Product Owner (Contract) – Agile, Pega Cloud, 6 Months

Pontoon; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 148,000; Part time

Job summary

Pontoon is seeking a Contract Product Owner for 6 months with hybrid on-site requirements at Bristol Harbourside or Edinburgh (2 days a week on site). The role focuses on owning and prioritising a backlog for a process or component, bridging Operations, stakeholders and delivery teams to realise high-value outcomes.

Experience in Agile environments, Jira/Jira Align, and Pega Studio is preferred, with strong stakeholder management and the ability to translate strategy into deliverable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong Product Owner experience in Agile environments.
• Experience managing product backlogs and prioritisation.
• Articulate benefits and business value to support prioritisation.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into delivery outcomes.
• Experience with Jira and Jira Align.
• Experience working with cross-functional Agile teams.
• Knowledge of Insurance, Pensions and Investments products and customer journeys.
• Experience with Pega technology, including App Studio.
• Experience in process modernisation, workflow or automation delivery.
• Understanding of Cloud migration and operational transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate a clear product vision.
• Translate business strategy into prioritised outcomes, epics, features and stories.
• Own and manage the team backlog.
• Ensure delivery aligns to MVP principles and maximises value.
• Measure and report benefits realisation and product performance.
• Prioritise, refine and manage the team's backlog.
• Lead discovery, refinement and planning activities.
• Ensure work is well-defined, sized and ready for delivery.
• Maintain alignment between Lab priorities and Feature Team priorities.
• Work closely with Heads of Function, Business Product Owners, SMEs and Operations teams.
• Facilitate decision-making and obtain relevant sign-offs.
• Manage competing priorities and resolve ambiguity.
• Build strong relationships across Operational and Engineering teams.
• Lead initiatives through the end-to-end lifecycle.
• Deliver change safely in line with Platform 3.0 and PCF standards.
• Own governance, reporting, risk and issue management.
• Working with operations to ensure business readiness, communications, training and operational handover activities are completed.
• Work with Integrators and Engineering Leads to manage cross-team dependencies.
• Support release planning and implementation planning.
• Ensure successful deployment and adoption.

Skills

Product Owner

Backlog management

Stakeholder mgmt

Translate strategy

Jira/Jira Align

Agile teams

Insurance products

Cloud migration

Process modernisation

Cross-functional team

Tools

Jira

Jira Align

Pega App Studio

Job description

Pontoon is seeking a Contract Product Owner for 6 months with hybrid on-site requirements at Bristol Harbourside or Edinburgh (2 days a week on site). The role focuses on owning and prioritising a backlog for a process or component, bridging Operations, stakeholders and delivery teams to realise high-value outcomes.

Experience in Agile environments, Jira/Jira Align, and Pega Studio is preferred, with strong stakeholder management and the ability to translate strategy into deliverable outcomes.