Data Product Owner

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Welcome to Center Parcs – the number one choice for short break holidays, employing a team of over 10,000 across Head Office and six separate villages located in the UK and Ireland. 

ABOUT THE ROLE

DATA PRODUCT OWNER - hybrid role with 2 days per week based in Head Office and 3 days per week homeworking

£45,000 per annum plus 12% bonus scheme

This exciting new role sits within the Business Intelligence team which forms part of the larger Sales and Marketing function. 

In this role, you will manage and oversee the development lifecycle for all our in-house developments to the Master Data Store (combination of Data Warehouse and Data Lake technology); from gathering requirements, prioritising enhancements, removing barriers, and accepting developments.

You will manage the process and governance to make sure our developments are clear, measured and aligned to our business strategy and strategic workstreams.  From new enhancements to bug data fixes, you will make sure we have an efficient and smooth development pipeline, that maintains integrity and continues to return business value.

Gathering feature requests, writing stories, agreeing acceptance criteria and signing off User Acceptance Testing are also part of this role.  Other responsibilities will include liaising with the development team to answer queries and questions, coordinate sprints, and participate in sprint ceremonies.  You will also work with cross-functional teams to identify user needs and manage sprints and releases.

The successful candidate will therefore have impeccable communication and organisation skills to ensure the development scrum team are clear on expectations and story detail, and that stakeholders are appropriately managed.  Previous experience of managing and leading data projects, working with development teams and experience with Agile methodology (preferably Scrum) is required.

HOURS OF WORK

You will be contracted to work 150 hours per 4-week period (37.5 hours per week).  Normal Head Office working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, however occasional flexibility may be required.

Please note, this is a hybrid role with 2 days per week based in Head Office and 3 days per week homeworking.

ABOUT YOU

Essential requirements:

• Strong meeting leader with the ability to hold others to account and strong people/agency management skills
• Excellent communication skills, ability to foster excellent working relationships across functions and ability to interact with all levels and all backgrounds
• Proven experience in a highly numerate or data driven role
• Previous experience managing and leading data projects, working with development teams
• Experience with Agile methodology, preferably Scrum and an issue tracking product, preferably Jira
• Experience working with data architects and understanding architectural and data flow diagrams

Desirable requirements:

• Scrum Product Owner certified and/or Degree Level education in Data or Business-related subject
• Significant experience using a variety of data analysis, data mining methods and data tools

ABOUT THE BENEFITS

Center Parcs is a fantastic place to work and the benefits are as impressive as they are unique. Here are just a few:

• Management Bonus Scheme
• Pension Scheme with Life Assurance
• Colleague Recognition and Reward Scheme – offering a choice of Center Parcs and High Street vouchers
• Free use of our leisure facilities
• Discounted Center Parcs breaks
• 20% discount in our restaurant and retail outlets
• Access to Perks at Work Portal - offering a wide range of retail and leisure discounts
• An Employee Assistance Program - providing support on financial, health and legal matters
• Excellent opportunities for career development and progression with the opportunity to gain externally recognised qualifications

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we’d love to see your application.

Closing date:  16 January 2024

Interviews to be held:  23 or 26 January 2024 

Please note this vacancy may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received.  Early submission of your application is therefore encouraged.

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