Lead Product Owner

Contract Type   Permanent Working Pattern   Full time - flexible working may be considered Working Hours   35 hours per week Salary   £58,596.30 - £68,936.82 per annum for Birmingham or Cardiff Location Options   Hybrid - home based and Birmingham, Hybrid - home based and Cardiff Function Type   Corporate Functions (HR, Finance, Project Management, IT, Risk and Audit)  

We are recruiting a Lead Product Owner on a permanent basis.

 

The role

As the Lead Product Owner, you will take on a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of our product offerings. You will be responsible for identifying key business needs, prioritising initiatives, and steering them through the entire delivery process—ensuring a cohesive and seamless user experience across all products. Collaborating closely with senior stakeholders, you will define a clear product vision and roadmap, aligning it with both corporate objectives and customer needs. Your leadership will extend to managing a team of Product Owners, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement to keep our products at the forefront of the market.

 

In this role, you will work hand-in-hand with IT teams to ensure that product roadmaps align with technical capabilities and strategies. You'll develop detailed product initiatives, features, and epics in collaboration with senior leadership, ensuring that they are well-supported and backed at every level. Additionally, you will oversee governance processes, providing business oversight on active projects and ensuring they align with the strategic goals of the organisation. As an advocate for change, you will be a visible champion of technology, persuading key stakeholders to adopt business-driven, tech-enabled strategies that propel our organisation forward.

 

What it is in it for you

This role offers an exciting opportunity for individuals passionate about leading product innovation and influencing strategic change. As the Lead Product Owner, you will:

• Be at the forefront of shaping product direction and strategy within a leading organisation.
• Lead a dynamic team, fostering a culture of creativity and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders, influencing business-led, technology-enabled strategies.
• Be a key player in delivering impactful products that align with organisational goals and customer needs.
• Gain extensive experience in both strategic product development and cross-functional collaboration with IT.
• Play a visible and influential role in driving change, ensuring products and technology solutions meet the evolving needs of the business.

 

What we are looking for

• Proven experience and/or prior delivery experience as an Agile product owner or product manager in a similar organisation.
• Applied experience leading product evolution across two or more enterprise-wide delivery projects. With a good understanding of the end-to-end Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills, able to affect change across senior stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Able to plan complex interventions and project work over a significant period of time into the future and possess the ability to manage shifting priorities effectively.
• A customer-centric mindset, with a proven track record of improving product value and customer satisfaction.

 

Useful and additional information

 

There is a full role profile attached to the bottom of this advert on our website.

This is a hybrid role and will be based in our Birmingham / Cardiff office 1 to 2 days a week, and from home the rest of the week.

If you have any questions that aren’t in this advert or on our website, please contact us via: recruitment@sra.org.uk

 

To apply

Please click ‘apply’ to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the requirements outlined in this advert and the attached role profile.

To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages.

Closing date for applications is 18 November 2024 at 09:00.

For shortlisting candidate, we will conduct assessment and face to face interview on the week of 2 December 2024. 

 

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards. We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation. Attached Role Profile   Lead Product Owner - Role Profile - July 2024.docx – 541KB Opens in a new window
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.

 We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

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