Product Owner

UniHomes; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property technology firm in Sheffield is seeking a Product Owner to lead the development of high-impact features for its Property Marketplace and Agent Portal. This role involves prioritizing backlogs, translating business objectives into user stories, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving. This position also offers a hybrid working model and a range of employee benefits, fostering a culture of inclusivity.

Benefits

Complimentary breakfast

Snacks and drinks

Enhanced pension scheme

Healthcare scheme

Career progression opportunities

Employee social events

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an agile product development role.
• Ability to bridge technical and non-technical worlds.
• Focused on clarity and proactive problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritise product backlogs based on commercial impact.
• Translate business objectives into actionable user stories.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Proven experience as a Product Owner

Commercially curious and outcome-driven

Excellent communication skills

Proactive problem-solving

Self-starter with ownership

Strategic thinking

Job description

Product Owner

Sheffield City Centre (Hybrid)

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

We are hiring a Product Owner to play a central role in shaping and delivering high-impact features across our Property Marketplace and Agent Portal. This individual will be the heartbeat of our domain-led product development, turning commercial goals into product outcomes that drive agent engagement, boost agent retention, and increase the return of Utility Service Orders.

This role will work closely with cross-functional teams, reporting into the Product Manager and ultimately the Head of Core Platform. You will be deeply embedded in the delivery lifecycle, from roadmap planning and stakeholder alignment to sprint execution and outcome measurement.

You will own the backlog, champion user needs (internal and external), and focus delivery efforts on strategic growth areas, including Build to Rent (BTR) and Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) initiatives.

Key responsibilities:

• Own and prioritise the Property Marketplace and Agent Portal backlogs, balancing commercial impact with technical feasibility.
• Translate business objectives into actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with engineering, design, sales, and operations to ensure shared understanding and timely delivery.
• Support delivery of strategic initiatives such as BTR and PBSA by refining requirements and coordinating execution.
• Act as the voice of the customer, understanding needs, pain points, and behaviours to shape product direction.
• Monitor and optimise the return rate of Utility Service Orders through data-led iteration.
• Lead sprint delivery with engineering leads, including backlog refinement, and sprint reviews with clarity and confidence.
• Facilitate feedback loops across internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager on roadmap definition and release planning.
• Contribute to domain knowledge within the wider product team, becoming a go-to expert on the agent experience.
• Become the voice of product across the wider business, building confidence, transparency and trust around all deliverables.

Skills and experience:

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or in a similar agile product development role.
• Commercially curious and outcome-driven, with a passion for delivering value and understanding user problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical worlds.
• Focused on clarity, not perfection, with a proactive and pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
• A self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to take initiative.
• Able to zoom in on detail and zoom out to strategy with ease.
• Able to say, "not now" and champion ruthless clarity on what matters.

About us:

UniHomes has been named the fastest-growing technology company in Yorkshire and the Northeast in the 2023 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50. We are also incredibly proud to have been officially certified as a Great Place to Work (GPTW).

Our industry-leading property search portal and utility management service enables our established and ever-increasing network of letting agent partners, to offer hassle-free all-inclusive accommodation to our growing and strong community of university students, who are actively seeking their perfect shared house. We are taking the market by storm, currently in over 60 university cities and towns across the UK, and we have huge ambitions for 2025.

Founded by three Sheffield property entrepreneurs in 2015, we have experienced remarkable growth and now have a team of almost one hundred at our Sheffield City Centre office. With recent minority investment from LDC we are scaling up our teams ready to conquer new horizons. There couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us.

We are a team driven and united by our core values:

• Lead the Way
• In it Together
• Customers Matter
• Keep it Simple
• Rise Above Challenges
• Make it Happen

What do you get when you work here?

With people and culture at the heart of our organisation, we are continually enhancing our employee offer and culture. We are incredibly proud to have been officially certified as a Great Place to Work (GPTW) and an accredited Living Wage employer - all our employees earn a fair living wage above the government minimum wage.

Working in our stunning new office at New Era Square in the centre of Sheffield, you will get complimentary breakfast, hot & cold drinks, snacks, pool table, holidays, length of service days, voluntary day, enhanced pension scheme, pension salary sacrifice scheme, healthcare scheme, Employee Assistant Programme, sick pay, enhanced maternity & paternity pay, career progression, a commitment to personal and professional development, employee of the month award, refer a friend scheme, staff discounts, mental health and financial support, and company social events.

At UniHomes we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone can thrive and which values individuals for their unique perspectives. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to make the recruitment process more accessible to you.

Applicants must already have the permanent and unrestricted right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship as we do not hold a sponsor licence.

We do not accept CV submissions from recruitment agencies. Direct applications from individual candidates are encouraged. Thank you for your understanding.