Technical Product Owner

Norstella; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Dental

Cash Plan

Health Screening & Critical Illness

Job summary

Norstella is seeking a Technical Product Owner to own the product vision and backlog for data assets and AI-enabled solutions.

Working within an agile framework, this role translates business needs into clear, prioritized requirements, and partners with engineering, data science, and research teams to deliver features and process automation, ensuring AI-enabled capabilities are accurate, compliant, and best-in-class.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent field/experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in product ownership, product management, or business analysis in tech, data, or life sciences/healthcare.
• Hands-on Product Owner in agile frameworks with backlog management and user stories; CSPO/PSPO preferred.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to translate technical concepts.
• 25 days annual leave and employer-funded life and income protection benefits.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the product backlog with epics and acceptance criteria.
• Lead agile ceremonies and collaborate with engineering, data science, and research teams.
• Define requirements for AI-enabled features and ensure ethical data handling.
• Communicate roadmap, progress, risks, and data-driven recommendations to stakeholders.
• Identify gaps, drive optimisations, and ensure compliance and governance of data.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile frameworks

Backlog management

Stakeholder communication

Data-driven decisions

AI-enabled features

Life sciences domain

Education

CS/CE degree

Equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

Company: Norstella
Location: Remote, United Kingdom
Date Posted: Nov 5, 2026
Employment Type: Full Time
Job ID: R-2229

At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need. Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.

Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:

• Citeline – accelerate the drug development cycle
• Evaluate – bring the right drugs to market
• MMIT – identify barrier to patient access
• The Dedham Group – think strategically for specialty therapeutics

By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics. As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.

Job Summary

The Technical Product Owner is a strategic role responsible for owning the product vision and backlog for Norstella’s domain‑specific data assets and AI‑enabled solutions. Working within an agile framework, this role translates business needs into clear, prioritized requirements, and partners with engineering, data science, and research teams to deliver features and process automation, ensuring AI‑enabled capabilities are accurate, compliant, and best‑in‑class.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the product backlog, writing clear epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria that translate business needs and domain research insights into technical requirements.
• Lead agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives, partnering with engineering, data science, and research teams to deliver working increments predictably.
• Define requirements for AI‑enabled features.
• Communicate roadmap, progress, risks, and data‑driven recommendations to internal stakeholders, ensuring clarity, relevance, and accuracy.
• Proactively identify process and product gaps, lead optimization initiatives, and ensure all work adheres to ethical data handling, responsible AI practices, and compliance requirements.
• Decide where AI is the right answer and where deterministic rules or workflow automation are better.
• Partner with data engineering and governance teams on data quality.
• Use AI tools to speed up discovery, prototyping, requirements writing, and analysis.
• Domain knowledge of life sciences data, such as clinical trials, drug development pipelines, regulatory, or commercial data.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent field/experience
• Minimum 2 years of experience in product ownership, product management, or business analysis within a technology, data, or life sciences/healthcare environment
• Hands‑on experience as a Product Owner in an agile framework (Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe), including backlog management and writing user stories and acceptance criteria; Scrum/Product Owner certification (e.g., CSPO, PSPO) preferred
• Proficiency with agile and project tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps
• Demonstrated success delivering technical products to scope
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non‑technical stakeholders
• High proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); analytical and reporting skills
• 25 days annual leave, 4 days for volunteering and a personal day.
• Group Life Assurance (100% employer funded).
• Group Income Protection (100% employer funded).
• Other voluntary benefits such as: Dental, Cash Plan, PMI Excess Cover, Health Screening & Critical Illness.

Please Note - All candidates must be authorized to work in the UK. We do not provide visa sponsorship or transfers.

Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment.

All legitimate roles with Norstella will be posted on Norstella’s job board which is located at norstella.com/careers. If a role is not posted on this job board, a candidate should assume the role is not a legitimate role with Norstella. Norstella is not responsible for an application that may be submitted by or through a third‑party and candidates should proceed with extreme caution if a third‑party approaches them about an open role with Norstella. Norstella will never ask for anything of value or any type of payment during or as part of any recruitment, interview, or pre‑hire onboarding process. If you are aware of or have reason to believe a job posting purportedly for a role with Norstella is fraudulent or otherwise not authorized by Norstella, please contact the Company using the following email address: [email protected] .

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.