Product Owner

BAE Systems.; Carnforth; Hybrid; GBP 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is seeking a Product Owner in Warton, offering a hybrid working model. You will lead a diverse team to develop synthetic training solutions, manage stakeholder relationships, and ensure successful product delivery. The ideal candidate will have experience in simulation and leadership, with a competitive salary of around £58,000. Applications are open until 8th August 2025. Apply early due to potential high demand.

Benefits

Competetive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health and wellbeing benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams and managing projects.
• Skills in stakeholder management and effective communication are critical.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document requirements.
• Translate requirements into user stories and product specifications.
• Prioritize the product backlog according to business goals.
• Facilitate sprint planning sessions and track product metrics.

Skills

Experience of simulation and synthetics

Previous experience of leadership and managing a team

Understanding of Engineering Planning and Reviews

Understanding of Engineering Capability Identification

Understanding of Technical Integration for Certification

Experience of Risk and Opportunity Management

Effective stakeholder management skills

Job description

Job Title: Product Owner

Location: Warton - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Circa £58,000

What you'll be doing:

• Collaborating with stakeholders to gather, analyse, and document business requirements and customer needs
• Translating business requirements into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and product specifications
• Prioritising and maintaining the product backlog to ensure alignment with business goals and customer value
• Acting as the primary point of contact between stakeholders and the development team, providing clear direction and clarifications
• Working closely with cross-functional teams including design, engineering, marketing, and sales to ensure seamless product delivery
• Leading sprint planning sessions, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews
• Defining and tracking key product metrics to measure the success of product releases
• Continuously gather feedback from users and stakeholders to inform product improvements

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Experience of simulation and synthetics
• Previous experience of leadership and managing a team
• Understanding of Engineering Planning and Reviews
• Understanding of Engineering Capability Identification
• Understanding of Technical Integration for Certification
• Experience of Risk and Opportunity Management
• Effective stakeholder management skills

Desirable

• Requirements management
• Systems Architecture
• Systems Design and Integration

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Next Generation Training Team - FalconWorks:

You'll be joining our FalconWorks Systems Directorate to be the Project OdySSEy Product Owner. You'll be part of a diverse, prominent team with the opportunity to collaborate with leading technology firms, bringing together industry leading synthetic training solutions and simulated learning to deliver high-quality efficient and affordable learning for our customers. Project OdySSEy is our technology-led collective and distributed single synthetic environment creating immersive multi- domain synthetic training to train the current and future operators. The Product Owner will work with Air Sector Service Delivery Units, FalconWorks Systems and Platform teams and key external partners to define the intended solution capability. You'll have the opportunity to travel within the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Development is support through learning facilities and new product based.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 8th August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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