Digital Product Owner

Skip to main content Digital Product Owner hackajob London, England, United Kingdom Digital Product Owner hackajob London, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants See who hackajob has hired for this role Report this job hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.Join Barclays as a Digital Product Owner, where you'll be at the forefront of delivering client-focused digital solutions through agile ways of working. This role requires an ample understanding of agile ceremonies, backlog management, and sprint planning, alongside the ability to translate client needs into clear requirements and acceptance criteria. You'll use your commercial awareness to prioritise the backlog, align delivery with business goals, and maximise value for clients and the organisation.To be successful as a Digital Product Owner, you should have experience with:Agile mindset: deep understanding of agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning.Client needs: clear articulation of requirements and acceptance criteria.Commercial awareness: understands business goals to prioritise backlog.Some Other Highly Valued Skills May IncludeCollaboration: works closely with engineers, BAs, designers within squad.KPI driven uses KPIs/OKRs to drive incremental value delivery.Collaboration and prioritisation: tactical prioritisation decisions (value vs effort, dependencies).You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.This role will be based in our London office.Purpose of the roleThe purpose of a Product Owner is to maximize the value of the product by defining a clear product vision (are they setting the vision or would this align to ), managing authoring, refining and prioritizing the Product Backlog balancing trade-offs across desirability, viability and feasibility – making sure the right thing is being ‘built’, and prioritising work based on business goals. They act as the primary liaison between stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring the product meets user/customer needs and delivers optimal value. Product Owners are responsible for developing a roadmap and driving execution of their product area/sub-journey, applying continuous improvement principles and techniques.AccountabilitiesEnsure Product Alignment with Business Goals: Ensure that the product & its features are aligned with broader objectives, driving value and contributing to the organization’s overall strategy. Utilisation of market research, analysis of customer feedback and monitoring of industry trends to identify new products, features or enhancements.  Communicate Product Vision to Delivery Teams: Clearly articulate the product vision and goals to the delivery teams, ensuring they understand, align and are inspired to deliver the business value and purpose of each feature or user story.Create and Refine User Stories: Write clear, concise user stories with detailed acceptance criteria, refining them as needed to ensure the development team has all the necessary information to implement features successfully. Agile Events: Participate in key Agile events such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to keep the team aligned and focused on delivering the product backlog....