Product Owner (Mobile Apps) - Caresoft Global Ltd : Job Details

Job Title: Product Owner (Mobile Apps)

Location: Manchester, M1 7ED

Rate: £35.69ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £27.08ph PAYE

Employment Type: Contract (Currently financed until March 2025)

Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week

Reference: J39904

Job Description:

The candidate will be a Product Owner leading specific feature creation within the Mobile App Product Group, for our client, based on our new Global Digital Development Centre in Manchester.

We are looking for people driven by a passion for Agile, product ownership and leading the delivery of squads across multiple Mobile products. Becoming an essential part of a collaborative, iterative and agile process within a multi-disciplined team helping deliver best in class digital solutions.

This role provides a unique opportunity to help define, support and grow an entirely new agile software delivery capability within our client. Reporting directly to the Global Digital Development Centre Lead, candidate will be a valued member of the team, contributing to the strategic direction of the centre and projects delivered. We are also keen for the candidate to mentor and share agile skills and knowledge with other members of the scrum teams and the wider Global Digital Development Centre.

The Product Owner is responsible for the following:

• Ownership, definition, maintenance, and prioritisation of the product backlog to meet business needs.
• Working with our client's wider business and customers to help define the product vision.
• Facilitating agreements and trade-offs in the product backlog.
• Oversee all development stages of the product.
• Removing impediments for the successful delivery of the defined product backlog.
• Be the primary liaison for the product to the wider business.
• Evaluate and deploy strategies for the product to guide through the product lifecycle.
• Helping build, maintain and prioritise development backlogs, with the agile delivery manager ensuring they are detailed enough at the right time.

Skills Required:

• App experience.
• AGILE experience.
• Goal Oriented.

Experience Required:

• Strong experience of product ownership and project delivery through software development teams.
• Strong experience working in a product owner role alongside software development teams.
• Successfully applied Agile/ Scaled Agile practices for product ownership.
• Experience with working across organisational silos and breaking down barriers to successful product ownership.
• Understanding the basic fundamentals of iterative software development and incremental delivery.
• Understanding of high-quality user stories and how to drive to a satisfactory MVP.

Additional Information:

Hybrid working: Yes

This role is INSIDE IR35

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Caresoft Global Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency. We are an independent highly-experienced recruitment consultancy dedicated to specialist markets within the Automotive, Aerospace, Agricultural & Construction Industries.

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