Purpose of the role
As a Product Owner, you will be an integral member of the Agile team, acting as the primary voice of the customer. The role involves working closely with Product Management and a wide range of stakeholders, including fellow Product Owners, to ensure the team’s direction aligns with broader organisational goals and user needs.
You will maintain a strong understanding of both the conceptual and technical aspects of product features and will be responsible for defining user stories and prioritising the team backlog. By ensuring stories are clearly defined and aligned with user needs, you will help ensure that delivered features meet the agreed Definition of Done.
Your role will focus on maximising the value produced by the team by ensuring quality delivery, strong stakeholder alignment, and a clear focus on user outcomes and business value.
Accountabilities
• Prepare for Programme Increment (PI) planning events, update the team backlog and contribute to the programme vision, roadmap and content presentations
• Support programme backlog refinement and preparation for Programme Increment planning, playing an active role in the planning event
• Support story definition and provide clarification to assist teams with estimation and sequencing
• Work with the Agile team to define Programme Increment objectives
• Build, edit and maintain the team backlog with input from architects, engineering teams and other stakeholders
• Prioritise and reprioritise backlog items based on user value, timing and dependencies identified during planning events
• Communicate user story details and priorities and ensure alignment on iteration plans
• Collaborate with product teams to define stories with acceptance criteria and examples, including behaviour-driven development approaches
• Validate that user stories meet acceptance criteria and comply with the Definition of Done
• Understand the scope of upcoming enabling work and collaborate with architecture and engineering teams to support decision making and sequencing
• Participate in team demonstrations and retrospectives to support continuous improvement of delivery processes
• Coordinate dependencies with product managers and other product owners
• Work across teams to identify and implement improvement initiatives that increase delivery velocity and programme quality
• Participate in relevant product management events related to planning and backlog or vision refinement
Candidate profile
We are looking for individuals who can combine both technical understanding and commercial awareness, with the ability to analyse complex business processes, assess change impacts and identify opportunities for improvement, simplification and reusability.
Candidates should be comfortable navigating uncertainty, demonstrating adaptability, agility and a mindset focused on working smarter and delivering value.
The role may require travel to organisational locations in the UK and internationally for meetings, workshops and related activities.