Automation Consultants

Product Owner

Automation Consultants

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Reading • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £30,000 - £45,000 per year

Job Level

Junior

About the role

  • Collaborate with the Product Manager to understand and support the product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities.
  • Maintain a clear, prioritised backlog that aligns with business objectives and customer needs.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., marketing, support, and leadership) to gather requirements, validate ideas, and ensure alignment with business goals.
  • Translate product and business requirements into detailed and clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications that guide development.
  • Make trade-off decisions between possible and desirable, which requires a good sense of what is technically feasible.
  • Prioritise the product backlog based on stakeholder input, customer feedback, and strategic goals.
  • Continuously refine and adjust priorities to align with evolving business needs and customer demands.
  • Advocate for the end-user by understanding customer needs, collecting feedback, and ensuring that solutions deliver value and drive customer satisfaction.
  • Work with engineering teams to plan work, ensure clarity of requirements, and remove blockers to keep the team on track.
  • Participate actively in team meetings, including planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Review and approve deliverables to ensure they meet acceptance criteria and high standards of quality.
  • Conduct user acceptance testing and verify that completed work meets business requirements.
  • Track and analyse key product metrics, feeding back data to improve functionality and user experience.
  • Coordinate and support product releases, including beta testing, launch planning, and go-to-market strategies, working closely with marketing and support teams.
  • Engage with customers to understand their challenges, and perform customer-facing product demos.

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent vocational qualification with minimum 2:1 result or similar
  • Knowledge of the Atlassian ecosystem, in particular Jira and Confluence.
  • At least 1 years experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst or similar.
  • Experience in SaaS is preferred.
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner or equivalent certification.
  • Proven track record of translating product strategies into impactful user stories and well-defined requirements.
  • Familiarity with A/B testing, data analytics tools, and user research methodologies.
  • Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, especially Scrum and Kanban.
  • Experience in UI/UX principles
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with an ability to work collaboratively across teams.
  • Analytical mindset, with experience in using data to drive decisions and prioritise effectively.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to addressing challenges.
  • Understanding of software development principles and the technical skills to communicate effectively with development teams.
Benefits
  • 25 days’ holiday (excluding bank holidays which are taken in addition)
  • Private Healthcare
  • Dental insurance
  • Enhanced Maternity & Paternity plans
  • Dedicated ongoing training plan and budget
  • Flexible working hours and environment
  • Access to the Electric Car Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Pension Scheme
  • High spec. machine and access to virtual test lab
  • Onsite gym, showers, yoga lessons and more
  • Regular company-wide events, team social events, including Hackathons and competitions

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
user storiesacceptance criteriafunctional specificationsA/B testingdata analyticsAgile methodologiesScrumKanbanUI/UX principlessoftware development principles
Soft skills
communication skillspresentation skillsinterpersonal skillscollaborative workanalytical mindsetproblem-solving skillsproactive approach
Certifications
Certified Scrum Product Owner