Principal Product Owner

Waters Corporation; Wilmslow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Waters Corporation in Wilmslow is seeking a Principal Product Owner to drive Cloud Platform/Ecosystem features within the Lab and Data Management software portfolio. You will collaborate with development teams and other product owners to translate user and business needs into market-ready products.

You will advocate for users, work with researchers, designers and stakeholders to solve complex problems with elegant solutions, and help deliver foundational platform capabilities that underpin our

Qualifications

• Degree level education, or equivalent, preferably in a science or IT related discipline.
• Proven experience of working in an agile, matrixed environment
• Knowledge of Waters products, applications and business processes.
• Knowledge of successful cloud / SaaS software product roll out and deployment.
• Proven record of product delivery in a Product Owner or Business Analyst role and knowledge of the software development process, especially Agile.
• Understanding of domain-orientated architecture and application of APIs.
• Experience in delivering software to regulated customers (preferred)
• Experience in working with Agentic software development (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Perform problem analysis such that the user and product requirements are articulated clearly and understood by the team so that the right product is delivered.
• Execute and lead on key areas of the platform roadmap as set out by the Product Manager / Lead Product Owner.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, UX designers and evaluators to define and refine backlog items, ensuring requirements are well understood, technically feasible, testable, measurable, and sufficiently detailed to support estimation, implementation and validation by the Scrum Team.
• Actively participate in backlog refinement activities, helping the team decompose epics and features into appropriately sized, deliverable backlog items.
• Encourage iterative delivery by helping the team identify feature increments that can be delivered and validated with users.
• Ensure that engineering themes, user experience and technical debt are included and prioritised within the product backlog.
• Participate in regular retrospective reviews with assigned agile development teams to ensure that lessons are learned and appropriate changes are made to adapt and improve, supporting continuous improvement during development.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Backlog refinement

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree level education

Job description

Overview

Waters Corporation is currently seeking an individual to join our organization as a Principal Product Owner supporting our Cloud Platform/Ecosystem products within the Lab and Data Management software portfolio. The successful candidate will collaborate as part of a team to deliver foundational platform features which underpin the success of our cloud software products. This role will be in Brasov (Romania) or Wilmslow (U.K.). In this role you will work very closely with development teams to facilitate translation of the user and business needs, for key areas of our cloud platform, into on market products. We are looking for a Principal Product Owner who, in addition to working closely with development teams, will collaborate with other product owners, researchers, designers, and stakeholders across the business to solve complex problems with elegant solutions. We want to find someone who will become an advocate for our users and be steadfast in seeking ways to deliver products that exceed their expectations.

Responsibilities

• Perform problem analysis such that the user and product requirements are articulated clearly and understood by the team so that the right product is delivered.
• Execute and lead on key areas of the platform roadmap as set out by the Product Manager / Lead Product Owner.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, UX designers and evaluators to define and refine backlog items, ensuring requirements are well understood, technically feasible, testable, measurable, and sufficiently detailed to support estimation, implementation and validation by the Scrum Team.
• Actively participate in backlog refinement activities, helping the team decompose epics and features into appropriately sized, deliverable backlog items.
• Encourage iterative delivery by helping the team identify feature increments that can be delivered and validated with users.
• Ensure that engineering themes, user experience and technical debt are included and prioritised within the product backlog.
• Participate in regular retrospective reviews with assigned agile development teams to ensure that lessons are learned and appropriate changes are made to adapt and improve, supporting continuous improvement during development.

Education

• Degree level education, or equivalent, preferably in a science or IT related discipline.

Experience

• Proven experience of working in an agile, matrixed environment
• Knowledge of Waters products, applications and business processes.
• Knowledge of successful cloud / SaaS software product roll out and deployment.
• Proven record of product delivery in a Product Owner or Business Analyst role and knowledge of the software development process, especially Agile.
• Understanding of domain-orientated architecture and application of APIs.
• Experience in delivering software to regulated customers (preferred)
• Experience in working with Agentic software development (preferred)

Competencies

• Proactive, confident, dynamic and acts with integrity.
• Displays excellent organization skills
• Committed to the product; is passionate about the product.
• Displays openness, rigor, and clarity of thought.
• Communicates clearly, and consistently to a range of stakeholders .

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of :16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.