Remote Senior Product Specialist

Causeway Technologies; Dumfries; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness club allowance

25 days leave + public holidays

Pension - 4% matched

Job summary

Jobs247 is seeking a Remote Senior Product Specialist to mentor Product Specialists, elevate team capability, and align delivery with strategic outcomes.

You will support complex initiatives, guide QA/UAT, and own product backlogs while collaborating across Product, Engineering, and Design to optimise delivery.

With a focus on backlog sizing, acceptance criteria, and performance analysis, you will drive improvements and champion high-quality standards.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as Product Owner, BA, or Product Specialist in agile environments.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across Product, Engineering, Design and customers.
• Demonstrated capability to define and refine robust acceptance criteria and DoD.
• Experience delivering complex, high-impact initiatives with clear outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Refine and prioritise the product backlog to align with strategy.
• Guide QA and UAT to ensure high-risk features meet acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate release planning and dependencies across teams.
• Communicate delivery progress, risks, and trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Analyse performance and identify opportunities to improve team effectiveness.

Skills

Backlog refinement

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder management

Acceptance criteria

Cross-functional collaboration

QA/UAT guidance

Domain expertise

Process improvement

Job description

As a Remote Senior Product Specialist, you will support and mentor Product Specialists, sharing best practices and raising overall team capability.

We take mental health seriously and have a dedicated EAP available 24/7.

Your technical focus

Support the team in delivering complex or high-impact initiatives, ensuring alignment to expected outcomes and support and guide QA and UAT processes, particularly for complex or high-risk features.

• Ensure backlog items are appropriately sized, sequenced, and ready for delivery
• Ensure high standards of quality by rigorously validating work against acceptance criteria and Definition of Done (DoD)
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders, confidently managing expectations and navigating competing priorities
• Own, manage, and continuously refine product backlogs, ensuring clarity, prioritisation, and alignment to product strategy
• Analyse product performance, delivery metrics, and team effectiveness to identify improvement opportunities

Skills & experience

• Contribute to release planning and coordinate dependencies across teams where required, while , with the ability to handle complex scenarios
• Lead backlog refinement and sprint planning with a high degree of autonomy and confidence
• You’ll need strong experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or Product Specialist within an agile environment
• Proven ability to work effectively across Product, Engineering, Design, and customer-facing teams
• Ensuring robust acceptance criteria and delivery standards
• Communicate delivery progress, risks, and trade-offs effectively
• Apply advanced domain expertise to shape solutions, influence prioritisation, and improve product design
• Proactively recommend and implement improvements to processes, tools, and ways of working

The setup

• Salary: £100 allowance towards a fitness club

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + public holidays
• increasing with length of service
• 4% matched pension