Product Owner (Skills & Learning) – People Platform

Lloyds Banking Group; Halifax; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent banking institution in the UK is seeking a Product Owner for its Skills and Learning products. This hybrid role requires expertise in managing product backlogs and leading agile teams. The successful candidate will drive the delivery of technology improvements to enhance colleague experiences. An attractive package with flexibility and diversity initiatives is on offer.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

Flexible benefits package

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage and run a product backlog.
• Significant experience in applying agile methodologies.
• Strong skills in managing collaborators and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and value outcomes for Skills and Learning products.
• Drive the delivery of end-to-end colleague journeys.
• Craft the product vision and manage the product backlog.

Skills

Managing product backlogs

Agile methodologies

Leadership skills

Collaboration with diverse teams

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

End Date

Monday 25 August 2025

Salary Range

£76,194 - £89,640

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Flexibility in when hours are worked, Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

TITLE: Product Owner (Skills & Learning) - People Platform
LOCATIONS: Leeds or Halifax
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office location

Can you manage a diverse range of stakeholders? Are your prioritisation skills on-point? Are you passionate about delivering top quality products and experiences? And are you curious about emerging HR tech?... if so this could be the role for you!

We’re excited to be hiring for our People Platform team at Lloyds Banking Group, a team that combines the best of customer-centricity, product obsession and agile delivery across our People Technology landscape. We make a real difference to our customers and colleagues.

In this Product Owner role you'll be responsible for driving delivery and value outcomes across our Skills and Learning products. This includes implementing technology and process improvements.

Job Description

About the Role

In this Product Owner role, you'll lead delivery and value outcomes for Skills and Learning products.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop expert knowledge of the products and processes, understanding how they are completed through our technology systems to improve colleague engagement and experience.
• Craft the product vision and manage the product backlog, crafting features, epics, and user stories that align with our product goals.
• Define user stories and collaborate with team members to analyse these stories for continuous improvement of colleague journeys.
• Drive the delivery of end-to-end colleague journeys, ensuring feedback is incorporated into the team’s outcomes to maximise value.
• Support the development of Lab or Team Objectives and Key Results, providing product performance and benefits realization data.
• Develop capabilities within your functional area, investing in personal and team growth through mentoring and other informal methods.

What You’ll Need

• Proven ability to manage and run a product backlog, with experience in crafting features, epics, and user stories.
• Significant experience in applying agile methodologies to optimise innovation, development, and delivery.
• Experience with agile methods like Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Confluence, leading and working with HR tech/process agile teams.
• Strong skills in managing collaborators, able to work effectively with colleagues from different business areas and third parties.
• Strong leadership skills to construct a high-performing team environment, encouraging delivery while promoting simplicity and building confidence and trust.

Additional Experience (Preferred but Not Required)

• Experience delivering change within HR technology.
• HR practitioner experience.
• Knowledge of Microsoft products, particularly in skills and learning.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Join us and be part of our ambitious journey to craft the future of HR technology and deliver world-class experiences to our colleagues and customers!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.