Product Owner

IT

We are looking for a Product Owner - Legal Services to join our Group Technology team in Milton Keynes. You will be responsible for prioritizing the product roadmap to enhance our legal services strategies and tools. You will act as a bridge between the legal businesses and the engineering teams, ensuring that our products meet user needs and align with our business objectives. Your role will involve collaborating with stakeholders, gathering requirements, and overseeing the product lifecycle from conception to launch.

We offer a hybrid working arrangement with 1 or 2 days per week in our office.

Key responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the legal services & conveyancing teams to understand their challenges & gather objectives
• Work together with the delivery manager and tech lead to define and maintain a clear product strategy and roadmap that aligns with broader business goalsand customer needs
• Gather and document epics, features. Work alongside business analysts to create user stories and prioritize the backlog
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring that information is clear, concise, and relevant
• Work with cross-functional teams including engineers, delivery managers, project managers, 3rd party vendors to deliver high-quality products
• Ensure that products meet user experience standards and business strategies
• Measure success and adjust priorities as needed to achieve strategic objectives
• Conduct user research, market research and competitive analysis to inform product decisions
• Analyse product performance metrics and user feedback to drive continuous improvement
• Facilitate product demos and user acceptance testing activities
• Support various agile ceremonies, such as backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives
• Act as a coach on product management best practices for the BA and the rest of the team

Experience and skills required:

• Preferably educated to graduate level with a bachelor's degree in business, computer science, or a related field
• Proven experience working as a product owner or similar role
• Experience with legal services / conveyancing industry is a plus
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and product management practices
• Knowledge of agile planning tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence)

Connells Group UK is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Connells Group we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't fit perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

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