Product Owner - SharePoint & Intranet

We are looking for an experienced SharePoint & Intranet Product Owner to steer the strategy, who must possess a deep expertise in SharePoint architecture, governance, and stakeholder management, coupled with a strong grasp of intranet best practices.

Join our team to drive innovation and optimise the user experience for these foundational platforms!

Product Owner - SharePoint & Intranet (Fixed-Term)
Reference: APR20247336
Location: Flexible in England
Salary: £43,095.00 - £46,264.00 per annum
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: 12 months fixed-term
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days Annual Leave (Pro-rate) / Flexible working locations and timings

What's the role about?

• Delivering a product vision and strategy to develop a clear roadmap direction for both platforms aligned against your stakeholders and organisation's goals and objectives;
• Working with stakeholders to realises these requirements and to develop technologies to realise the business objectives;
• Working with development and user experience (UX) teams to prioritise the implementation of new features, enhancements, and integrations to create project priorities and pipelines;
• Coordinating user testing and quality assurance to ensure the new features and enhancements meet the defined requirement;
• Being a consultant expert for the business - work with teams - be tech hub - revolutionise our channel thinking approach.

Essential skills, knowledge, and experience:

• An in-depth working knowledge of Microsoft supporter systems and SharePoint software, with 5+ years' product ownership experience and performing system analysis;
• Excellent ability to effectively prioritise and multi-task in a high-volume workload situation;
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skillset;
• Excellent communicator and strong listener to work across departments;
• Excellent skills to provide governance and standards and minimise legal and reputational risk to the organisation;
• Strong advocate of digital literacy and change and lead by example.

Desirable skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Experience owning the audience and driving that customer experiences across these channels;
• Experience using data & insight to inform direction and decisions, to be made in conjunction with sister teams & stakeholders and to Test and Learn, change and adapt based on response;
• Knowledgeable in project and programme delivery through various agile methodologies to take project ownership and leadership of projects to deliver continuous and valuable improvement through the product portfolio.

The successful candidate can be based flexibly within England, and will be expected to travel to our headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire approximately once per month.

The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

Closing date: 23:59, Wednesday, 15th May 2024

Interested?

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.

As part of this application process you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.