Product Owner – Graduate

Worcester Bosch; Worcester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Company Description

We’re the nation’s favourite heating brand, here to warm up people’s homes, lives, and futures.

From boilers, hybrids and heat pumps to solar thermal and smart controls, we’re giving our customers plenty of choice. With cutting-edge tech and research, we’re right in the thick of the drive for a better future of home heating.

It’s not all tools and tech. People are the real heart of our company. We connect with our customers to deliver genuinely helpful support, and we care about our employees and give them enriching careers. We work hard, we work together, and we work with a cause – delivering brilliant customer support and exceptional engineering.

As an organisation of more than 1,600 employees, we also take our role in the communities we serve seriously. From giving away free heating systems for community spaces, to our charity, education, and volunteer work – we’re no strangers to rolling our sleeves up, getting stuck in, and helping out.

If that sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, we’d love to meet you.

Come and work at Worcester Bosch.

Job Description
OVERALL PURPOSE:

• This role is an integral part of the Research and Development team, within our team we are responsible for delivering the core gas boiler platform for the UK and wider European markets. The role will focus on improving the current successful Greenstar 4000 and also specifying the Next Generation of product for the UK and European market.
• This role will support the Product Owner working closely with a team of engineers as well and product managers from multiple markets in delivering the exceptional, feature rich and cost effective solution expected of the lead product for Worcester Bosch.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

• To work in close cooperation with the Product Owner for the C4000 series of internationally sold gas boilers
• Collaborate effectively with national, international colleagues, stakeholders and the Project Steering Committee
• Utilisation of Agile techniques in order to ensure transparency, create higher customer satisfaction and increased project control
• Supporting the management and maintenance of the product series for both legacy and future products
• Supporting with strategic planning for future product ranges including zero carbon technologies
• Driving forward ratio and quality improvements for the product series.
• Running and facilitating meetings and workshops
• Supporting Director of Engineering on department tasks if needed

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting with strategic planning for future product ranges
• Supporting with the management of the product series
• Supporting the Product owner and wider team in driving forward ratio and quality improvements for the product series
• Setting up and assisting with moderation of workshops and meetings if needed
• Supporting with day-to-day activities of the product series

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Qualifications
Our ideal candidate must have:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Good communication skills (written and oral)
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and people management skills
• Ability to prepare detailed and clear presentations
• Self-organised, approachable person who can lead and motivate others
• Creative approach to problem solving
• Team player with leadership capabilities
• Good knowledge of Microsoft applications

Our ideal candidate should have:

• Understanding of Agile/Scrum techniques
• Engineering education or experience
• Be able to converse technically

Right To Work: please ensure you have valid Right To Work in the UK status for the duration of the contract term. This is a 2-year fixed term role.

Additional Information

Deadline for Applications: 09/05/2025

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time so we encourage candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Expected Start Date: 01/06/25

Please note that this date is advisory and can be flexible within reason.

Contract Duration: 23 months
Working Hours: 39 hours per week – standard working pattern of 08:00 – 17:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 – 16:00 Friday with a 1-hour lunch break.

Working with us comes with the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays (pro-rata for your first year)
• Eligibility for our Company Performance Bonus (up to £2,000 gross per annum)
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Access to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts, group income protection and death in service benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP
• Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group
• Subsidised onsite café and canteen
• Health & wellbeing support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions
• Access to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and events
• Volunteering days
• Policy to support growing families
• Access to self-service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmes
• Networking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programme
• And more!