Contract Technical Product Owner

Spectrum IT's client are an emerging Data business who are growing due to continued investment and business success. They are now looking to hire a FULLY REMOTE Contract Technical Product Owner to join them on an initial 6-month contract. This is an Inside IR35 role and will require engagement via an Umbrella company.
Role:

• Guide the technical teams and help define Technical Product requirements of the business
• Focus on breaking down requirements into incremental values such as epics or stories and prioritise the backlog
• Work with product management team, architects, software designers, and technical engineers to ensure that needs feed into a coherent, deliverable roadmap that meets business and market requirements
• Ensure new product concepts get driven through initial proofs of concept over a pilot phase into the hands of the platform customers
• Liaise with product management to create innovative solutions for customer issues and bring these solutions to market
• Work with the QA team to ensure that all deliverables are of the necessary quality
• Support the product release cycle process and activities to ensure that the company deliver value to all users and clients
  

Experience:

• Have a a strong technical background and experience working on leading technology products. (Experience should including working alongside development, testing, technical analysis or product support areas)
• Hold technical knowledge with the ability to liaise with engineering and architecture teams
• Experience actively engaging with a team of developers to promote the vision of the product
• Have strong people and communication skills with the ability to pick up technical concepts quickly and explain them to non-technical employees, clearly, concisely and without jargon
• Have a working knowledge of the software development process with relevant experience in working with DevOps methodologies
• At least a basic knowledge of Agile principles and Lean software development
• Strong ability to work autonomously, with minimal guidance
• A good understanding of customer interactions and user journey on SaaS platforms and a passion for improving customer experience
• Good IT skills including:
  • Atlassian; Jira and Confluence (must have)
  • Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook or Google Workspace (must have)
  • Miro, Monday.com (nice to have)

For more information and to submit your interest, please apply with an updated CV. This role is suitable to candidates with a short notice period or who are immediately available with the clients aim to have someone start in 2 weeks time.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.