Product Owner
Posted 1 week ago by Hays Specialist Recruitment
£465 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Leeds, UK
Summary: As a Product Owner for an Engineering Platform, you will lead the development of a scalable and developer-centric platform aimed at enhancing engineering productivity. Your role involves collaborating with engineering teams and stakeholders to define the vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives. You will leverage your experience in agile environments to manage backlogs and facilitate communication among cross-functional teams. This position is based in Leeds or Bristol, with a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Shape and deliver a modern, scalable engineering platform.
- Collaborate with engineering teams, architects, and transformation leads to define vision and strategy.
- Manage stakeholder communication and ensure delivery readiness.
- Write user stories and manage the product backlog.
- Implement governance and standards for platform capabilities.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Manager in a platform engineering or DevOps environment.
- Strong ticket writing and user story development skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience in agile environments with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to translate technical concepts into business value.
- Backlog management expertise.
- Knowledge of governance and standards.
- Focus on continuous improvement.
Salary (Rate): £465.12 per day
City: Leeds
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Product Owner
Based: Leeds or Bristol - 3 days on site, 2 from home
Duration: To end March 2026 initially
IR35: In scope
Rate: £465.12 per day
As the Product Owner for an Engineering Platform, you will be responsible for shaping and delivering a modern, scalable, and developer-centric platform that accelerates engineering productivity and supports a transformation roadmap. You will work closely with five engineering teams, architects, and transformation leads to define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for platform capabilities, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical excellence. You will have experience working with technical teams to 'with stakeholders, senior leaders, developers, and testers to ensure shared understanding and delivery readiness.
Sought:
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Manager in a platform engineering or DevOps environment.
- Ticket Writing/User Stories.
- Stakeholder Management and Communication skills.
- Experience working in agile environments with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to translate technical concepts into business value and vice versa.
- Backlog Management
- Governance & Standards
- Continuous Improvement
Desirable Qualifications
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent.
- Experience in large-scale digital transformation programs.
- Business Analysis skills/experience.
PRODUCT, PRODUCT OWNER, PRODUCT MANAGER, COMMUNICATION, USER STORIES, TICKET WRITING
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