Senior Product Owner, Infrastructure Platforms

- Act as the Product Owner for Database and Server (Wintel) platforms - Define and own the vision, roadmap, and lifecycle of SQL and WinTel/Hypervisor platforms - Ensure platform stability, performance, scalability, and cost optimisation - Manage technical debt and drive long-term modernization (cloud migration, automation-first operations) - Clearly articulate platform value and maturity expectations to internal customers - Lead full SQL estate lifecycle across on-prem and cloud - Develop and execute cloud migration strategy (PaaS/IaaS/hybrid) - Govern versioning, HA/DR, backup/restore, patching, and security compliance - Improve performance, scalability, observability, and automation maturity - Own strategy for Windows Server, VMware, and compute platforms - Modernize compute, improve automation, and reduce manual provisioning - Improve provisioning lead times and cost transparency (FinOps) - Guide hypervisor rationalisation and cloud-first design - Act as primary liaison between infrastructure squads and product tribes - Translate business needs into clear backlog items and priorities - Align platform roadmap with product roadmaps and communicate strategy clearly - Manage expectations, risks, and internal customer satisfaction - Maintain structured, prioritised backlogs with clear epics and user stories - Balance stability, modernization, optimisation, risk, and technical debt - Ensure backlog items are sprint-ready and aligned to outcomes - Partner with Technical Lead and Scrum Master to ensure strong Agile practice - Lead or support ceremonies: planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives - Clarify priorities during sprints and accept completed work - Drive squad maturity and meaningful, outcome-focused delivery - Maintain risk visibility, DR and resilience standards, and compliance readiness - Prepare for audits and track key platform KPIs (availability, provisioning time, automation, cost efficiency, technical debt) - Ensure platforms continually improve in operational effectiveness