensuring all product reporting adheres to Primark requirements
• 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
• Work with the Checkout Management Product Owner and Head of Product to define, prioritise and break the feature backlog into stories, including clarification and acceptance criteria
• Understand Agile estimation approaches and support the delivery team in being self-managing
• Support our transformation by proactively educating colleagues within technology and wider Primark about agile methodologies and product ownership
• Support the delivery of products from wireframes to product launch to measuring engagement, working closely with the engineering team

What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Over 3 years’ experience in business relationship management in an IT environment
• Retail Enterprise systems experience, ownership or delivery of a minimum of 3 years.
• Industry or functional expertise validated through experience working for a mid to large retailer
• Ability to clearly articulate the evolution of products through design thinking and user story mapping
• An appropriate degree, equivalent qualification or experience
• Preferably a certification in Agile Product Ownership, Scaled Agile or equivalent

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 9 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over , colleagues and over stores in countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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