Cyber Product Owner

Cyber Product Owner
Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% Remote - Sheffield
Duration: 30/11/2026
Rate to SSC (including supplier charge): £533

MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA

Role Description:
Protective Security IT requires an experienced Tech Product Owner with Protective Security Transformation experience for the Access Control Pod. This role is responsible for leading and supporting the delivery of Access Control & Access Management transformation and Rund the bank programs while also supporting the department technology head in executing the overall technology strategy.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with Access Control Global business stakeholders/leaders and architects to refine and prioritise the product backlog to maximise the business benefits.
• Define and drive the execution of all transformation technology initiatives in the Access Control sub stream.
• Actively manage and monitor all budgetary requirements in Access Control Pod to support short to long-term business vision.
• Assess and ensure business demand aligns with investment plans & Technology Strategy.
• Support the management of Technology- business relationship; represent Technology in business discussions and ensure necessary technology capabilities required by the business are developed.
• Ensure that the Technology mission statement/vision and technology plans are communicated effectively across the necessary Delivery Teams.
• Leading an Agile pod to maximise velocity and ensure alignment with business priorities.
• Driving innovation and proof of concepts to help shape Access Control strategy and roadmap.
• Promoting a culture of customer centricity across the delivery team.
• Ensuring alignment with Client standards, governance and documentation requirements.

Operational Effectiveness & Control:

• Adhere to Client policy, procedures and control requirements applicable to day-to-day working, exceptional and project activities, and raise any concerns about actual or potential issues promptly, in line with reporting and escalation procedures.
• Continuously monitor information from various sources to assess potential impacts and identify risks, necessary changes and business opportunities.
• Apply IT policies, procedures, practices and standards to their allocated tasks, taking responsibility for their own actions, to ensure the achievement of high levels of quality, effective risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Suggest ideas and contribute to implementing actions that will improve customer service, quality or the way teams and individuals work together.

EXPERIENCE

• Experienced technology manager with proven experience in delivering large transformation and Run the bank programmes externally-hosted, cloud based SaaS/PaaS based solutions using 3rd parties for effective delivery and support.
• Extensive experience of Agile project/programme management and DevOps
• Protective security business process transformation/optimisation experience
• Experience with protective Security applications - access control, CCTV, Intruder detection and PSIM
• Experienced people manager, across wide range of capability levels
• Proven capability in IT Service Management/Ownership (Service, Incidents, Problems, Changes, Release, Risks, Data etc)
• Evidence of large scale/global technology transformation, service introduction and/or service management within complex multi-national organisation
• Experience of operating within regulated industries and the associated Governance frameworks (ideally within Financial Services)

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Experience in managing budgets and monitoring spends and report the financial health of the POD/department.
• Knowledgeable in Protective security processes and operating models.
• Able to use structured techniques to drive end-to-end solution design, ensuring user centric and outcome-based approach.
• Able to develop quantitative and qualitative business cases based on tangible benefit realisation
• Aptitude for problem solving and sharing best practice, methods, tools and templates
• Strong written and presentation skills - ability to present technical details to a non-technical audience
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills - able to engage with a diverse stakeholder group at all levels of the organisation
• Great people manager - able to work with local and remote teams
• Proactively advances knowledge of technologies and practices through self-study, hands-on experience, and formal training
• Educated to degree level or above