Product Owner and Manager

Colonial Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + birthday

Private medical insurance

Pension contributions matching

Parental leave

Life assurance and income protection

Share save and incentive plans

EV and cycling scheme

Employee discounts

Volunteer day

Job summary

Gamma is seeking a Product Owner/Manager to join a cross-functional team in the UK. You’ll own and prioritise the product backlog, define roadmaps, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver measurable business value. The role emphasizes data-driven discovery, stakeholder management, and agile delivery across multiple teams.

Hybrid working with Manchester onsite 3 days a week. Eligible to work in the UK is required.

Qualifications

• Experience translating customer needs into clear requirements.
• Ability to combine technical and commercial thinking with strong communication.
• Experience in developing and prioritising product backlogs.
• Analytical mindset with ability to form theories and action plans.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to challenge appropriately.
• Capable of managing conflicting priorities and delivering high-quality products.
• Experience in Agile environments with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with Confluence, Jira, Trello, Lucid and Microsoft 365.

Responsibilities

• Build, own, and maintain a visible Product Backlog using Jira and similar tools.
• Own the 1-n backlog and align across portfolios with POMs and directors.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define user story maps and journeys.
• Develop roadmaps showing value outcomes over 12 months.
• Embed Product Discovery and Validation with end users and teams.
• Own delivery commitments and coordinate dependencies across teams.
• Assess change proposals and document viable option assessments.
• Act as central reference point for product changes and their impact.

Skills

Customer needs understanding

Technical + business awareness

Backlog prioritisation

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Workload management

Agile practices

Tools: Confluence/JIRA/Trello

Engineering collaboration

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Trello

Lucid

Microsoft 365

Job description

A bit about us

At Gamma we provide voice, data, and mobile solutions to businesses across the UK, Germany, Spain, and the Benelux region.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team that’s transforming how businesses connect and communicate globally.

We’re growing fast, but we never lose sight of what matters: our people. Whether you're looking to develop your skills, take on new challenges, or make a meaningful impact, Gamma is the place to do it.

What is the role responsible for?

Working as part of a cross-functional team, the POM is responsible for delivering exceptional products and services which help our customers to manage their business communication needs.

Working in a fact-based, experience-based, and evidence-based manner, the POM is responsible for ranked, product backlogs underpinned by empirical product discovery and validation. The POM facilitates and orchestrates a framework for setting, prioritising, defining, validating requirements to deliver quantifiable business outcomes and value.

The POM assists in driving innovation through the adoption of appropriate technologies.

What will you be doing day-to-day?

Here are a few examples of what you could be involved with:

• Build, own, and maintain a Product Backlog that is both visible and transparent, using appropriate tooling such as Jira.
• Ownership of the 1-n product backlog, working with other POMs, Senior POMs, Lead POM & Delivery & Design Director to build aligned, ranked cross portfolio backlog.
• Working with key stakeholders, define end-to-end user story maps and customer journey maps and identify future development needs.
• Develop, maintain, and distribute Product roadmaps to provide clarity on value outcomes of all planned work over a 12-month period.
• Working with end users, Technologist and Channel and Sales teams, embed a culture of Product Discovery & Validation, while taking risks associated with value, viability, usability and feasibility into consideration.
• Own and communicate our delivery commitments, ensuring dependencies on all delivery teams are understood and aligned.
• Review and assess the impact of proposed changes and, working with colleagues, help facilitate documented assessments of viable options so that solutions can be agreed upon and defined.
• Be a central point of reference for all changes related to the product, communicating clearly how changes can impact one another.

What you'll bring:

You don't need experience in everything listed—but we’re especially keen to hear from people with some of the following skills:

• Experience developing a deep understanding of customer needs and translating them into clear requirements
• Able to combine technical competence with business and commercial awareness and excellent communications skills
• Knowledge of and experience in developing and prioritising product backlogs
• Proficiency in analysing data, forming theories, and developing action plans
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and confidence to challenge others in an appropriate way
• Ability and capacity to manage a demanding workload, handle conflicting priorities and a proven success rate of delivering high-quality products, quickly and at scale
• Experience of working in an Agile environment with multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience in using tools such as Confluence, JIRA, Trello, Lucid and Microsoft 365 suite
• An understanding of various agile artifacts and ceremonies, and how to effectively work with engineering teams within these frameworks

What do we offer you?

• 25 days annual leave + birthday
• Subsidised private medical insurance
• 5.1% matched pension contributions
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life assurance and Income protection
• Share save and incentive plans
• Electric Vehicle and Cycle scheme
• Employee discounts
• Volunteer day

A few things to note

We require all candidates to be eligible to work in the UK and pass a basic DBS check.

If you don’t meet every requirement but feel you could thrive in this role, we would still encourage you to apply.

This role is hybrid 3-days onsite from our Manchester office.

Gamma is an equal-opportunity employer committed to building diverse, inclusive teams where everyone feels valued and can be their authentic selves. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, especially those underrepresented in our industry. As a family-friendly employer, we foster a culture of trust, autonomy, and flexibility to support your work-life balance and help you thrive at Gamma.

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