Senior Product Owner

TN United Kingdom; Cheadle; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Product Owner to lead an Agile Team in delivering high-value projects. This role involves defining and prioritizing the Product Backlog while ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder needs. You'll engage with various stakeholders to drive product strategy and execution, all while embracing both Agile and traditional methodologies. Join a dynamic team that values diversity and fosters an inclusive workplace culture, where your contributions will significantly impact the success of innovative projects.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Buy & sell holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Matched pension contribution

Subsidised onsite restaurant

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Health cash plan

Private medical insurance

Free access to company holiday homes

Qualifications

• Ability to influence stakeholders effectively.
• Demonstrable analytical skills for data-driven decisions.
• Experience in both Agile and traditional methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define and prioritize Product Backlog Items for the Agile Team.
• Communicate vision and strategy to ensure team alignment.
• Support stakeholders with data-driven change initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder Influence

Analytical Skills

Agile Methodologies

Waterfall Methodologies

Financial Services Experience

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Job Description

Together operates a hybrid change delivery model, leveraging the best of agile and scrum practices alongside a portfolio of projects that are governed and executed against a more traditional project framework.

As our Senior Product Owner, you will be a member of an Agile Team responsible for defining Product Backlog Items and prioritising the Team Backlog to streamline the execution of business priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the Features or components for the team.

You will have responsibility for work that supports changes currently being made through the introduction of our new Tech Platform.

This role has significant relationships and responsibilities outside the local team, including working with Product Management, End Users, Business Owners, and other key stakeholders.

As a Senior Product Owner, typical duties would include (but not be limited to):

1. Ensure that vision and strategy are communicated and understood inside the team to ensure alignment and commitment.
2. Understand the market, customer, product EOL (end of life), product technology, and roadmap. Build the associated change into the delivery plan.
3. Identify, define, and prioritise enablers (includes negotiation and agreement in team, RTEs, and business).
4. Support key stakeholders with the provision of new change to drive value based on data, research, and feasibility.
5. Actively challenge and influence the Product Roadmap with the Product Manager to ensure we are delivering the right solutions at the right time.
6. Own and maintain the Product Backlog, which may span across multiple teams, ensuring that it is well refined and prioritised for maximum value delivery in line with the train priorities/ the Product Roadmap.

Qualifications

• Ability to influence stakeholders
• Experience working within a Financial Services business (preferred but not essential)
• Demonstrable analytical skills
• Ability to work happily within both 'traditional' /Waterfall and Agile methodologies

Our interview process:

1. A quick chat with our in-house recruitment team
2. 45-minute Teams chat to discuss the role in more detail with our Hiring Manager
3. 1-hour face-to-face interview at our Cheadle (South Manchester) office with our Hiring Manager and Discipline Lead. You will be asked to make a short presentation.

Additional Information

Benefits working at Together

• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Matched pension contribution
• Subsidised onsite restaurant (amazing food!)
• Life assurance
• Critical illness cover
• Health cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Travel season ticket loans
• Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar/restaurant discounts

Together Money embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We welcome difference and celebrate it, supporting and valuing colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

We care that you have a great experience with us at Together. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience easier, please let us know and we’ll do all we can.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial, and criminal record checks.