Product Owner

Product Owner

Location: Hybrid / Remote

Rate: £500.00 - £550.00

The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced Product Owner to lead the development and prioritisation of a critical healthcare service platform.

You'll own the product backlog and roadmap, working closely with stakeholders, user researchers, architects, and delivery teams to ensure service improvements are aligned to user needs, operational priorities, and strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage a prioritised product backlog and roadmap.
• Gather and refine requirements from multiple business and operational teams.
• Define user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery priorities.
• Work closely with User Researchers to ensure product decisions are evidence-led.
• Collaborate with Architects and Delivery Managers to balance user needs, technical dependencies, and delivery timelines.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and drive prioritisation decisions.
• Support governance, decision-making, and product communications.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Product Owner within Agile environments.
• Strong backlog management, roadmap planning, and prioritisation skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation experience.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into deliverable outcomes.
• Experience working across business, operational, technical, and delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Healthcare, Public Health, Health Security, or Public Sector programmes.

Desirable Experience

• Service transformation or operational service delivery.
• User-centred design and Agile delivery methodologies.

Ideal for a Product Owner with healthcare or public sector experience who enjoys bringing together diverse stakeholders and driving product decisions in complex environments.