Product Owner (12 Month FTC - Maternity Cover) We’re looking for people to join the Access family, who share our passion for believing in better, and who will help us continue to grow.   Love Work. Love Life. Be You. - is central to our success and how we give our customers the freedom to do more of what's important to them.     What does Access offer you?  We offer a flexible, hybrid working environment where you can balance work and life while maintaining a strong office team-based culture. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We’ll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career.  On top of a competitive salary, our standard 25 days holiday (which goes up the longer you’re with us), and a matched pension scheme, you’ll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We’re an organisation that likes to give back, so you’ll also have one charity day allocated to support a cause that matters to you.     About you:  As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for collaborating with the Product and Engineering teams to bridge the gap between business needs and technological solutions. Working with agile methodologies to develop and enhance software solutions, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and stakeholders, to ensure that business requirements are effectively translated into high-quality, scalable software products. Day-to-day, you will:  • Gather requirements from the Product manager and other Stakeholders and own the conversion of the requirements into stories and supporting documents. • Clearly identify and describe product backlog items to build a shared understanding of the problem and solution with the products and engineering team. • Creation of release documentation, user manuals and training videos • Act as the representative of the Product Manager and with sufficient understanding of the market, the customer and the operation of the business to make sound, informed decisions.   Your skills and experiences might also include:   • Agile (Scrum, Kanban) expertise in a digital/software product development environment • Solid ability to identify and refine User Stories that follow INVEST principles • Experience working with a range of stakeholders and technical teams across the business • Experience creating documentation to communicate detailed requirements to development teams What are we all about?  The Access Group is one of the largest UK-headquartered providers of business management software to small and mid-sized organisations in the UK, Ireland, USA and Asia Pacific. It helps more than 100,000 customers across commercial and non-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. Our products and solutions go beyond providing technology, we connect the right people with the right data, at the right time, through Access Workspace.   At Access, we are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. If you're excited about this role, (even if your previous experience doesn't align perfectly), you might just be the perfect fit for us! We wholeheartedly believe in equality for all and the transformative power of diversity. Why not join our vibrant team where you can love what you do, love how you live, and most importantly, be authentically you? Let's make a difference together. Love Work. Love Life. Be You.