Interim Business Product Owner

Business Product OwnerNottingham - Hybrid
Initial 6 Month Contract
£650pd inside IR35
Purpose of the role
What does a Business Product Owner do?
As a Business Product Owner, you will represent the customer to our technology partners and internal IT and systems architecture teams.
Responsibilities

• Capture customer and business requirements for solutions
• Prioritise requirements to ensure successful delivery
• Manage, assess, and approve the product backlog
• Present product backlog in team meetings
• Mitigate and resolve any conflicts to achieving sprint/release goals
• Translate customer need into user stories that can be actioned by our technology partners and colleagues,
• Align to our business goals and its systems architecture strategy.
• Represent the customer to the development team ensuring that the customer voice is present
• Share knowledge internally and externally and be the first point of contact for answering questions

What skills, qualifications and qualities do I need to be successful?

• Experience in agile methodology and ability to translate customer needs into user stories.
• Proven experience in product development (minimum 5+ years).
• In-depth knowledge of agile methodology for project management.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively manage conflicting needs of stakeholders.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to manage a team (minimum 3+ years).
• Ability to manage requests and priorities, as well as setting and delivering to realistic deadlines.
• Excellent organisational skills with proven ability to manage competing priorities and a challenging workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand structures and business priorities and build credibility quickly.
• Resilient and solution-focused.
• Must be a team player with strong collaboration skills and a demonstrated ability to lead effectively across functions.

How you'll work
Hybrid working; a blend of home and office working 2/3 days in the office and 2/3 days at home.
In return for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work you will be rewarded with an attractive salary and benefits package, consisting of:

• Performance led annual bonus scheme
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days
• Generous contributory pension scheme (up to 6% employee / 12% employer contributions of your base salary)
• Access to Flexible Benefits Scheme - you will be able to choose from a variety of benefits such Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance and additional pension contributions that suit you
• 2 days paid Volunteering Leave
• 1 day paid Wellbeing Leave
• Long Service Awards
• Access to the Blue Light Card and NHS Discounts
• Flexible working options
• National Annual season ticket purchase scheme
• Eye Care vouchers
• Access to a free 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme