Product Owner
Posted 1 week ago by Pontoon Solutions
£600 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Watford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Product Owner involves taking ownership of specific product areas, focusing on delivering incremental value and ensuring high-quality outcomes for customers and stakeholders. The position requires balancing strategic input with day-to-day delivery while managing the product backlog and facilitating agile ceremonies. The successful candidate will work closely with delivery teams to implement product changes and maintain a well-prioritized backlog. This is a hands-on contract position for 12 months, requiring a hybrid working pattern with two days on-site each week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Owning and managing the product backlog, ensuring priorities are clear and value-driven
- Defining clear, well-structured user stories that meet customer and business needs
- Supporting and facilitating agile ceremonies such as sprint planning and retrospectives
- Providing input into the wider product vision and roadmap
- Owning product change governance and business readiness activities, including testing, training and communications
- Providing regular progress updates to senior and key stakeholders
- Implementing development frameworks within your product area and coaching others where needed
- Proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes and support strategic objectives
- Keeping an external perspective to ensure the product proposition remains best-in-class
Key Skills:
- Results-focused with a strong delivery mindset
- Proven experience prioritising, refining and managing product backlogs
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate and negotiate effectively
- Experience working in fast-paced, collaborative environments and delivering to tight deadlines
- Comfortable taking accountability while working as part of a wider delivery team
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: Watford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Product Owner (Contract)
Contract length: 12 months
Day rate: £600 (inside IR35 via umbrella)
Working pattern: Hybrid – 2 days per week on site
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced Product Owner to take ownership of a discrete product area, typically covering 1–2 features, journeys, or technology components. You’ll be responsible for delivering incremental value, ensuring high-quality outcomes for customers and stakeholders, and working closely with delivery teams to bring product changes to life. This is a hands-on role where you’ll balance strategic input with day-to-day delivery, playing a key part in shaping product direction while maintaining a well-prioritised backlog.
What you’ll be doing
- Owning and managing the product backlog, ensuring priorities are clear and value-driven
- Defining clear, well-structured user stories that meet customer and business needs
- Supporting and facilitating agile ceremonies such as sprint planning and retrospectives
- Providing input into the wider product vision and roadmap
- Owning product change governance and business readiness activities, including testing, training and communications
- Providing regular progress updates to senior and key stakeholders
- Implementing development frameworks within your product area and coaching others where needed
- Proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes and support strategic objectives
- Keeping an external perspective to ensure the product proposition remains best-in-class
What we’re looking for
A results-focused Product Owner with a strong delivery mindset
Proven experience prioritising, refining and managing product backlogs
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate and negotiate effectively
Experience working in fast-paced, collaborative environments and delivering to tight deadlines
Comfortable taking accountability while working as part of a wider delivery team
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