Product Owner

NES Fircroft; Knutsford; Hybrid; GBP 67,000 - 107,000; Full time

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Market-leading benefits packages

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Job summary

NES Fircroft in Knutsford is seeking a Product Owner to shape compliance platforms, drive the product roadmap and work closely with engineering and senior stakeholders to deliver customer and commercial outcomes.

The role requires ~5 years of PO experience, strong backlog ownership, and a track record in Agile environments, with ability to translate complex needs into actionable deliverables within a hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience as Product Owner.
• Proven ability to own and prioritise a product backlog.
• Experience in Agile or Scrum environments.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into deliverables.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Shape, prioritise and deliver compliance platforms.
• Own the product direction at the delivery level.
• Translate customer, commercial and operational needs into deliverable outcomes.
• Own, manage and prioritise the product backlog.
• Translate requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with engineering to guide delivery and resolve questions.
• Balance new features with technical debt, compliance and improvements.
• Act as the day-to-day product decision-maker during delivery.
• Collaborate with commercial, operational and senior stakeholders to align priorities.
• Ensure delivered changes create measurable customer and commercial value.
• Support product launches and go-to-market activity.
• Maintain connection between strategy, roadmap priorities and engineering delivery.

Skills

Product Ownership

Roadmap development

Backlog prioritisation

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder management

Requirement translation

DevOps collaboration

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

Engineering liaison

Cloud / SaaS experience

Job description

Salary: £67,000 - 107,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require around 5 years experience as a Product Owner.
• We need strong experience building roadmaps and putting processes in place.
• We are looking for someone with a strong personality who can challenge when required and bring the best out of people.
• We need someone who understands DevOps processes and can work with the DevOps team.
• We require strong experience as a Product Owner or in a similar product-delivery role.
• We value experience working in Agile or Scrum development environments.
• We need proven ability to own and prioritise a product backlog.
• We require the ability to translate complex technical and business requirements into clear deliverables.
• We need strong stakeholder-management and communication skills.
• We value commercial awareness and a focus on customer outcomes.
• We require experience working closely with engineering and operational teams.
• Experience in cloud, SaaS, infrastructure, or data protection would be beneficial.

Responsibilities:

• We help shape, prioritise and deliver compliance platforms.
• We own the product direction at the delivery level.
• We translate customer, commercial and operational needs into clear, deliverable outcomes.
• We own, manage and prioritise the product backlog.
• We translate customer, commercial and operational requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• We work closely with engineering to guide delivery and resolve questions and priorities.
• We balance new features with technical debt, compliance requirements and operational improvements.
• We act as the day-to-day product decision-maker throughout delivery.
• We collaborate with commercial, operational and senior stakeholders to align priorities.
• We ensure delivered changes create measurable customer and commercial value.
• We support product launches and go-to-market activity.
• We maintain a clear connection between product strategy, roadmap priorities and engineering delivery.

Technologies:

• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• Product Owner

More:

We are seeking a Product Owner for a permanent hybrid role based in Knutsford, with 3 days on site and 2 days remote. This is a hands-on position focused on shaping compliance platforms and working closely with engineering and senior stakeholders to deliver customer, commercial and operational outcomes. We are part of NES Fircroft, a global engineering staffing provider with over 90 years combined experience, more than 80 offices in 45 countries, and support for contractors including visas, work permits, market-leading benefits packages and accommodation.