Lead Technical Product Owner

Costa Coffee Professional; Loudwater; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Costa Coffee as a Lead Technical Product Owner in our Data & AI team. You will drive the vision and strategy for enterprise data platforms, ensuring alignment with business goals while overseeing integration and delivery. This hybrid role offers opportunities for growth and development in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Share Investment Plan

Smart pension matching up to 10%

Financial Support Fund

50% discount in Costa-owned stores

Private medical cover

Qualifications

• Experience as a data product owner or technical analyst.
• Knowledge of enterprise data ecosystems, especially master data management.
• Exceptional skills in requirements definition and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of enterprise data platforms and drive strategy.
• Oversee integration of master data entities across platforms.
• Act as product steward and ensure alignment with business goals.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Agile methodologies

Data management

Communication

Job description

At Costa Coffee, we are what we craft. We’re reimagining coffee experiences in over 50 countries and counting, as a key part of the Coca-Cola System. Whether you get your coffee in a store, from a machine, at home, or on the go – we’ve got you covered.

Our teams make a difference. Whether that’s working on new tech for the perfect pour, helping our teams grow, creating award-winning campaigns, crunching the numbers, or developing the latest exciting menu item; together, we stir up success.

We may be a global brand, but we haven’t forgotten our roots. That’s where the Costa Foundation and our fantastic community agenda come in. Whatever your role, you can help us change lives in coffee growing communities and help your local community too.

We also want to help you grow in your career through amazing experiences, our apprenticeship scheme, and development programmes. At Costa, you can go beyond the day-to-day.

And as a Lead Technical Product Owner in our Data & AI team, there’s never been a better time to join.

Why Costa?

We didn’t become a global coffee brand by sitting back. When you work here, you join a community that values passion, progression, and integrity, with some pretty brilliant perks to sweeten the deal:

• Own a piece of Costa’s success by becoming a share owner in Coca-Cola with our Share Investment Plan (SIP).
• A smart pension that saves you money on tax and national insurance, and matches your contributions up to 10%.
• The Costa Financial Support Fund, supporting team members who find themselves in unexpected financial pressure.
• 50% discount in all Costa-owned stores, and 25% off in other participating stores.
• Private medical cover thanks to our Private Healthcare scheme.
• And that’s not all. Explore even more of our perks here: https://bit.ly/costaperks

We’re passionate about being a great place to work, where you can bring your unique self into our mix. We firmly support diversity, equity, and inclusion, and continue to work with our teams to shape the future of our culture and values: Disciplined to Deliver, Passion for Progress, Win with Warmth, Courage to Challenge, and Trusted Team Players.

What You’ll Do

Being a Lead Technical Product Owner in data products is about so much more than bringing our coffee to the world. It’s your chance to stir up real success – which means you’ll:

• Take full ownership of one or more enterprise data platforms, driving the vision, strategy, and roadmap to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Help oversee the integration of master data entities across various platforms, ensuring consistency, accuracy, & scalability, and that they meet business requirements.
• Act as product steward, ensuring all requests, initiatives, and projects with requirements for the team align with the overall vision.
• Oversee development and take accountability for team delivery.
• Maintain a technical understanding of the Data Product team’s deliveries, platform, and support architects, business analysts, users, and others in leveraging technology to maximize business value.

Who You Are

It’s your unique ingredients we’re interested in:

• Experience as a data product owner or technical analyst – defining requirements, documenting systems, integration flows, and data processes.
• Experience with enterprise data ecosystems, especially master data management (Product, Customer, Site, etc.).
• Knowledge of agile methodologies, including estimation, planning, and sprints.
• Exceptional requirements gathering and definition skills.
• Ability to influence teams and stakeholders, and proactively communicate and maintain alignment with partners and internal customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience maintaining lightweight technical documentation.

Location: Loudwater or London – Hybrid