Digital Product Owner

DataCareers; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology-driven public sector organisation seeks a Digital Product Owner to lead major transformations in data management. This hybrid role in Brighton will involve working closely with various teams to align digital services with user needs and business goals, ensuring a pioneering approach to data usage.

Benefits

28% pension contributions

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in a digital environment.
• Strong grasp of agile delivery and product lifecycle ownership.
• Experience in regulated environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Championing the product vision and driving alignment with strategic goals.
• Leading delivery of a digital service that collects and analyses complex data.
• Acting as a connector between technical teams and business stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder management

User-focused mindset

Technical fluency

Agile delivery

Job description

Digital Product Owner

Permanent

Location: Home / Brighton

Salary: £62,000 - £72,000 (+ excellent benefits including 28% pension contributions)

We are looking to recruit a Digital Product Owner for a technology driven public sector organisation. This is an excellent opportunity forward-thinking, technology-driven public sector organisation as they continue to evolve their digital capabilities-placing innovation, data and user experience at the centre of everything they do.

This is a hybrid role and you will be required to work on site in Brighton 6 days a month.

As a Digital Product Owner, you'll play a central role in a major transformation programme that's modernising how data is gathered, analysed and used. Acting as the product lead across key internal and external digital services, you'll shape the vision, own the roadmap.

This is a unique opportunity to join a digitally progressive public sector team that operates with the pace and agility of a tech company-while delivering services that matter.

What You'll Be Doing

• Championing the product vision and driving alignment with strategic goals
• Leading the delivery of a key rservice that collects and analyses complex data
• Shaping future improvements by collaborating across departments and transforming how data is gathered-from batch uploads to smarter, more targeted, API-enabled services.
• Acting as the connector between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring delivery aligns with user needs and compliance requirements.
• Building strong relationships across the organisation and influencing service direction with confidence and clarity.
• Taking full lifecycle ownership of the product: from ideation, design, prioritisation and delivery through to ongoing optimisation.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager in a digital environment, with a strong grasp of agile, user-centred delivery and product lifecycle ownership.
• Technical fluency: confident engaging in discussions about APIs, integrations, front-end/back-end architecture, and modern data workflows.
• Experience of shaping and delivering digital services, ideally with exposure to public sector or regulated environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills-able to influence, translate complexity, and inspire confidence across both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A user-focused mindset with a passion for building intuitive, efficient and impactful services.
• Appreciation of working in a data-led environment-someone who can understand how data is sourced, used, and improved.
• Ideally, experience working in a regulatory, pensions, or data-heavy environment (though not essential).