Technical Product Owner
Technical Product Owner - PubSec - Glasgow (mostly remote) - Outside IR35
Day Rate - Up to £710 per day
Duration: 6 months
The Opportunity
Harvey Nash's PubSec Client are in the search for an experienced Technical Product Owner to join an established team responsible for supporting, maintaining and evolving a recently implemented platform that underpins key legislative and long-term business requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical product ownership for a business-critical platform.
- Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to define product strategy and roadmap.
- Lead prioritisation activities and drive delivery of product outcomes.
- Support the ongoing operation, enhancement and maintenance of services.
- Champion data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.
- Manage stakeholder relationships across technical and business teams.
- Anticipate future technology trends and identify opportunities for platform enhancement.
- Promote product management best practice and contribute to wider communities of practice.
Essential Skills & Experience
Technical Expertise
Candidates should demonstrate strong experience across four or more of the following areas:
- AWS architectures and cloud-native best practices, including:
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Immutable Infrastructure
- Ephemeral Infrastructure
- Kubernetes on AWS EKS
- MySQL-compatible databases:
- MySQL
- Amazon RDS
- Amazon Aurora
- MariaDB
- CI/CD and build pipeline automation
- Tooling including:
- Helm
- Terragrunt
- Git
- ArgoCD
- Government cloud security standards:
- NIST
- OWASP
- CIS
- NCSC
- BASH Scripting
- Python development
- RESTful microservices
- IT Service Management (ITSM)
Leadership & Product Management
- Proven ability to lead teams in the design, implementation, administration and support of infrastructure services.
- Strong ownership mindset with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
- Ability to define and communicate product vision, strategy and roadmaps.
Technical Leadership
- Ability to understand, review and contribute to code and Scripting activities.
- Strong problem management capabilities, including trend analysis and preventative action planning.
- Experience advising on future technology direction and product evolution.
- Ability to lead technical discussions and support strategic decision-making.
Desirable Skills
- Understanding of technical governance frameworks and service assurance.
- Experience operating within government or highly regulated environments.
- Knowledge of governance, auditability and accountability requirements across public sector organisations.