Product Owner (Workday Pay Transparency Analyzer)

Kainos; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos is seeking a Product Owner in Belfast to shape the roadmap across one or more functional areas, translating customer problems into clear priorities. You will collaborate with development, sales, pre-sales, marketing and services to deliver customer value.

You will explore AI opportunities, balance customer needs with commercial priorities, and ensure the product keeps evolving with the market. This is a chance to advance your product management career within Kainos.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years’ experience as Product Owner in a SaaS environment.
• Experience in backlog management and building product roadmaps.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Enthusiasm for new technologies and innovation.
• Attention to detail and ability to engage with customers.
• Commercial awareness to help prioritise product investments.
• Good understanding of technology and digital services trends.
• Ability to communicate with the team and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer needs and personas, and why they engage with the product.
• Become an expert in the problems we solve and why they matter.
• Run structured workshops with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Define and build solutions to address customer needs.
• Define benefits delivered and how to measure success.
• Know competitors and stay ahead.
• Identify opportunities for AI agents and implement them using Workday tools.
• Launch products and features, organizing internal teams to maximise impact.
• Manage roadmap delivery and the product backlog; create actionable user stories.
• Define release criteria and MVP acceptance; measure non-functional aspects.

Skills

Product Owner

Backlog management

Roadmap development

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Agile/Scrum

Requirement gathering

User stories

AI in products

Workday tools

Tools

Workday

Job description

Join Kainos and Shape the Future

At Kainos, we’re problem solvers, innovators, and collaborators - driven by a shared mission to create real impact. Whether we’re transforming digital services for millions, delivering cutting-edge Workday solutions, or pushing the boundaries of technology, we do it together.

We believe in a people-first culture, where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions truly make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of a diverse, ambitious team that celebrates creativity and collaboration.

Ready to make your mark?

Join us and be part of something bigger.

At Kainos, we build innovative products that help Workday customers reduce risk, solve complex business challenges and maximise the value of their Workday investment. With a strong track record of growth and more than 700 customers, we continue to invest in and expand our portfolio of Workday products.

As a Product Owner at Kainos, you will play a key role in shaping the direction and success of our products. You will own the roadmap across one or more functional areas, developing a deep understanding of customer problems, market needs and opportunities, and translating these into clear product priorities. You will work closely with development, sales, pre-sales, marketing and professional services to deliver solutions that create measurable customer and business value.

You will also explore how emerging technologies, including AI and agents, can be applied to solve real customer problems and strengthen our products. You will balance customer needs, commercial priorities and technical considerations to make informed product decisions and ensure our solutions continue to evolve with the market.

This is an opportunity to help shape the future of the Pay Transparency Analyzer product during an exciting period of growth and contribute to meaningful change in pay equity. You will turn complex customer and market challenges into valuable product capabilities, see the impact of your decisions and develop your product management career within Kainos.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Understanding customer needs, personas and why they engage with your product.


• Becoming an expert in the problems we solve for and “why” they matter.


• Running structured workshops with customers and internal stakeholders.


• Defining and bBuilding solutions to address customer needs.


• Defining the benefits your solutions deliver and how to measure success.


• Know your competition and how to stay ahead of them.


• Identifying opportunities for AI agents and implementing them within your product area using Workday’s agent tools.


• Launching products and features including organising and enabling internal teams such as delivery, pre-sales, onboarding to maximise impact etc.


• Managing Roadmap Delivery and managing the product backlog;




• Creating actionable user stories for development teams.


• Managing and prioritising the backlog to ensure goals are met.


• Identifying and measuring the success criteria for each delivered feature.


• Defining and communicating release acceptance criteria for each product feature, including the criteria for MVP.


• Measuring, tracking and improving non-functional aspects of the product.




• Contribute to marketing campaigns and external positing when needed.,


• As required, stepping in to support sales efforts with product demos and customer discussions on more technical aspects of the product.

Minimum (essential) Requirements

• A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience working as a Product Owner in a SaaS environment on managing backlog, working with development teams and building Product Roadmaps.


• Demonstrable experience and capability to successfully carry out the key elements of the Product Owner role above.


• Excellent communication skills are vital. You’ll need to be a persuasive and effective communicator with strong negotiating skills. It’s not only about talking, you’ll need to be able to listen, understand, and build on other’s viewpoints.


• You will have an enthusiasm for new technologies and innovation and be prepared to take advantage of the flexibility provided to challenge and be proactive in bringing new ideas to how we work and to the product roadmap.


• You will need an eye for detail, particularly to interpret supplied information and understand sources and challenge where necessary.


• Comfort and ability to engage with customers to understand requirements, and support functional or technical product discussions.


• Relevant commercial experience and awareness to help set priorities of product investments and drive commercial product success.


• A good understanding of technology, digital services and trends.


• The ability to communicate effectively with the team and external stakeholders.

Desirable

• Prior experience integrating AI into commercial products to solve real business problems.

Embracing our differences

At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field.

Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out.

We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.