Product Owner

Product Owner

12 month FTC

Milton Keynes / London: - £51,754 - £58,809

Manchester: £49,704 - £56,480

Hybrid

We are seeking a Product Owner (known internally as Education Technology Product Owner) to join AQA on a 12 month FTC. The position will be responsible for ensuring that customer and product requirements for our new data service and other customer-facing products are translated for and represented to developers and that deliverables are aligned.

Landscape:

Provide a holistic approach to the understanding of new technology initiatives relating to Customer-facing education technology products (aligned to AQA's Customer & Product strategy), whilst representing AQA business requirements and priorities, championing how they fit within development schedules.

You will work with other AQA Product Owners to define requirements for, plan, and prioritise functional development whilst considering and negotiating dependencies across all relevant AQA technology platforms and roadmaps. Working in an Agile framework, lead on prioritisation of change requests from internal stakeholders and users, and defects to prioritise their resolution in sprint cycles. Facilitate the relationship between AQA business groups and third-party development teams for customer-facing technology products and services.

To be successful in this role, you will need to know / have / how to:

• Technical fluency and understanding, including programming understanding
• Change Management principles
• Project management principles (eg PRINCE 2, Agile)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation and facilitation
• Proven organisational skills
• Team working with excellent interpersonal skills
• How to translate stakeholder (internal and external customer) needs into defined requirements for software developments
• How to apply product and process knowledge to drive strategic quality improvements
• Strong customer focus, with expertise in focusing own and team's work to the best outcome from the customer perspective
• Proven track record in working with and liaising with suppliers and technical specialists
• Proven skills in leading on planning and coordinating with a third party supplier
• How to translate a vision into achievable goals and provide clear direction to achieve organisational objectives
• Inspire and motivate team members and other colleagues
• The ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of partners and stakeholders
• Project Management experience
• Experience of championing continuous improvement and change management approaches within a delivery environment
• Proven experience in working on technical programmes, translating business processes into functional requirements.
• Broad experience of working with software development teams

What's in it for you:

At AQA we recognise our employees' contribution and in return we are proud to offer an extensive reward and benefit package.

This includes:

• 25 days' annual leave rising to 30 days with service, plus all Bank Holidays and additional Christmas office closure
• Flexible working environment and professional and personal development at your fingertips.
• 35 hour working week
• Excellent contributory pension (6% - 11.5% dependent on employee contribution)
• Life assurance, BUPA PMI and Health Cash Plan
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme

What next?

If the role looks of interest and you would like to apply, please do so via our portal. Every application will be provided with a written response!

We are reviewing applications as they come through and reserve the right to close this role early.