Digital Product Owner

JR United Kingdom; Slough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media & entertainment group in the UK seeks a Digital Product Owner to develop and enhance their online competitions platform. This role focuses on driving customer engagement through data-driven decisions while collaborating closely with development teams to deliver high-quality user experiences. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in e-commerce, gaming, or similar fields, along with a strong UX background and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Owner in e-commerce, gaming, or prize draw sectors.
• Strong UX instincts and data-driven mindset for product decisions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and define the product roadmap for the Competitions Portal.
• Collaborate with development teams to scope and launch new features.
• Use analytics to identify opportunities for optimisation and customer engagement.

Skills

User Experience

Data-driven Decision Making

Agile/SCRUM

Organisational Skills

Stakeholder Communication

Job description

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Are you a dynamic Product Owner with experience across e-commerce, gaming, or prize draw sites?

Would you like to work onsite for a major UK broadcaster, developing their online competitions portal, driving retention and ARPU through a slick UX. You will act as the key liaison between their team and our development and delivery team in Poland.

We’re looking for a Digital Product Owner to take full responsibility for the development and evolution of our Competitions Portal. You’ll own the product roadmap, working closely with our development team to scope, build, and deliver an exceptional customer experience. With a strong focus on customer engagement and data-driven decision-making, you’ll optimise the platform for both short and long-term growth.

About the Product / Platform

Our product is the online competitions platform for one of the leading media & entertainment groups. hosting some of the UK’s biggest prize draws and exclusive competitions, promoted on-air and syndicated across the UK’s biggest radio brands. Our goal is to create a seamless, engaging, and best-in-class experience for our customers to enter (and win) while maximising retention and spend

About the Client

We are a small, swiftly developing IT company focused on helping British commercial TV and radio stations succeed when it comes to engaging with their audiences. This role will be based onsite with our major broadcasting client.

• Define and own the product roadmap for our platform
• Prioritise development initiatives based on customer insights, data, and business goals.
• Establish success metrics and communicate priorities across teams.
• Execution & Delivery (30%)
• Collaborate with development team to scope, build, and launch new features.
• Own the product backlog, ensuring smooth prioritisation and alignment with business objectives.
• Test and refine releases to maintain the highest standards of quality and usability.
• User Experience & Data-Driven Decision Making (30%)
• Champion the customer experience, leveraging UX best practices to improve engagement and retention.
• Use data and analytics to identify opportunities for optimisation.
• Balance commercial objectives with user needs to drive sustainable growth
• What You’ll Love About This RoleThink Big – Your work will directly shape the success of our competitions platform, reaching millions of customers.
• Own It – You’ll have the autonomy to drive product decisions and innovation.
• Better Together – Work closely with an exciting mix of stakeholders across our group of Companies
• Keep it Simple– Be part of a fast-moving, entrepreneurial team within one of the UK’s biggest media brands

What Success Looks Like

In your first few months, you’ll have:

• Fully understood the goals of the team and how these feed into our strategy and objectives for our competitions platform
• Gained a detailed understanding of the workings of our business and how competitions, prize draws and consumer engagement feeds into it.
• Established strong working relationships with stakeholders across the Group and teams.
• Aligned on and taken ownership of the key priorities facing the platform
• Established a roadmap for the upcoming quarters.
• Released features which drive increased retention and ARPU.
• What You’ll NeedExperience in a Product Owner role within e-commerce, gaming, or prize draw sites.
• Strong UX instincts with the ability to create intuitive, engaging customer journeys.
• Data-driven mindset—comfortable using analytics to inform product decisions.
• Ability to ‘talk techie’ and translate complex development concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to innovate and think independently.
• Comfortable working at pace and managing competing and changing priorities.
• Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities in an agile environment.
• Experience working with Agile/SCRUM methodologies.
• An understanding of competitions/prize draws and consumer engagement strategies is a big bonus.