Product Owner - York Based


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Bytemark Limited

Listed on

23rd February 2018

Location

YO26 6BL

Salary/Rate

£36000 - £42000

Salary Notes

Competitive

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

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# Main responsibilities

The Product Owner is the liaison between the Managing Director and our Engineering Team, writing out, organising and building Bytemark's product backlog according to the product plan.

Key duties will be:

* Writing and organising new feature requests, marshalling bugs

* Presenting groups of features every 3-4 weeks in software planning meetings

* Representing Bytemark's customers and staff in our software development process

* Unpacking requirements and feedback from other stakeholders in the company

* Organising launches of new features alongside the Marketing Manager

* Reporting on the progress of product development to the Managing Director

# Skills and experience required

This is a relatively new position, and we are open-minded about the person we'll employ. However we are primarily selecting on these skills:

* Writing and UI mockups: enough to produce drafts of user interface and copy for implementation by the engineering team, or discuss ideas with front-end engineers.

* Understanding of the web hosting industry and its conventions

* Understanding of software-as-a-service product design & its development

* Ability to juggle large amounts of feedback and prioritise work effectively

* A humble attitude towards customers and stakeholders, the impatient experts who will drive our software development.

The job involves presenting to the engineering team in our monthly engineering planning meeting.

## Optional experience

If you've worked in any of these areas, we would be particularly interested to hear from you. However none of these are requirements.

* Web front-end design and implementation (HTML, Javascript, CSS)

* (Or any other commercial programming)

* Teaching, training or presenting

* More formal project management

## Everyone at Bytemark needs to have these skills:

We're a customer-centred company and have always looked for these:

* Clear dedication to customer service

* Clarity, expressiveness and decisiveness in your communication

* Friendly, positive and empathetic manner

* Enthusiasm for achieving results over process

* Curiosity & self-direction

* Self-discipline and problem-solving

# Career progression

The Product Owner will work closely with the Managing Director to help build out Bytemark's mass market hosting products to a new vision.

We would like you to have a commitment to your own professional development and actively seek learning opportunities. Bytemark will pay for 5 days of conference or training (including expenses) each year to pique your interest and further your skill-set.

# What kind of company is Bytemark?

Bytemark is 30-person strong hosting company founded 15 years ago, now with around 3000 customers. Our head office is in beautiful, historic York. Our mission is to provide solid, reliable hosting with a strong focus on the UK market. We have a deep appreciation for the free software movement and as we've grown, made sure that our recruitment and management are truly equal-opportunity, providing a flexible 37.5 hour average work week and family-friendly employment policies.

Whilst we have a mix of staff in traditionally "technical" and "non-technical" roles, everyone in the company is encouraged to excel in their field, regardless of their position or workflow.

Our two largest teams are currently Engineering & Customer Support " building things and helping our customers use them is where we spend most of our time. The Product Owner role is a crucial and new liaison on the company, joining up stakeholders and customers with engineering.

Hosting has been a solid business, allowing us risks that narrow software startups couldn't. Owning our own data centre has given us amazing security.?We're using our 15 years of experience to continue this history of innovation and to build a company structure with a long-term view.

# Location

This position will be based in our York office. Our company has been split between York, Manchester and several fully remote workers for years, so we have various ways working. However we will strongly prefer someone who can work in our York office.

Our whole team comes to our York HQ three times per year for a meal, catch-up and talks, but each department meets up on a much more regular basis.

# Employment benefits

* Standard holiday allowance: 25 days holiday + UK bank holidays

* Extra holiday allowance: 1 day per full year of employment up to 32 days

* Allowance for home broadband service

* Bytemark-administered group personal Pension Scheme

* Annual health cash plan & private health care

* Enhanced Maternity - 16 weeks pay + 8 weeks 50% pay

* Enhanced Paternity - 2 weeks pay + 2 weeks 50% pay

* Childcare voucher scheme

* 5 days per year allowance for training purposes

* Company-provided bicycle for employees within cycling distance.

Our policies and benefits enable every staff member to balance both family and work commitments, without sacrificing individual ambition or professional development.

# Before you apply

Please understand these points before applying:

* You must already be eligible to work in the UK (no visa sponsorships)

* We will request and review references from successful candidates

* We would ask successful candidates to complete a Basic Disclosure Scotland check (which will be reimbursed)

# What are you waiting for?

There's no "cultural fit" requirement. If you're a keen learner, customer focused and can work well within a team, we'd love to have you on-board.

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