Product Owner
Digital Product Owner
Location: Hybrid, Leeds (with occasional UK travel)
Salary: £60,000–£70,000 + Benefits
About the Compan
y
We're partnering with a well-established UK business that is investing heavily in its technology function as part of an ambitious digital transformation programme. With significant growth planned over the coming years, they're looking for a Digital Product Owner to play a key role in shaping the future of their operational systems and digital product
s.This is a newly created role offering genuine ownership, autonomy and the opportunity to influence the direction of business-critical technolog
y.
The R
ole
As Digital Product Owner, you'll take ownership of a portfolio of operational applications, working closely with business stakeholders, end users and software development partners to ensure products deliver real business va
lue.You'll combine Product Ownership with Business Analysis, spending time understanding operational processes and translating business requirements into prioritised development w
ork.This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving operational problems through technology and wants to take ownership from discovery through to delivery and adopt
ion.
Key Responsibil
- ities
Own the product roadmap and prioritised backlog for business-critical digital applica - tions.Work closely with operational teams to understand processes, identify pain points and gather require
- ments.Produce clear user stories, acceptance criteria and functional requirements for development
- teams.Create and maintain process maps and business document
- ation.Prioritise product enhancements based on business value and user fee
- dback.Work alongside external software development partners throughout the delivery life
- cycle.Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and support successful software rel
- eases.Support ERP and wider business systems transformation initia
- tives.Drive user adoption through training, communication and continuous improv
- ement.Collaborate with stakeholders across operations, technology and senior leade
- rship.Mentor and support a Junior Product
Owner.
Ab
out You
We're looking for someone with a strong background in Product Ownership and Business Analysis who enjoys working closely with both technology and operationa
l teams.
You'll ideally have experie
- nce with:Product roadmap
- ownershipBacklog management and prior
- itisationAgile
- deliveryWriting user stories and acceptance
- criteriaBusiness Analysis and requirements
- gatheringProcess mapping (BPMN or
- similar)User Acceptance Test
- ing (UAT)Stakeholder m
- anagementDigital transformation p
- rogrammesWorking with software development teams or third-party development
partners
Experience in any of the following would be adv
- antageous:
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- ess CentralERP implementation o
- r migrationPow
- er PlatformMa
- nufacturi
- ngLogistics
- EngineeringC
- onstructionFi
- eld ServiceOperation
al softwarePrevious people management experience is welcomed but not essential. This role will manage a Junior Product Owner, so we're looking for someone who enjoys mentoring and support
ing others.
If you're passionate about building digital products that improve operational efficiency and enjoy working closely with users to solve real business challenges, we'd love to he