Product Owner

We are looking for a Product Owner to join our already rapidly growing team, to lead the development and ongoing management of INTO’s digital product portfolio.

Reporting to the Technical Product Owner, this role will lead Agile Scrum teams focused on building robust underpinning technology to support new digital products that are used by our staff, agents or students.

This person will play a key role in launching and managing digital products for INTO; be the voice of the customer (user) and the key liaison between a wide variety of stakeholders across the organisation.

In addition, this person will work closely with colleagues in the Engineering team, Product team, Data & Insights team, as well as colleagues from the 3 Business Units - Recruitment, UK, and US Education. Their main objective is to prioritise product and feature developments that deliver business value, keeping the student and agent experience in mind.

We do however have a passion for supporting growth and development and so if you have solid experience within a Product Owner position with an interest in becoming more technical, we'd still love to hear from you

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Lead a cross-functional Agile Scrum team to deliver the strategy and roadmap of INTO’s digital products.
- Collect and document product requirements and break them down into epics and user stories, ensuring that stories are broken the right level for the team and add incremental business value.
- You’ll be comfortable understanding technical concepts and translating those to user focused deliverables
- Be the voice of the customer/user and ensure that customers’ feedback and requirements are driving new feature developments and innovation.
- Follow Agile processes and support the Scrum Master on ceremonies including daily stand ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Own the product backlog, roadmap, and feature prioritisation.
- Be data-driven and KPI-obsessed, keeping an eye on product analytics using tools like Heap.
- Maintain thorough product documentation using road mapping tools, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint etc.
- Ensure that major features are launched after final signoffs from senior stakeholders.
- Attend Quarterly PI (Program Increment) Planning sessions with the Scrum teams and key business stakeholders. Collaborate with Technical Leads, Architects, and Product Designers.
- Lead product demos and “show & tell” sessions regularly with senior stakeholders and wider organisation, collect feedback and continuously improve product quality.

**Location**

This position is located in Brighton, however, we understand that the office is not for everyone So we are open to this position being home based with the occasional team meeting on site.

**About Us**

INTO University Partnerships is an independent organisation committed to expanding higher education and career opportunities for students across the globe.

We believe in the power of education to transform lives. We believe that movement of students leads to movement of ideas, which in turn creates better and more successful societies.

We connect students seeking quality international education with leading universities worldwide aspiring to widen their global reach and impact. Achieving the best learning experience and career prospects for students is central to our mission.

Since our inception in 2005, INTO has pioneered innovation in international education and created ground-breaking partnerships with 30 universities in the US, UK and Australia. We have so far helped more than 130,000 students from 190 countries realise their dream of achieving a degree from a world-class university. We also equip students to get a head start in building a career. We do this by offering exceptional academic and employability skills programmes.

We are active in over 120 countries and provide unrivalled personalised service to international students with more than 1,500 experienced staff worldwide and a global network of 2,000 recruitment partners.

INTO Giving is the charitable arm of INTO University Partnerships and is committed to increasing access to education and improving the quality of education for disadvantaged young people around the world. INTO employees are encouraged to take an active role in INTO Giving.

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

**Salary**: £45,000.00-£50,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Sick pay
- Wellness programmes
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday