Technology Team Product Owner

Purpose of the post

At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we employ talented individuals who bring their own unique skills and experience to support our vision and benefit the whole team.[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] requires the services of an experienced Product Owner to work within its technology team. You will work across a range of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] technical solutions including the Health Data Research Gateway, the Disease Atlas, Researcher Registry, Phenotype Library, and Cohort Discovery. This is a highly visible and senior role, leading key areas of product development.

Main responsibilities

• Drive successful assembling/development and adoption of technical solutions listening to stakeholder feedback and being driven by value added, user insights and metrics to achieve KPIs.
• Lead definition of the strategy, roadmap, features and stories for our technical portfolio, working with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead and manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders with different requirements and timelines.
• Define end-to-end user journeys to provide simple and compelling user experiences.
• Build feature roadmaps, maintain relevant product backlogs and prioritise.
• Manage stakeholder priorities aligned to product releases.
• Provide clarity to the delivery organisation on the structure and planning for releases, as well as all design and implementation acceptance sign-off.
• Work with software vendors and partners to ensure our requirements are incorporated into their roadmaps.
• Demonstrate the functionality of products to a range of research users with differing levels of technical expertise and support them with utilising the product.
• Maintain an in-depth technical knowledge of the product(s) the post is leading and be able to discuss them in detail to a variety of audiences.
• Define acceptance criteria and validate the product delivery for robust implementation.
• Document product features, manuals to support users, and promotional materials.
• Support the drafting of relevant data governance and Data Protection Impact Assessment documents.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• A leader with experience gained in a large complex organisation.
• A minimum of five years of experience in the health data/technology/research domain in either a Product Owner role in industry and/or a Senior Leader role in academia/the public sector or equivalent.
• Demonstrable success in delivering multiple concurrent programmes of work.
• Experience working with development partners to achieve product delivery.
• Experience in building long-term relationships/partnerships with different organisations with the ability to negotiate and influence effectively.
• Demonstrable effectiveness at engaging stakeholder communities, understanding their needs, and defining and documenting requirements.
• Understanding of technical complexity to feed into feasibility and prioritisation of designs and feature changes.
• A passion for user-centred design.
• Experience of working directly with senior leaders, working effectively with humility and confidence.
• Experience in agile methodologies and/or working with agile teams.
• Experience using Confluence, JIRA, Trello and similar Agile project management tools.
• Experience of writing user stories, technical tasks, reports, funding applications and presentations.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• In depth understanding of enterprise architecture concepts, agile system, product ownership, and development project management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to inspire and lead others at all levels and to explain concepts without technical jargon.
• Experienced in leading a multidisciplinary team of direct and in-direct reports.
• Ability to work as part of a team, work autonomously and make decisions without supervision.
• Technical knowledge, ideally with software development/infrastructure experience.
• An understanding of research delivery within the public sector, healthcare, academia and/or industry.

Additional information

Please note, as we are a UK-based organisation, applicants must be living in, and eligible to work in, the UK. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Deadline: 7 March 2025 – 5:00PM. Salary: £80,000 - £95,000. Type of contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2026 with possibility of extension. Location: Flexible. Primary base could be anywhere in the UK, but must be willing and able to travel to London and elsewhere (mainly UK) in connection with the role.