Product Owner, Digital Solutions (Agile)

Jacobs; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs in the United Kingdom is seeking a proactive Product Owner/Manager to lead digital product lifecycles, from ideation through delivery, and to align roadmaps with business goals.

You will drive Agile practices, manage stakeholders, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure high-quality delivery while balancing schedule, budget and risks to enable design process automation and value across projects.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a recognised Product Owner/Manager of digital products/tools.

Responsibilities

• Foster a collaborative and innovative culture.
• Coordinate the planning and management of tool backlog and roadmaps, reporting on progress.
• Ensure high-quality delivery of the approved scope of works.
• Identify and monitor dependencies, blockers and product risks
• Monitor Opex vs. Capex, taking corrective actions as required
• Collaborate with the Communications, Marketing and Adoption teams to facilitate product growth
• Plan and facilitate resource forecasting and sprint planning.
• Coordinate 3rd party vendors to manage scope, schedule and budget
• Ensure governance of Agile and DevOps practices throughout the development lifecycle

Skills

Product Owner

Stakeholder management

Agile practices

Strategic problem solving

Job description

Jacobs in the United Kingdom is seeking a proactive Product Owner/Manager to lead digital product lifecycles, from ideation through delivery, and to align roadmaps with business goals.

You will drive Agile practices, manage stakeholders, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure high-quality delivery while balancing schedule, budget and risks to enable design process automation and value across projects.