Product Owner

Voltaware; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Voltaware is seeking an experienced product owner to ensure the success of our SaaS product lineup. You will translate user and client needs into concrete business cases and work with our Data Science team to embed knowledge into products.

You will manage the backlog, shape the product roadmap, and collaborate with development in agile sprints. Strong communication and the ability to work across distributed teams are essential to realise breakthrough energy insights and deliver value to

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience as a PO in a SaaS product.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills.
• Experience working in distributed, multicultural teams.
• Worked on a project involving machine learning or data science.
• Experience in startups or fast-moving environments.
• Technology background or relevant MBA.

Responsibilities

• Interpret client needs and translate into product strategy and business cases.
• Maintain and prioritise the development backlog in line with the product roadmap.
• Collaborate with development teams in agile sprints to deliver features.
• Produce high-quality use cases and requirement documents.
• Engage with sales, clients and field teams to gather feedback and drive adoption.

Skills

PO experience

Communication skills

Multinational teams

Machine learning exposure

Education

MBA or tech background

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic product owner to ensure the success of our product line-up. You will be in charge of understanding user and client needs and translate them into business cases. We also expect you to liaise with our Data Science team and understand what is possible and how to embed knowledge into our products. Data Science is a rapidly evolving and exciting field with huge potential. We want you to be a part of it and help us realise its full potential with break-through products never seen before! Join us for a journey instead of a job!

Responsibilities

• Liaise with clients to understand their use cases and translate them into product strategy
• Ongoing management of functional specifications and change requests throughout the entire life-cycle of development projects
• Produce high quality use cases and requirement documents
• Work hand in hand with the development team, following the agile sprints as product owner
• Manage development backlog according to the product strategy
• Maintain and communicate the product road map to the management team
• Interact regularly with the sales and distribution teams to gather feedback from the field
• Regularly participate in client meetings and field implementations

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience as a PO in a saas product
• Enthusiastic about technology and innovation
• Strong oral and written communication skills are essential!
• Ability to work in a distributed and highly multicultural team
• Have worked on a project involving machine learning and data science
• Previous product owner roles preferable
• Experience working with start-ups
• Have worked with international and remote teams
• Technology background or relevant MBA

How our teams are driving change

Voltaware brings together expertise from around the world to develop technology that advance the energy transition and democratise energy literacy. Our teams are at the forefront of innovation to build products that support this transformation.

Work with us

Work with the technologies that you love

AI is at the heart of Voltaware’s technology, we use it to drive cutting-edge energy insights and generate intelligence.

Machine learning

Our data science team uses the latest machine learning tools to build the powerful algorithms which make our products unique.

Microservices

Voltaware works with a modern, flexible architecture with comprehensive cloud computing.

DevOps

Voltaware has built automated tests and environment provisioning to continuously deliver features.

Voltaware uses NoSQl databases and data grids containing large volumes of data for ingestion and storage.

Voltaware’s international teams use lean techniques and the most advanced collaborative softwares to drive projects forward with agility and speed.

Why Voltaware?

People-focused

Your contribution to Voltaware will be recognised as you grow within the company.

Teamwork

Voltaware teams work closely together and provide constant support and mentoring.

Learning

We encourage all our team members to deepen their knowledge and learn new skills.

Ownership

We give each team member the opportunity to lead on multiple projects and products.

Diversity

Voltaware brings together professionals from all around the world at different stages of their career - diversity of thought is our strength.

Voltaware is always pushing at the boundaries of technology to optimise our products and services.