Product Owner

Job Description

Product Owner

Management Level C

Derby or Bristol

Product Owners play a vital role in delivering the product vision bringing to light roadmap features defined by Product Managers. Framing problems and setting priorities based on user need business goals and the feasibility of technology choices. Representing users throughout the delivery process and using their feedback to inform continuous improvement. They communicate customer insights to the team and wider organisation so that they share a strong and empathetic understanding of user needs.

As a Product Owner you will bridge the gap between product managers and delivery teams you will ensure the roadmap is delivered with the priorities of the end user in mind. Transforming customer insights into stories and actions that lead to the delivery of valuable digital products and services is one of the important aspects of this role.

Collaboration

Collaborating with customersfrom concept through to design and development to deliver high-quality products and services for the airline industry. You will work with a range of internal stakeholders and customers to understand user needs and elicit requirements use formal analysis and design techniques to achieve a shared understanding of the problems to be solved as well as define solutions.

Transformation

Rolls-Royce Digital is on a journey.We are transforming the way we develop software. Shifting the focus away from heavy workbench products hosted on-prem to Azure-hosted light-weight intuitive and responsive applications with the customers interests at the heart of everything we do.

Key accountabilities:

Business Analysis:
Investigates analyses visualises articulates and solves complex problems and concepts and makes disciplined decisions based on available information

Stakeholder Relationship Management:
Identifies and communicates with stakeholders clearly and regularly clarifying mutual needs and commitments and consideration of impacts whilst focusing on user needs

Continuous Improvement Processes:
Identifies and explores opportunities for continuous improvement. Drives the analysis identification prioritisation and implementation of improvements and efficiencies thereby ensuring that the organisation derives maximum value

Requirements Definition & Management:
Identifies defines and manages the objectives of a business. Must be able to specify requirements from both a business and user perspective to enable agreed changes to be implemented effectively

Innovation:
Ability to identify and pinpoint business opportunities to allow organisations to perform more effectively. This allows businesses to look at new ways of tackling business processes or to establish new services from scratch

Key skills & experiences:

• Product Owner proven ability and experience over a range of projects and programmes (size/scope cost duration etc)
• Understanding of the full software delivery lifecycle and exposure to waterfall and agile methodologies
• Facilitation skills to achieve collaboration between users business stakeholders and the project delivery team
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills. Ability to combine strategic thinking with pragmatism focusing on delivering
• Excellent communicator at all levels and able to rationalise complex information (both high level and detailed level) to make it understandable for others to work with. Conveys information and ideas clearly accurately and persuasively

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

If youre a member of the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund (Defined Benefit/Final Salary Scheme) then changing jobs could affect your future pension benefits. To find out more please click: . Further detail on the Standard All-Inclusive Rate (AIR) Pensions splits can be found in Appendix 1: The Pension Protection Arrangements Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) the MOU explains the arrangements when employees transfer to a different pay structure or to a new job in the same structure when the individual has a different AIR split to the standard for that area

Our People are our Power

We promote and support flexible working arrangements wherever possible - so you can always be at your best. If our proposed working pattern doesnt meet your needs discover moreabout how we can support you.

Proposed working pattern: 37 hours per week

Hybrid working

Available flexible working options include: Part time/ term time/ condensed hours / job share.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Were committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have the more successful well be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here

Grade:Management Level C

Hiring Manager - Nancy Bacon

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