Technical Product Owner

Technical Product Owner – Data & Platform Products

Hybrid | Central Manchester (2 days onsite)

Salary: up to £55,000 + benefits

The Opportunity

An established enterprise SaaS business is building out the next phase of its data and platform capability and is looking for a Technical Product Owner to sit at the heart of delivery.

This is a hands-on product role working closely with engineering teams to shape, prioritise, and deliver data-heavy, API-driven platforms that underpin multiple SaaS products. You won’t be firefighting legacy or acting as a go-between — this role exists to build well-designed, scalable systems properly.

The organisation operates at genuine enterprise scale but with a modern product mindset: strong engineering standards, clear ownership, and long-term thinking.

What You’ll Be Doing

Product Ownership & Delivery

• Owning and managing the delivery backlog for data platforms and internal/external product services
• Writing clear, technically detailed user stories with strong acceptance criteria and non-functional requirements
• Prioritising work based on value, platform health, dependencies, and delivery risk
• Working day-to-day with engineers to ensure stories are well-shaped, estimated, and ready to ship

Technical Product Focus

• Acting as the product counterpart to data engineers, platform engineers, and analytics teams
• Shaping requirements around:
• Data ingestion and pipelines
• APIs and data services
• Data models and schemas
• Reporting, analytics, and downstream product use-cases
• Ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and data quality are baked in — not bolted on later

Collaboration & Stakeholders

• Partnering closely with senior product leadership to turn roadmap goals into executable delivery plans
• Working across multiple internal teams to clarify requirements and manage expectations
• Communicating trade-offs clearly and pragmatically — no fluff, no surprises

Continuous Improvement

• Using delivery metrics and platform feedback to refine priorities
• Identifying opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve developer experience
• Actively contributing to agile ceremonies and ways-of-working improvements

What They’re Looking For

Experience

• 3–6 years’ experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner, or similar
• Proven delivery experience in SaaS, platform, or data-heavy environments
• Comfortable working in complex, multi-stakeholder organisations

Technical Understanding

• Strong grasp of modern data and platform concepts (without needing to code):
• Cloud platforms (AWS or similar)
• Data pipelines and orchestration
• APIs and event-driven architectures
• Data modelling and analytics use-cases
• Experience working closely with engineers on technical trade-offs

Ways of Working

• Strong Scrum or Kanban experience
• Excellent backlog management and refinement skills
• Organised, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused

Why This Role Is Interesting

• Genuine product ownership, not ticket admin
• Enterprise scale without enterprise dysfunction
• Data and platform work that directly impacts real products and customers
• Hybrid working in central Manchester (2 days onsite)
• Clear runway for growth as the platform estate expands