Technical Product Owner Level 2

Ideagen Plc; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits at Ideagen

Job summary

Ideagen is seeking a Technical Product Owner for its Maritime portfolio. You will act as the operational backbone of an engineering squad, ensuring priorities are clear and delivery remains efficient in a highly regulated maritime environment.

You will refine requirements, lead sprint ceremonies, collaborate with Product Managers and engineers, and review AI-generated artefacts to maintain quality and momentum. Remote with hybrid options near Nottingham; visa sponsorship not provided.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting agile software development teams through effective backlog management and sprint planning.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and product delivery best practices.
• Ability to create clear, structured requirements that support successful engineering outcomes.
• Experience working closely with Product Managers, Engineers and business stakeholders.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills within complex delivery environments.
• Confidence assessing and improving AI-assisted delivery processes and documentation.
• Experience in SaaS, maritime technology or regulated software environments would be beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills with a collaborative and proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Own backlog quality and sprint readiness, ensuring engineering teams can deliver effectively against agreed priorities.
• Refine requirements and acceptance criteria to provide engineers with clear, actionable and well-defined work.
• Lead sprint ceremonies, including planning, refinement, reviews and retrospectives, to maintain delivery momentum and transparency.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to ensure delivery activities remain aligned with customer and business objectives.
• Review AI-generated user stories, acceptance criteria and delivery artefacts to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Proactively identify and manage delivery risks, dependencies and blockers across the development cycle.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at improving squad performance and product delivery effectiveness.
• Share knowledge and support the growth of junior Product Owners where appropriate.

Skills

Backlog management

Sprint planning

Agile methodologies

Structured requirements

Stakeholder collaboration

AI delivery

Communication

Maritime SaaS

Job description

Job Summary

Location - UK
Level - Experienced Professional
Department - Product R&D
Working Pattern - Remote
Benefits - Benefits at Ideagen

As a Technical Product Owner within Ideagen's Maritime portfolio, you'll help deliver products that support customers operating in highly regulated environments across the maritime industry. You'll act as the operational backbone of an engineering squad, ensuring priorities are clear, requirements are robust and delivery remains efficient. This is an exciting opportunity to combine product delivery expertise with technology that helps customers manage safety, compliance and operational performance.

• Own backlog quality and sprint readiness, ensuring engineering teams can deliver effectively against agreed priorities.
• Refine requirements and acceptance criteria to provide engineers with clear, actionable and well-defined work.
• Lead sprint ceremonies, including planning, refinement, reviews and retrospectives, to maintain delivery momentum and transparency.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to ensure delivery activities remain aligned with customer and business objectives.
• Review AI-generated user stories, acceptance criteria and delivery artefacts to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Proactively identify and manage delivery risks, dependencies and blockers across the development cycle.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at improving squad performance and product delivery effectiveness.
• Share knowledge and support the growth of junior Product Owners where appropriate.

Experience supporting agile software development teams through effective backlog management and sprint planning.

• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and product delivery best practices.
• Ability to create clear, structured requirements that support successful engineering outcomes.
• Experience working closely with Product Managers, Engineers and business stakeholders.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills within complex delivery environments.
• Confidence assessing and improving AI-assisted delivery processes and documentation.
• Experience in SaaS, maritime technology or regulated software environments would be beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills with a collaborative and proactive approach.

As a business, we place great value on collaboration, knowledge sharing and building strong relationships across our teams.

For candidates living within a 35-mile radius of Nottingham, this role will follow a hybrid working pattern, with three days per week based in our Ruddington office.

Please also note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this opportunity and can only consider applicants who already have the right to work in the UK.

Enhance your career and make the world a safer place!

About Ideagen

Ideagen is the invisible force behind many things we rely on every day - from keeping airplanes soaring in the sky, to ensuring the food on our tables is safe, to helping doctors and nurses care for the sick. So, when you think of Ideagen, think of it as the silent teammate that’s always working behind the scenes to help those people who make our lives safer and better. Everyday millions of people are kept safe using Ideagen software. We have offices all over the world including America, Australia, Malaysia and India with people doing lots of different and exciting jobs. We’re building a future-ready team, and AI is part of how we work smarter. If you’re curious, adaptable and open to using AI to improve how you work, you’ll thrive at Ideagen!

At Ideagen, we value the importance of work-life balance and welcome candidates seeking flexible arrangements.

Role type: Permanent
Working: Hybrid
Name: Nottingham