Lead Technical Product Owner — Real-Time Event Platform

Royal Mail Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A major logistics firm is seeking a Lead Technical Product Owner to guide the evolution of their enterprise-scale Event Processing Platform. This role involves leading technical strategy, managing a technical backlog, and collaborating closely with engineering teams. Ideal candidates will have experience with event-driven systems and streaming technologies like Kafka or Azure Event Hub, as well as strong skills in writing user stories. The position offers great benefits, including a competitive salary and hybrid working opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary and car allowance

Healthcare benefits

18% annual bonus potential

Generous leave policy

Company pension scheme

Family friendly support

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical product ownership in high-performance environments.
• Proficient in writing precise technical user stories for developers.
• Strong communication skills to bridge business and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Drive the platform strategy and roadmap for an event processing ecosystem.
• Prioritize and refine a technical backlog.
• Lead and mentor a team of Technical Product Owners.

Skills

Experience in event driven or real time platforms

Deep knowledge of streaming technologies (Kafka, Azure Event Hub)

Strong understanding of APIs and integration patterns

Cloud expertise (Azure, AWS, or GCP)

Ability to write technical user stories

Agile delivery experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, or Confluence

Awareness of AI driven product practices

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Confluence

Job description

A major logistics firm is seeking a Lead Technical Product Owner to guide the evolution of their enterprise-scale Event Processing Platform. This role involves leading technical strategy, managing a technical backlog, and collaborating closely with engineering teams. Ideal candidates will have experience with event-driven systems and streaming technologies like Kafka or Azure Event Hub, as well as strong skills in writing user stories. The position offers great benefits, including a competitive salary and hybrid working opportunities.