Associate Product Owner

Primark Stores Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Pension

Bonus potential

27 days leave + bank holidays + buy 5

Tax Saver Tickets

Fitness centre

Cafeteria

Job summary

Primark Stores Limited in Reading is seeking an Associate Product Owner to drive a mature product portfolio and enable data-driven decisions across customer, colleague and business insights. You will translate strategy into clear roadmaps and prioritised backlogs, partnering with delivery teams to deliver impactful solutions.

You will collaborate with senior Product Owners and Managers, own backlog prioritisation, write user stories, and ensure delivery aligns with governance and business goals.

Qualifications

• Experience in technology delivery, product management, delivery management, or business analysis.
• Proficient in backlog and roadmap management within multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Experience writing user stories and business requirements to support product delivery.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks such as Scrum or SAFe and product management practices.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking with ability to balance cost, value and customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate strategy into roadmaps and backlogs.
• Own end-to-end product lifecycle from discovery through development and support.
• Define and prioritise the product backlog aligned with objectives and customer needs.
• Create and manage user stories, requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Lead sprint and release planning, manage dependencies and communicate progress to stakeholders.

Skills

Product management

Delivery management

Business analysis

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Technology at Primark

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

Our Protection & Analytics product team have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Product Owner (APO) to join Primark Technology’s transformation journey. In this role, you will own a mature product or a portfolio of smaller products that either protect our customers, colleagues, business or drive insights into our customer base and behaviours to drive real business value at the forefront of innovation in Retail. This role is working alongside senior Product Owners and Product Managers to translate strategy into clear roadmaps and prioritised backlogs. You will ensure delivery teams build the right solutions at the right time to deliver measurable value, this will be through innovative proof of concepts, projects to rollout new capabilities or on-going development in existing products. This opportunity is ideal for Project Managers, Business Analysts, or Delivery Leads looking to expand their responsibilities across the full product lifecycle and progress towards end-to-end product ownership.

What You’ll Get

This role is a hybrid opportunity, offering 2-3 days Working from office.

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle:

• Healthcare, pension and potential bonus.
• 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
• Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Do as Associate Product Owner

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Understand business challenges and translate them into test-and-learn opportunities through proof of concepts.
• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle from discovery and design through development, optimisation and operational support, leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver desired outcomes.
• Define, maintain and prioritise the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business objectives, customer needs and strategic priorities.
• Create and manage user stories, requirements and acceptance criteria to enable clear and effective delivery.
• Use customer, colleague, market and data insights to prioritise features and enhancements based on value, business impact and cost efficiency.
• Lead sprint and release planning, manage cross-team dependencies, drive continuous delivery and product improvements, communicate progress, risks and opportunities to stakeholders, support product adoption and ensure compliance with governance frameworks.

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:

• Experience in technology delivery, product management, delivery management, or business analysis.
• Understanding of backlog and roadmap management with experience working in multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Experience writing user stories and business requirements to support successful product delivery.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks such as Scrum or SAFe and an understanding of product management practices.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with the ability to balance cost, value, and customer experience while identifying business opportunities from emerging technologies.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills with the ability to influence business partners, suppliers, technical teamsand non-technical stakeholders across global delivery teams.
  

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 1969 to over 80,000 colleagues and over 480 stores in 18 countries today and growing.

So, what’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. It’s that feeling that turns a job into something more. Celebrating the wins, working at pace, and pulling through the challenging times with passion, courage, and your team by your side. It’s what drives us every day.

You’re our driving force. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

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