Product Owner
Bede Gaming
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
SDLC
About the role
- Own, maintain, and prioritise the Tribe and Team backlogs in line with the strategic direction set by Tribe Leaders.
- Contribute to the Bede Product Roadmap for your product area.
- Play a key role throughout the Bede Software Development Life Cycle within your Tribe.
- Work closely with Product Managers to understand customer needs and business strategy.
- Engage with stakeholders to identify and capture problem statements and objectives.
- Represent the voice of the stakeholder (whether a client or Bede sponsor).
- Translate high-level objectives into clear, detailed user stories with acceptance criteria and see them through to execution.
- Take full accountability for product quality and sign off features at the end of each sprint.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to produce sprint reports and project delivery dates for small to mid-scale projects (large-scale projects will have a dedicated Project Manager).
- Support defect triage for internal and external issues.
- Be the subject matter expert for your Tribe’s product area.
- Own and maintain product documentation, ensuring gaps are filled and kept up to date.
- Create and contribute to platform release notes and feature documentation.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
- Support continuous improvement practices within your Tribe.
- Gather feedback from customers and stakeholders to inform future iterations and drive continuous product improvements.
- Bring curiosity and drive to become an expert in your product area.
Requirements
- Experience working in a technology environment, with hands-on professional experience as a Product Owner or a similar role.
- Strong experience in Agile development (Scrum, SAFe, or other Agile framework qualifications would be a bonus).
- Excellent communication skills, with confident use of English (both written and verbal) to engage effectively with technical teams, stakeholders, and clients.
- A proven track record in software development with full end-to-end project lifecycle experience.
- Solid understanding of web-based systems development.
- Customer-focused, with the ability to identify and clearly articulate product requirements.
- Strong analytical, planning, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
Benefits
- A friendly, flexible and trust-based approach to working
- 25 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays and a typically very generous Christmas break
- The use of a mobile phone or tablet of your choice, with the monthly contract covered by us
- ‘Select Enhanced’ Bupa private healthcare - access from day 1 which covers all pre-existing conditions
- Fully matched private pension scheme (up to 8% matched)
- Life Assurance which pays out x4 of your salary to a nominated person(s)
- Employee Assistance Programme - Beders have access to support and practical advice on a variety of issues that might impact their life (provided by Bupa)
- Innovation time - Engineers have regular opportunities to spend time developing skills and innovating.
- A great office life! Free snacks and refreshments in the office every day as well as regular food van visits from the best places in Newcastle
- Access to Calm - the #1 app for meditation and sleep
- Lots of social events - inside and outside of the working day
- Referral Programme - help us grow our team with talented individuals and be rewarded with a referral payment of £3,000 (pre-tax)
- Bede swag - from Zoodies to t-shirts and even our much loved Bede socks!
- Bede Holidays - extra discretionary days off through the year as an extra special thank you
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Agile developmentScrumSAFesoftware development life cycleuser storiesacceptance criteriadefect triageproject lifecycleweb-based systems developmentproduct documentation
Soft skills
communication skillsanalytical skillsplanning skillsproblem-solving skillsorganizational skillscustomer-focusedcollaborationstakeholder engagementcuriositydrive