Saas Product Owner
Posted 7 days ago by Hays
£48,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Saas Product Owner role involves supporting the development and delivery of digital products within a large organization focused on IT change and management. The position requires proven experience in Finance and Risk domains, with responsibilities including collaboration with stakeholders, managing change, and driving feature development using agile methodologies. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals transitioning from technical project management or business analysis roles. The role also includes platform support and vendor relationship management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define priorities for system enhancements.
- Manage change across the application lifecycle and apply change management practices.
- Provide day-to-day platform support and escalate complex issues to third-party vendors.
- Manage budgets, coordinate testing and implementation, and drive feature development using agile methodologies.
- Lead issue resolution across the product and communicate problems promptly.
- Empower functional system SMEs to contribute effectively to product development and support.
Key Skills:
- Saas experience.
- Strong communication and confidence with suppliers.
- Experience engaging with internal and external stakeholders.
- Building strong vendor relationships.
- Experience with Dynamics 365 would be beneficial.
Salary (Rate): £48,000.00 yearly
City: Bournemouth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
A large, well-respected organisation are looking for a Saas Product Owner to support in developing and delivering digital products. The organisation has created their next 5-year plan and focused across IT change and management. It is an exciting time to join prior to the systems going live.
For this position, you must have proven experience as a Product Owner within Finance and Risk domains. This would be a great opportunity for someone wanting to step into becoming a Product Owner from a technical project manager, Business Analyst or vendor manager role.
Your new role
The Saas Product Owner collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to define priorities for system enhancements, ensuring configurations leverage cloud-native features like automated updates, security, and compliance controls. They manage change across the application lifecycle, evaluating impacts and applying change management to maintain a seamless user experience. The role includes day-to-day platform support, providing second-line assistance and escalating complex issues to third-party vendors. They manage budgets, coordinate testing and implementation, and drive feature development using agile methodologies aligned with product and release roadmaps. Finally, they lead issue resolution across the product, communicating problems promptly and coordinating investigation, prioritisation, and scheduling. They also empower functional system SMEs to contribute effectively to product development and support.
What you'll need to succeed
- Saas experience
- Strong communication and confidence with suppliers
- Experience engaging with internal and external stakeholders
- Building strong vendor relationships
- Experience with Dynamics 365 would be beneficial
What you'll get in return
Salary up to £48,000
Flexible working- must be within commutable distance to Poole once a week
26 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
Life assurance
Health and dental cashplan
What you need to do now
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