SAP Product Owner

SAP Product Owner - 7 month contract - Samlesbury Aerodrome - 60.61 ph UMB or 44.94 ph PAYE (Inside IR35)

The Umbrella rate quoted above is the Gross Umbrella rate (i.e. the rate we pay to the Umbrella Company inclusive of ALL employment costs). Please note, the rate paid by the Umbrella will be less, as will a Limited Deemed rate or Agency PAYE rate. Please get in touch to discuss the rates via these different payment vehicles.

The Role

As the SAP Product Owner you will be supporting a SAP4HANA solution that has been recently deployed to a number of BAE Systems partners/entities.

The successful candidate will be able to integrate with the customer community, IM&T Support Teams and 3rd party IT Partners.

This role will provide exposure to a range of stakeholders within BAE Systems and their suppliers.

As this is a new role within BAE Systems, the successful candidate will play a key part in shaping the role and defining the optimum operating model and processes based on previous experience gained in a similar role.

Role Requirements:

Not limited to

• Defining and prioritising requirement based on customer insights, commercial value, and technical feasibility-supported by clear business cases.
• Collaborating with delivery partners to identify the best-fit technical solutions to meet both customer and business needs.
• Ensuring incidents/defects are being accurately recorded and effectively managed in line with the SLA.
• Reviewing trends and recurring issues to identify and address knowledge gaps or training needs.
• Reporting progress on incidents and changes via an integrated roadmap/product backlog.
• Defining User Stories that can be used in assessing and understanding the impact of potential issues and proposed changes.
• Coordinating User Testing following software updates/changes.
• Understanding cross-functional/cross entity impacts, ensuring smooth transitions of projects into BA

What are BAE Systems looking for from you?

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, proactive individual with extensive experience of managing and supporting SAP products. You will have the ability to communicate confidently at all levels.

You will have the ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders and present ideas in a user-friendly language.

Experience of working in a customer focussed, collaborative environment is essential and you must be able to prioritise and execute tasks working across multiple tasks/projects/activities in parallel.

Change management experience is essential for this role.

Security Requirements: SC

This role will require you to hold or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance (SC). You will need to obtain a BPSS check as part of this process. You must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum 5 year period. If you are unsure as to whether you are eligible, please contact me to discuss.