Product Owner

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Spring Technology's client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, are currently looking to recruit a Product Owner for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of c.£400-£500/day (outside of IR35).

Responsibilities:

* Contribute to the development of outcome driven product roadmaps.

* Contribute to the agreement of meaningful OKRs for product roadmap delivery.

* Work with delivery team(s) to set goals that are achievable but at a pace, be prepared to listen, negotiate, and compromise.

* Make informed decisions about new features and opportunities for products and services, based on market intelligence and internal collaboration.

* Work alongside service design, fellow product management and business analyst community.

* Encourage ownership of products in teams, including end to end support and lifecycle management of the teams products.

* Work with the Design Authority or appropriate governance functions to continuously improve our business solution design capability and assisting in ensuring we are adhering to best practice.

* Support the identification, evaluation and tracking of project benefits.

Requirements:

* Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to confidently communicate with both internal and external stakeholders and to assist in aligning digital activities to business priorities and value.

* Ability to review ideas, projects and opportunities to develop new products, new technologies and business models for our customers.

* Collaborate with service design leaders, providing input and capability information as inputs to develop business case for initiatives.

* Experience of presenting analytics, identifying trends and patterns, and providing advice to inform decision making.

* Ability to think creatively and be able to articulate innovative ideas to solving complex business problems.

* In depth knowledge and demonstrable experience of value frameworks for prioritization of requirements.

* Ability to engage with internal and external customers to develop customer insight in line with Customer Engagement Strategy.

* Practical experience of making business change stick in an continuous improvement environment.

* Actively contribute to community of practice.

Desirable Skills:

* Experience of working in an Agile development environment.

* Experience of working in a Digital team.

* Experience of PEGA Case Management solutions and implementations.

* Experience of lean design principles, systems thinking and domain driven design.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch with Claire Lorden on 0131 524 9027 or send your CV through to [email protected]

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