Product Owner

We are looking for a highly organized and strategic Technical Product Manager to bridge the gap between business strategy and technical delivery. This role will act as a critical liaison between the product, development, and business teams-translating vision into actionable plans, managing workflows, and ensuring seamless communication across all stakeholders. You will play a key role in sprint and release management, backlog refinement, and ensuring that features are delivered with clarity, purpose, and measurable impact., * Translate business strategy into clear, actionable tasks for the development and data science teams.

• Facilitate alignment between product strategy, data science initiatives, and delivery execution.
• Plan and coordinate design sprints and research activities, including deadlines and delivery requirements.
• Define timebox requirements for design and modelling processes based on delivery timelines.
• Write, maintain, and manage Jira tickets, epics, stories, and sub-tasks.
• Document feature capabilities in list format for tickets to ensure development clarity.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to build, groom, and prioritize product backlog(s) in alignment with business goals.
• Document work requirements for modelers and development teams in agreed formats (tickets, specs, etc.).
• Organize and manage sprints (e.g., refinement sessions, sprint planning, retrospectives) and releases from planning to execution.
• Coordinate pre-release communications, post-release follow-ups, sign-offs, and release notes.
• Conduct internal review/approval of developed features and document feedback or changes to requirements.
• Run workshops, discovery sessions, and stakeholder interviews (in collaboration with the research team) to gather business and data requirements.
• Work with stakeholders to define, develop, shape, and refine requirements for the product roadmap and modelling efforts., * Translate business strategy into clear, actionable tasks for the development and data science teams.
• Facilitate alignment between product strategy, data science initiatives, and delivery execution.
• Plan and coordinate design sprints and research activities, including deadlines and delivery requirements.
• Define timebox requirements for design and modelling processes based on delivery timelines.
• Write, maintain, and manage Jira tickets, epics, stories, and sub-tasks.
• Document feature capabilities in list format for tickets to ensure development clarity.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to build, groom, and prioritize product backlog(s) in alignment with business goals.
• Document work requirements for modelers and development teams in agreed formats (tickets, specs, etc.).
• Organize and manage sprints (e.g., refinement sessions, sprint planning, retrospectives) and releases from planning to execution.
• Coordinate pre-release communications, post-release follow-ups, sign-offs, and release notes.
• Conduct internal review/approval of developed features and document feedback or changes to requirements.
• Run workshops, discovery sessions, and stakeholder interviews (in collaboration with the research team) to gather business and data requirements.
• Work with stakeholders to define, develop, shape, and refine requirements for the product roadmap and modelling efforts

Good communication skills, Essential:

• Previous experience in product management, product operations, or a delivery role using Agile methodologies (Scrum strongly preferred).
• Experience within a media agency/organization or building a media-based product. Understanding of the media ecosystem (Operations, AdOps, Planners, etc.) is a strong advantage.
• Strong knowledge of Agile development practices (especially Scrum), methodologies, and tools.
• Proven ability to translate complex business needs into actionable development tasks and writing user stories, grooming product backlogs, and coordinating/prioritizing conflicting requirements in a fast-changing environment.
• Solid understanding of digital product management and terminology (UX, UI, API, etc.).

Preferred:

• Experience rolling out UI/UX-focused products.
• Background in release management for SaaS or enterprise products.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and other Agile collaboration tools.

What we offer

• This is a permanent role and can be based from any of our UK offices on a hybrid working basis - London, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh
• As well as a competitive salary, you'll have a great compensation package, private health & dental insurance, corporate discounts and career development through Dentsu University, and free access to LinkedIn learning
• 29+ days of annual leave (25 days of regular holidays, birthdays off and 3 additional wellness days)
• We also offer the opportunity to volunteer for up to 2 days per year and tend to close down the agency between Christmas and New Year Inclusion and Diversity At dentsu, we embrace diversity and inclusion, valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation, benefiting our employees, partners, and communities.

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world's leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in over 145 countries and regions, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.