Product Backlog Owner

1 week ago

Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, United Kingdom whitbread Full time
Leading Product Backlog

We are seeking a highly skilled Product Backlog Owner to join our team at Whitbread.

This exciting opportunity will see you take on the role of managing delivery of strategic projects and programmes for our yield management product, Automated Trading Engine (ATE).

The core purpose of this role is to ensure the availability of products for pricing runs in a timely fashion. You will be responsible for managing multiple backlog items, assigning and managing work activities, meeting deadlines, and developing comms/reporting in a timely and effective manner.

Salary: £74,000pa-£80,000pa, plus a car or car allowance and up to 30% company performance-based bonus

Key Responsibilities:

  • Overall responsibility for the successful initiation, release planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of Data backlog items/project workstreams
  • Day-to-day engagement with stakeholder groups across Functions, Brands, IT SMEs and external IT Suppliers to ensure all parties are aligned on expectations, timelines and delivery status
  • Ensure compliance with IT and business governance standards
  • Finance and project reporting to keep stakeholders at all levels engaged and onboard
  • Evaluate progress of the releases on a frequent basis and make timely interventions as needed to drive down risk and manage issues/dependencies
  • Own the discovery activity to shape options for future capabilities
  • Manage third-party supplier deliverables to time, cost and quality

In order to succeed in this role, you will require:

  • An in-depth knowledge and understanding of project management practices and methodologies
  • Able to manage multiple projects, assign and manage work activities, meet deadlines and develop comms/reporting in a timely and effective manner
  • Project planning, budget planning and resource management
  • Engineering processes and practices to build products with sound and measurable instrumentation
  • Agile delivery methodologies such as SAFe
  • An engineering background of developing business critical products and platforms

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