Product Owner

Persistent
London, UK
2 months ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Working hours
Shift work
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Agile Methodology Scrum Methodology

Job description

  • Engage with other Product Owner’s and Business stakeholders to discuss and negotiate dependencies.
  • Act as face of product to Stakeholders especially senior leadership.
  • Act as customer representative to team and explains the value of the change to the business.
  • Help elaborate Stories to Tech team where detail needed.
  • Review and accept of all work completed in Sprint.
  • Participate in Story Refinement sessions.
  • Participate in Sprint Planning to help team understand the change and ensure priority of work is correct.
  • Self-initiate new Ideas/ Product features / enhance existing features.
  • Seek funding opportunities from Stakeholders/Business Areas for new initiatives.
  • Experience of creating Business Case and presenting it to Senior stakeholders.
  • Work with Projects to exploit their funding to become the vehicle to deliver new features/improve existing as well as their core requirements.
  • Engage with users to understand user patterns / behaviours / potential improvements / pain points.
  • Analysis prioritisation in collaboration with other leads; Prioritise live issue fixes.
  • Explore metrics across the product, collaborate with Tech and Domain Lead to drive improvement.
  • Create Domain Roadmaps to detail feature delivery and timelines.
  • The need to drive metrics to bring to life the delivery of features and associated issues.

Requirements

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of Application Programming Interface (API) will be desirable.
  • Foundational knowledge of product management and Agile methodologies.
  • SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (SAFe POPM).

Required Skills

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with Customer Experience Empathy Maps, Journey Mapping, Story Mapping, StoryBoarding, Market Research, Product Management or Business Analysis etc., as well as job-specific skillsets.

Preferred Skills

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

  • Experience in managing product management initiatives.
  • Ability to advise and influence decision making.
  • Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
  • Lead a team performing complex tasks.
  • Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Flexible schedule, * Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
  • Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
  • Annual health check-ups
  • Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

  • We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
  • Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
  • If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

About the company

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.

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