Product Owner: People's Partnership
Vacancy Name
Product Owner
Vacancy No
VN1933
Employment Type
Full-Time
Primary Work Location
People's Partnership - Manhattan Building, Crawley
Description
Product Owner
12 month fixed-term contract
About People’s Partnership:
At the heart of our not-for-profit organisation is a commitment and a motivation to make the future-saving experience a simple one for our members. We champion fairness and simplicity, not profit-chasing. Imagine a financial adventure where everyone's a winner, fuelled by our exceptional service and brought to life by the fantastic individuals who work for us. We're a diverse employer with a flexible, hybrid working approach, ensuring everyone gets the opportunity to come to work and be the best version of themselves.
What you'll be doing:
Working as an integral part of an agile product development team the Product Owner will be working to deliver a pre-agreed roadmap of features across our internal application relating to the transition and management of all communication with our customers via a new Customer Communication Management system (CCM). They will educate the wider business on the product vision and motivate the team in scheduling, design, and delivery of change.
• Working as part of a Project, to replace the current document template and generation systems with a third party customer communication management platform.
• Drive and deliver against an agreed roadmap of product enhancements.
• Working closely with an agile product team to produce an effective and innovative solution.
• Obtaining SME sign off on prepared requirements, receiving demos/ delivering UAT on behalf of the business & leading demos to stakeholders outside the delivery team.
• Maintains a detailed sprint plan scheduling development work in accordance with product priorities and team velocity.
• Reporting on sprint progress and key feature delivery to internal sponsors.
• Providing regular updates to key stakeholders and sharing product vision with the wider organisation.
What we’re looking for:
• Experience working within a wide range of technologies and a good technical mindset.
• Can articulate a good understand of agile principles and methodologies.
• Good understanding of digital principles and experiencing in applying digital principles within a customer journey.
• Experience in leading workshops and exercising exploratory questioning techniques.
• Strong self starter with strong organisation skills.
What you can expect from us:
● Generous pension contributions with an employer contribution of up to 14%
● Real living wage
● Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance
● Employee healthcare
● Parental and adoption leave
● Learning & development opportunities and study support
● Travel season ticket loans
● Grab & Go Deli Café in our Crawley office
● Volunteering days and charity payroll giving
● Onsite gym
● Ride-to-Work scheme
● Social clubs and events
Disability Statement
People's Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to treating all our people (and all who apply for a role at People's Partnership) equally and enabling them to perform at their best and demonstrate what they have to offer. We are a disability committed employer, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process (application, selection assessments where relevant, and interview) to enable you to show us the best “you”.
Perks
Our people are our strength so finding ways to value and reward them is important to us. That’s why we offer an award-winning pension – it’s what we’re good at – plus health care cover, an onsite gym, access to a personal trainer; even the odd massage. And if they’re feeling peckish after all that activity, they can always refuel in our subsidised restaurant. Discover more of People's Partnership's employee benefits including our training programme, which is designed to give our people the support they need to develop a fulfilling career.
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