Featured Product Owner, Learning Resources

Competitive salary + benefits + bonus

A world-class research publisher, with a proven 10-year record of growth success is seeking a talented Product Owner, Learning Resources to join their thriving Product Innovation team. This is an exciting time to join the organisation as they grow their product offerings, optimize existing products, and explore new initiatives to meet global customer needs in a rapidly digitizing market.

Industry Academic Publishing

Function Product Management

Duration Full Time

Type Permanent

Start Date ASAP

Product Owner: Key responsibilities

Product Owner to take responsibility for the Learning Resources Agile Scrum Team
Leads Sprint Planning ceremonies
Leads Backlog Refinement ceremonies
Attendance and participation in all other scrum ceremonies
Ensures backlog is maintained, refined, ranked, transparent and up to date
Ensures roadmap is maintained, transparent and kept up to date
Partners with Scrum Master and rest of Scrum Team to optimize scrum processes
Partners with Director and Product Managers to understand strategic priorities and roadmap deliveries. These will shift over time and require changes to the roadmap and backlog ranking
Partners with Product Managers to ensure processes are followed, tickets created and refined and ultimately included in sprints for development
Ensures UAT takes place on time and effectively
Triages bugs and other requests coming through non-Product Manager routes, taking appropriate action such as consultation / assignment to a PM, backlog ticket creation for action or refinement with Scrum Team
Stakeholder communication about scrum status (Sprint Planning outcomes, release notes etc.), platform status (downtime, major bugs etc.) and roadmap / backlog (status of projects, risks, mitigations etc.)
Identifies and mitigates risks to the roadmap, escalates issues as needed to Director.

Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Experience in a Product Owner or equivalent Business Analyst role
Experience working in Agile / Scrum methodologies
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) qualification desired
Experience of working effectively in globally distributed teams

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, benefits, and bonus package.

How to apply

Submit your CV to enquiries@telferpartners.com (ref. TP 820) or call +44(0)1223632510 for a confidential discussion.

Early applications encouraged.

Referral Scheme – Telfer Partners offer a referral reward if we fill this vacancy with someone you recommend. You can send us contact details of anyone you would like to recommend to enquiries@telferpartners.com.

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