Product Owner

**The Role: Product Owner**

As a data solutions product owner, you will work closely with, and manage the client project relationship to own, capture and understand their data and reporting requirements. You will also liaise with our technical delivery teams in the design and development process of cloud data solutions.

Liaising with our clients and working as a partnership is a key part of the role and therefore excellent client facing skills will be required.

You will also naturally have a passion for product development, ideally in the data space, keeping up to date with the latest technologies and methodologies, whilst inspiring others in the team to continually improve.

**Duties**:

- Working with business stakeholders to understand, capture, and refine their data and reporting requirements.
- Lead the project lifecycle and be at the very core of the product roadmap, with the aim of delivering industry leading data solutions that meet our clients’ needs.
- Produce, manage and own artefacts in Jira (e.g., user stories, requirements documents, wireframes) consumable by the technical delivery team to manage the solution development process.
- Facilitate requirements prioritisation sessions with the client and technical delivery team.
- Experience working to agile delivery methodologies.
- Own and manage the backlog including prioritisation.
- Ensure relevant documentation is kept up to date.
- Provide client stakeholders with progress updates, plans and metrics.
- Support the technical delivery teams to enable them to successfully deliver the backlog.
- Work as the interface between client stakeholders and the solution technical delivery team.
- Work closely with, and manage the client project relationship to own, capture and understand their data and reporting requirements.
- Liaise with our technical delivery teams in the design and development process of cloud data solutions.
- Keep up to date with the latest technologies and methodologies,
- Liaise with our clients and working as a partnership; build and maintain a strong client relationship.
- Inspire others in the team to continually improve.

The above list is non-exhaustive; you may be required to carry out any ancillary duties in relation to your role, in addition to the abovementioned list.

**Qualifications and experience required for this role**:
**Required**:

- 3+ years’ experience working in a similar role.
- Experience of understanding, capturing, and refining data requirements.
- Ability to produce, manage and own artefacts in Jira (e.g., user stories, requirements documents, wireframes) consumable by the technical delivery team to manage the solution development process.
- Experience working to agile delivery methodologies.
- Ability to present the requirements and delivered features back to key client stakeholders.
- Have a strong interest and prior experience in data solutions.
- Client/ stakeholder management experience

**Person Specification**
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Hardworking, conscientious and a team player.
- Pro-actively seek to develop your skills and knowledge.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong time management skills.
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise tasks in an effective and efficient manner.
- Ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
- Ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines.
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable.
- Pro-active approach to work.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £45,000.00-£65,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sabbatical
- Sick pay
- Transport links
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 2HL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Product Owner: 3 years (required)
- refining data requirements: 2 years (preferred)
- team leadership: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 2HL