Product Owner - Cloud

Posted 13 May by Coventry Building Society
£49,190 - £65,000 per annum
Coventry , West Midlands
Permanent, full-time

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Posted by Coventry Building Society
About the role
This role is responsible for leading the design, delivery and continuous improvement within a scrum team, or teams while ensuring that the roadmap and prioritisation of features is in line with the expectation of the Product Manager and business owners.
The Product Owner will manage all technical aspects of the product lifecycle, from conception and design through to ongoing support and maintenance and ultimately decommissioning, thus enabling the product to meet the needs of customers/users and achieve financial or other targets. This role also facilitates adoption products and business readiness, working with business change teams to ensure and monitor product performance after go live.
  • 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
  • Annual discretionary bonus scheme
  • Personal pension with matched contributions
  • Life assurance (6 times annual salary)
Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society here.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

About you
You have a passion for delivering quality products and services that their users love.  You also enjoy working with stakeholders to making it as easy as possible for them to do business.

You have a deep knowledge of and keen interest in all aspects relating to Cloud platforms and are always on the lookout for “what’s new” and drawing on best practices from within and outside the industry.

You are able to plan and drive scoping, requirements definition and prioritization activities for large, complex initiatives whilst working well in high-pressure situations, and consistently deliver under tight time constraints.

You can negotiate with stakeholders to manage competing priorities and conflicts whilst still being able to delight them.

You listen when ideas are challenged, seek to understand the nature of the criticism and respond constructively.

You are able to understand the requirements of stakeholders and are able to translate those requirements into something that can be built and tested by a delivery team to meet those expectations.
You are able to demonstrate a good general understanding of the drivers of value relating to business products, software and services.  You have experience of technical product ownership with a passion for evolving great digital products by leading multi-disciplinary teams.

What experience are we looking for?
Experience of delivering the development of complex and/or high-risk products from an idea through to post-implementation monitoring and writing user stories and acceptance criteria in behavior driven development format
Experience in engaging with users and stakeholders to turn user insight into product improvements.

Able to set, monitor and report measurable product performance targets.

Experience in Quality Improvement methodologies.

Demonstrate strong ability to understand the insight from data; research, analysis and reporting skills.

Use of product management and backlog software and Agile delivery methodologies.

Ability to assimilate information and set priorities for themselves and product team members according to what adds the most value and is realistic to achieve.

Provide technical leadership and guidance in their area of expertise

Be capable and willing to develop and constantly strive to push boundaries and work outside of the comfort zone

About us
As a mutual, we’ve always worked together to improve the lives of others. As one of the largest building societies in the UK, over 3,000 of us share that goal, in our branches and Head Office. Our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and total support for our wellbeing.
We’re serious about race, age, faith, disability, sexual orientation, and equity for all. By being yourself, you’ll make us stronger.
You can build so much more than a career. Come and make a difference in our Society, that’s been voted a ‘Great Place to Work’ by our team.
Flexibility and why it matters
We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.

Reference: 52641749

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