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Technical Product Owner
49,599 - 60,907 GBP
University of Edinburgh
Lady Lawson Street 3, Edinburgh
49,599 - 60,907 GBP
Requirements
Must:
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- A substantial level of relevant work experience and a proven record of digital product ownership or service management.
- Experience managing online, web-based services, and familiarity with modern technology stacks.
- Excellent written, IT, presentation, and organizational skills with the ability to communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- A proactive approach and experience working independently as well as part of a senior team.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to plan effectively to meet fixed deadlines.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills to build effective working relationships across diverse teams.
- Experience working in higher education and familiarity with generative artificial intelligence (GAI) technologies is desirable, though not essential. Experience in managing staff, leading project teams, or working with digital service frameworks such as ITIL is also an advantage.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Define and articulate the product vision by developing a clear product roadmap that aligns with strategic business goals such as income generation, market growth, and recognition.
- Oversee the agile development process with a cross-functional team to deliver features on schedule.
- Prioritize and manage requirements by identifying and analyzing ideas from stakeholders while ensuring that user and business needs are central to the product strategy.
- Maintain and update the product backlog to maximize value delivery.
- Facilitate collaboration and communication by building strong relationships with university staff, customers, internal teams, and external partners.
- Produce business plans, reports, and publicity materials, representing our organization at events and outreach initiatives.
- Utilize data and analytics to inform decisions and anticipate risks in service deployment, proposing and implementing strategies to mitigate the impact on the product and broader business objectives.
- Contribute to planning and managing activities for digital products throughout their lifecycle, ensuring smooth operation and user engagement.
Description
We are looking for a Technical Product Owner to join our team at the University of Edinburgh. In this role, you will own, develop, and manage a digital product from concept to delivery as part of our growing product portfolio. Examples of our products include an extensible generative artificial intelligence (GAI) services platform, a computational teaching tool, and online map and data delivery services. You will work closely with the Head of Services and have significant autonomy to drive the product strategy in a highly collaborative environment.
This position is based at EDINA, University of Edinburgh, in a hybrid setup. We expect the Technical Product Owner to be on campus in Edinburgh at least once a week. We prefer full-time working hours (35 hours per week) but are committed to offering flexible working options, including compressed hours or staggered start/finish times.
We offer a competitive salary, generous annual leave, a highly competitive pension scheme, flexible working options, a day of paid leave for volunteering, access to online learning, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives, among other benefits.
Our team specializes in developing and delivering digital products, including large-scale online services, mobile apps, and digital tools for education. For more information about our initiatives and team, feel free to visit our website.
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