Product Owner

Job title: Product Owner

• Reporting to: Head of Product
• Employment: Full-time
• Salary range: Dependent on the suitability and level of experience of the candidate.
• Location: Macclesfield

Role summary:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Product Owner to lead and manage the continued development of our SaaS product. This position offers an exciting opportunity to enhance our leading workflow management platform tailored to different R&D applications.

Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams including customers, developers, application scientists, QA, and sales, you will define, prioritise, and deliver product features that meet market demands and customer expectations.

About the product:

The product is designed specifically to streamline and optimise the processes, enhancing collaboration and efficiency across workflows. It supports teams in managing complex R&D workflows, allowing seamless integration and visibility of outsourced tasks, improving decision-making, and accelerating project timelines.

What you'll do:

Working closely with the Head of Product, you will own the day to day management of the Backlog and Release Cycles, including (but not limited to):

• Ticket Creation & Refinement.
• Release Cycle Management.
• Quality Assurance.
• Continuous Improvement.
• Facilitate Feature & Technical Discussions.
• Documentation & Training.
• Market Analysis.

What we're looking for:

Essential Knowledge:

• Previous experience in a similar strategic product role(s), preferably with B2B enterprise cloud/ SaaS products.
• Thorough knowledge of software development practices and agile methodologies (especially Kanban and Scrum).

Essential Skills:

• Advanced prioritisation and resource-balancing capabilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with technical teams and stakeholders.
• Expert presentation skills, comfortable engaging diverse audiences both in-person and remotely.
• Advanced teamwork and self-motivation capabilities.

Experience:

• A minimum of 2 to 3 years of proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role within software or life sciences industries.

Desirable knowledge and skills:

• Significant knowledge of the scientific/ pharmaceutical/ biotech industry.
• Formal Product Owner qualification or certification.
• Background / previous experience as a Business Analyst or similar.
• Background / previous experience as a Delivery Lead, Scrum Master or similar.
• Experience drafting and responding to security questionnaires.
• Experience with cloud, workflow management or informatics platforms.
• Degree in a Science, Life Sciences, Information Systems or related discipline.

Due to business growth, this position offers an opportunity for an enthusiastic and ambitious individual to join a collaborative, friendly and interactive team, while personally contributing to the future growth of the company.