Product Owner

People's Partnership; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

Real living wage

Income protection

Healthcare

Parental leave

Study support

Season ticket loan

Volunteering days

Onsite gym

Social clubs

Job summary

People's Partnership is a not-for-profit organisation championing fairness and simple, future-saving experiences for members. A flexible, hybrid working approach supports employees to be their best.

The Product Owner translates business objectives into actionable product requirements and prioritises the digital roadmap for delivery by a cross-functional Agile team, in collaboration with the Product Manager. They balance customer, business, technical and regulatory needs to achieve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Product Owner or equivalent in Agile software delivery.
• Experience owning and managing product backlogs with prioritisation based on value, constraints and capacity.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience analysing customer journeys and identifying opportunities to improve outcomes.
• Strong requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage requirements across the end-to-end product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Translate business objectives into clear, prioritised product requirements for an Agile team.
• Collaborate with Product Manager to shape and maintain a prioritised roadmap.
• Lead discovery and define roadmap initiatives with stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Translate business needs into delivery-ready user journeys, stories and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure backlog is well-prioritised and aligned to roadmap objectives and team capacity.
• Work with UX, Design and Engineering to shape feasible, customer-centric solutions.
• Develop understanding of customer journeys and operational pain points for continuous improvement.
• Monitor product performance and feedback to inform feature design and prioritisation.
• Consider accessibility, user experience and regulatory constraints before delivery.

Job description

At the heart of our not-for-profit organisation is a commitment and a motivation to make the future-saving experience a simple one for our members. We champion fairness and simplicity, not profit-chasing. Imagine a financial adventure where everyone's a winner, fuelled by our exceptional service and brought to life by the fantastic individuals who work for us. We're a diverse employer with a flexible, hybrid working approach, ensuring everyone gets the opportunity to come to work and be the best version of themselves.

What you'll be doing:

The Product Owner is responsible for translating business objectives into clear, prioritised and actionable product requirements, ensuring the successful delivery of the digital product roadmap through a cross-functional Agile team.

Working closely with the Product Manager, who owns product strategy and roadmap prioritisation, the Product Owner leads the discovery, definition and delivery of roadmap initiatives. They balance customer, business, technical and regulatory requirements to ensure solutions deliver agreed outcomes.

Acting as the key link between business stakeholders and delivery teams, the Product Owner works with SMEs, Technology, Design and Operations teams to understand requirements, challenge assumptions and translate business needs into delivery-ready solutions. Strong technical knowledge and confidence working with delivery teams are essential.

• Collaborate with Product Managers and key stakeholders to shape, refine and maintain a product roadmap that supports strategic business objectives.
• Own the successful delivery of roadmap initiatives, translating strategic priorities into clear, actionable outcomes for the delivery team.
• Lead the discovery phase for new features, working with stakeholders and delivery teams to understand business problems, customer needs and opportunities for improvement. Using service design to explore solution options and challenge assumptions to ensure the right problems are being solved.
• Own, maintain and prioritise the product backlog, ensuring work is aligned to roadmap objectives, business priorities and team capacity.
• Working alongside Business Analysts, own the translation of business and customer needs into clearly defined requirements, user journeys, user stories and acceptance criteria that are ready for technical delivery.
• Work closely with UX, Design and Engineering teams to shape and refine solution designs, ensuring proposed solutions are customer-centric, technically feasible and aligned to business objectives.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of customer journeys, operational processes and pain points to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Monitor product performance, customer feedback and operational insights, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, optimisation and informing feature design and prioritisation.
• Ensure proposed solutions appropriately consider accessibility, customer experience, operational impact, risk, compliance and technical constraints before entering delivery.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience working as a Product Owner, or equivalent role, within Agile software delivery teams.
• Experience owning and managing product backlogs, prioritising work based on business value, technical constraints and delivery capacity.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience analysing customer journeys and identifying opportunities to improve customer outcomes.
• Strong requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage requirements throughout the end-to-end product lifecycle.

What you can expect from us:

• Generous pension contributions with an employer contribution of up to 14%
• Real living wage
• Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance
• Employee healthcare
• Parental and adoption leave
• Learning & development opportunities and study support
• Travel season ticket loans
• Volunteering days and charity payroll giving
• Onsite gym
• Social clubs and events

You can learn more about how we support our employees on our website.

Disability Statement

People's Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to treating all our people (and all who apply for a role at People's Partnership) equally and enabling them to perform at their best and demonstrate what they have to offer. This role may support hybrid working. To make use of this arrangement, employees must have an appropriate home working environment, including a private workspace and reliable, secure high speed internet that enables them to perform their duties effectively. We are a disability committed employer, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process (application, selection assessments where relevant, and interview) to enable you to show us the best "you".