Product Owner

Proactive Appointments; Ouzlewell Green; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Excellent Pension

Job summary

Proactive Appointments is seeking a Product Owner for a permanent role in Leeds, offering hybrid working, with a salary up to £60k per annum plus bonus and an excellent pension.

You will work with cross-functional teams to analyse business requirements, drive continuous product enhancements, and deliver tangible improvements. The role requires a proactive, analytical professional with agile experience and end-to-end delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a Product Owner or Business Analyst role.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with agile development methodologies.
• Experience delivering end-to-end projects and managing risks.

Responsibilities

• Analyse business requirements and identify improvements.
• Improve processes and support solution development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Ensure successful delivery of product enhancements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Agile experience

Vendor management

End-to-end delivery

Risk management

Data governance

Education

BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis

Lean Six Sigma qualifications

Tools

SQL databases

API payload analysis

ADO

Job description

Product Owner

Permanent | Leeds | Hybrid | Up to £60k per annum + Bonus + Excellent Pension

Proactive IT Appointments are currently supporting our leading client on the search for an experienced Product Owner to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and analytical professional to play a key role in the continuous development and enhancement of products and supporting systems, driving business improvements and delivering tangible benefits. Working closely with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders, you will be responsible for analysing business requirements, improving processes, supporting solution development and ensuring the successful delivery of product enhancements.

Previous Experience:

• 5+ years' experience in a Junior Product Owner or Business Analyst position

Essential Experience Required:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work at a detailed level across complex business functions.
• Capable of: identifying and challenging the effectiveness of existing ways of working; of proposing improvements; and of achieving buy-in from stakeholders.
• Experience working within agile development methodologies.
• Experience working with third party suppliers and off-shore teams.
• Experience of end-to-end project delivery.
• Understands and applies risk management techniques.
• Demonstrates and applies principles of data governance.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience developing B2C websites (including wireframing tools).
• Experience developing B2C mobile applications.
• Experience implementing/supporting single sign on solutions.
• Experience implementing/supporting system integration solutions.
• Experience in data modelling and database querying (particularly SQL databases).
• Experience of API payload analysis.
• Experience working in the pensions industry.
• Experience working with ADO.
• BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis (in part or whole).
• Qualifications in Lean Six Sigma.

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.

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