Product Owner
Posted 1 week ago by Ntrinsic Consulting
Negotiable
Inside
Remote
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Product Owner involves engaging with customers and shaping the vision for products/services within the Global Technology (Infrastructure & Cloud) sector. The position requires collaboration with engineering teams to develop and maintain an achievable roadmap while managing the product backlog and ensuring alignment with customer outcomes. The role is remote but requires residency in the UK and is classified as inside IR35, necessitating the use of an umbrella company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define, communicate, and maintain vision for assigned products/services that meets or exceeds customer expectations.
- Develop an achievable roadmap in collaboration with the relevant engineering team.
- Work within pre-agreed Service Level Objectives for the assigned product.
- Manage the product backlog, prioritising delivery on a day-to-day basis.
- Report on the performance of the assigned product, providing operational and product value delivery insights.
- Collaborate with the assigned team to enable a full experience for customers using the product.
- Engage with stakeholders to share delivery progress information and identify alternative solutions.
- Ensure system or process changes impacting customer journeys are reviewed by business stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- Product ownership experience, including story-mapping and budget management.
- Understanding of product management principles, methodologies, and best practices.
- In-depth knowledge of agile frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Kanban).
- Proficiency in project management tools and software (e.g. Jira, Confluence).
- Understanding of aligning product strategy with client goals.
- Understanding of software development processes and technologies.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Consulting
Contract Start: NOW
Duration: 31 May 2026 (+ possible extensions)
Location: Remote (must be resident in UK)
Rate: flexible (will be inside IR35 and required to use an umbrella company)
We are recruiting on behalf of our global consulting client for a Product Owner to sit within the Global Technology (Infrastructure & Cloud) business area. You would be responsible for engaging with customers, shaping the vision for the product/service, working with an engineering team to develop to create and publish an achievable roadmap, with appropriate prioritising of delivery on a day-to-day basis.
Principal accountabilities:
- Define, communicate, and maintain vision for assigned products/services that meets or exceeds customer expectations.
- Develop an achievable roadmap in collaboration with the relevant engineering team that can be used as a tracking and progress vehicle for stakeholder communications.
- Work within the pre-agreed Service Level Objectives for the assigned product, ensuring that the LIVE products are supported by the Modern Operations teams in a robust and stable way.
- Manage the product backlog, prioritising delivery on a day-to-day basis and address questions and concerns from the engineering team, ensuring guidance and work activities are aligned to the needs of the customer and their outcomes.
- Report on the performance of the assigned product, with both operational and product value delivery insights.
- Work with the team and senior leaders to assess if opportunities for improvements are available.
- Collaborate with the assigned team to enable a full experience to customers when using the assigned product, ensuring they interact with minimal teams.
- Engage with stakeholders to share appropriate delivery progress information and collaborate with the identification of alternative solutions where appropriate.
- Ensure any system or process changes that impact customer journeys have been reviewed by business stakeholders to determine the impact of the changes on the delivery of customer outcomes.
Required Experience:
- Product ownership experience, including story-mapping, budget management, working stakeholders, developing and maintaining product roadmaps, writing user stories
- Understanding of product management principles, methodologies, and best practices
- In-depth knowledge of agile frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) and the roles, ceremonies, and artifacts within scrum
- Proficiency in project management tools and software (e.g. Jira, Confluence)
- Understanding of aligning product strategy with client goals
- Understanding of software development processes and technologies