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Product Owner
- Job Type:Permanent
Posted about 1 year ago
- Sector: Product & Engineering
- Expiry Date: 11 June 2023
- Job Ref: J9019
Product Owner
Access UK
At Access we love software and how technology never stays the same. It's this obsession that drives us to work closely across sectors to understand the business needs of our customers - from professional services to manufacturing to not for profits and more.
We're passionate about helping our customers stay one step ahead of the challenges facing their industry and business. That's why over 2 million users and over 40,000 organizations rely on Access software to help their organization thrive.
About You
We are seeking a talented and dynamic Product Owner who will focus on evolving our Access Workspace story. We want to create a suite of outstanding features that will be surfaced on our flagship product Access Workspace to enhance our customer’s experience. You will play a vital role in working with the divisions and defining the product roadmaps.
This is a highly strategic role, and we are looking for someone who is passionate about building high quality innovative software and working collaboratively with our divisions to help build the best experience for our customers.
Day to Day you will:
- Work closely with the Product Manager to provide input into the product roadmaps and refine the team backlog
- Manage and deliver on the product roadmaps for your product portfolio, ensuring they are aligned with the company strategy.
- Work closely with the development team(s) to support the delivery of the sprint goals and resolution of issues.
- Engage with our divisions and customers to deep dive on requirements, gather feedback and support user groups to understand the customer and end user experience with our product.
- Collaboratively work with internal and external stakeholders throughout the projects to help other team members elicit requirements and develop optimal business solutions.
- Be curious about developing technologies and show a keenness to understand and educate others.
- Maintain effective communication between customers, business and technical stakeholders in the projects and ensure risks and issues are managed effectively.
- Ensure that all changes to requirements are well-thought through, implications considered, discussed with all relevant stakeholders, sized appropriately, implemented, and tested.
- Ensure release documentation is accurate, complete and communicated when appropriate to internal and external stakeholders.
As a well-rounded Product Owner, your skills and experiences likely include:
- Make wise decisions despite ambiguity.
- Excellent communicator able to communicate at all levels and adopt a flexible & consultative approach.
- Able to work with remote teams where necessary.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
- Ability to think strategically whilst achieving results in immediate area of responsibility.
- Have strong technology knowledge.
- Ability to think creatively and exploit opportunities.
- Able to grasp technical concepts and new product functionality quickly.
- Be a curious and avid learner.
- Good organizational skills
- Self-motivated with the ability to work on own and within a team.
- Ability to work to tight timescales.
- Have good knowledge of Agile and Scrum
- A commitment to quality
- Thinks strategically.
- Commercially aware with an understanding of drivers of commercial performance
- Sound team development skills, able to manage a high performing team
- Have a can-do positive attitude to deliver and are comfortable working in a high tempo environment
What does Access offer you?
We are a growing software company, and we deliver on what we say we do! We take the development of our people very seriously! We will work with you to carve out your success plan and an opportunity to accelerate your career and make a real difference.
In addition to our standard benefits of 25 days holiday, a match contributory pension and healthcare you will get:
A Competitive Salary
Giving Back/Charity days
Quarterly Socials
6 weeks Sabbaticals (after 6 years of service)
The Access Group Big Break: our all-expenses paid holiday to Spain
Become part of our amazing Access family!