Cloud Platform Product Owner - Hybrid (Glasgow)

Lorien; Glasgow; Remote; GBP 116,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Lorien is recruiting a Technical Product Owner to lead a cloud-first platform for a key public sector client. The role focuses on platform strategy, roadmap, prioritisation and delivery within an established delivery team.

Expect close collaboration with technical and business stakeholders to shape the platform's future and ensure governance and security are embedded. The position is Glasgow-based with primarily remote work and occasional onsite attendance.

Qualifications

• Proven Technical Product Owner / Platform Product Manager experience within cloud-first environments.
• Strong AWS knowledge including EKS, Infrastructure as Code, cloud-native architectures and platform services.
• Experience with Terraform/Terragrunt, Helm, Git, ArgoCD and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Good understanding of Kubernetes, microservices and platform engineering practices.
• Experience working with AWS RDS, Aurora, MySQL or MariaDB.
• Knowledge of cloud security and governance standards including NCSC, NIST, OWASP and CIS.
• Ability to read, understand and challenge technical designs, architecture decisions and code/scripted solutions.
• Experience with Bash and/or Python scripting.
• Proven ownership of product strategy, roadmap, backlog prioritisation and delivery outcomes.
• Experience supporting, improving and operating business-critical platforms and services.
• Strong problem management experience, identifying root causes and driving long-term resolutions.
• Data-driven approach to product decisions, prioritisation and service improvement.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across engineering, architecture, operations and business teams.
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams and product-led environments.
• Ability to provide leadership, direction and technical ownership while supporting multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Public sector experience.
• Experience operating within governance, assurance or architecture review forums.
• Knowledge of government digital delivery standards.
• Experience supporting highly available cloud platforms in regulated environments.

Skills

AWS cloud

Platform product ownership

Agile delivery

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Helm

Git

ArgoCD

CI/CD

Kubernetes

RDS/Aurora/MySQL

Bash

Python

Job description

Lorien is recruiting a Technical Product Owner to lead a cloud-first platform for a key public sector client. The role focuses on platform strategy, roadmap, prioritisation and delivery within an established delivery team.

Expect close collaboration with technical and business stakeholders to shape the platform's future and ensure governance and security are embedded. The position is Glasgow-based with primarily remote work and occasional onsite attendance.