Product Owner

Join a Leading Top-Tier Technology Partner as a Product Owner.Job Overview: Role Title: Product Owner Location: Sheffield Duration: 31/12/2026 Days on site: 3 days onsite/week Rates: £435/day via UMB (Inside IR35)Role Description: 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 concept to help shape Access Control strategy and roadmap.
• Promoting a culture of customer centricity across the delivery team.
• Ensuring alignment with HSBC standards, governance and documentation requirements.

Experience

• Experienced technology manager with proven experience in delivering large transformations and run-the-bank programmes in externally-hosted, cloud-based SaaS / PaaS-based solutions using 3rd parties for effective delivery and support.
• Extensive experience in 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 a 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 a complex multinational organisation.
• Experience of operating within regulated industries and the associated governance frameworks (ideally within Financial Services) SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE.
• Experience in managing budgets, monitoring spends and reporting 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 a 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

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