Lead Product Owner

Ld Product Owner

We’re seeking a visionary builder who can turn data into a powerful asset. You'll lead a team and be the Product Owner for our cutting-edge data platform, UDAP, Looker Core, and analytics environment, leading both our data engineering and analytics environment pods.

The Product Owner serves as the primary business representative to the development team (POD), ensuring clarity on the "what" and "why" of all backlog items and their relative priority. This role maximizes value delivery by defining, maintaining, and prioritizing the POD's backlog, which includes user stories, enablers, and technical debt. This role encompasses oversight of applications characterized by medium to medium-high complexity, necessitating moderate technical knowledge and/or subject matter expertise.

What You’ll Do

• Backlog Ownership: Define, maintain, and prioritize the Pod Backlog in close collaboration with the Product Manager, Engineering Leads, and Delivery Team. This includes being responsible for defining and prioritizing User Stories, Enablers, and Technical Debt items in scope for a Sprint; articulating Acceptance Criteria; and driving documentation.
• Empower Stakeholders: Engage with clients and internal teams to understand their needs, gather feedback, and identify new features and capabilities that drive business growth. Act as the primary business representative to the Pod to help them understand business context and customer requirements.
• Manage Scope and Dependencies: Scope, refine, and prioritize Urgent Requests (e.g., production issues) coming in as part of an existing Sprint, along with the Product Manager. Coordinate dependency resolution with other Product Owners and other stakeholders.
• Champion Product Success: Take full ownership of the commercial success for all features built under your direction.
• Support Architecture and Costing: Support Domain/Solution architects to define and deliver Non-Functional Requirements, and support the Product Manager to define cost associated with Product-specific demand.
• Participate in Reviews: Participate in Sprint and System Demos to share early feedback, and PI Retrospectives to reflect on progress, improvement opportunities, and outcomes.

What You’ll Bring

We're looking for a PO with a strong blend of technical fluency and a strategic, product-oriented mindset. You’ll need to demonstrate a history of influencing stakeholders and driving data-driven decisions.

• Education: Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in a related field, preferably Computer Science.
• Deep Technical Fluency: A solid understanding of data platforms, with hands-on experience in GCP (Big Query and Looker experience is required) and JIRA/Confluence.
• Strategic Acumen: The ability to think strategically, solve complex problems, and translate business needs into a clear product vision.
• Product-Oriented Mindset: A focus on continuous improvement, market analysis, and a relentless pursuit of product-market fit. Good knowledge of SDLC, preferably with certifications in SCRUM and/or SAFe.
• Exceptional Communication: The skill to influence stakeholders, build effective working relationships, and effectively articulate complex ideas to a diverse audience, including explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: A strong analytical aptitude, competency in quantitative and qualitative analysis, and a deep understanding of customer feedback loops to guide product development. Good business analysis skills, including the ability to clearly articulate customer requirements.

Certifications (preferred):

• GCP Certifications
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM)

Company Benefits:

• Bonus Programme
• Equity Programme
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Private Medical and Dental coverage
• Mental Health Benefit Programme
• Group Pension Plan
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Cycle To Work
• EV Car Benefit Scheme
• Gym Membership
• Family Leave
• Education Assistance – MBA/Advanced Degree/Bachelor Degree
• Ongoing Employee Development Training/Certification
• Hybrid Working

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