Product Owner

Locations: London, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Newcastle, LeedsSalary: Consultant up to £55,000 / Snr Consultant up to £70,000 p/a Flexible Working ModelSC Cleared or SC Eligibility essential / Public Sector experience essential We are partnered with a leading digital innovation and consulting client who are currently hiring heavily across the UK with specific focus on the Product space. We are seeking experienced individuals across all sectors and we are particularly interested to hear from candidates with relevant experience in UK Government or Public Sector. As a Product Owner you will:Be trusted to own the vision and influence the team to ensure that the client receives high-impact and value from each iteration.Understand business needs, IT constraints and priorities and be able to make decisions - the backlog is owned by you, and you play a crucial role with your BA to ensure it is correct.Have client-facing presence, with the ability to communicate clearly at sprint reviews.Work as a member of cross-functional agile squad, while also having skills required to step-in and support Business Analysts or Service Designers. Your Profile:Experience in a user-centred product or service development projectIdeally - Experience working with Government Digital Service (GDS) service standards, using GDS design principlesVast knowledge and understanding of agile deliveryA passion for working with cross-functional business and IT teams to deliver business outcomesThe ability to make decisions on business priority, working with business analysts to ensure your requirements are known, defined and able to be built and deliveredWillingness to help the scrum team, often playing a role as a business analyst, scrum master or service designer if the circumstances dictate it - we believe strongly in a balanced squad model, where our agile delivery team members are multi-skilledInfluence and leadership to steer our digital delivery projects, working with our leaders and clientsCommitment to professional development, with relevant agile certifications such as PSPO and / or PSM