Product Owner

Summary

Join NEC Software Solutions and make a difference in the world! As a Software Product Owner, you will be responsible for one or more components of the Evidence and Insights family of capabilities and solutions, working with the Product Manager to define the roadmap and strategy. You will need a strong understanding of technology, solution architecture, and data architecture, along with experience in contributing to growth through capability reuse and recombination. Excellent communication skills are crucial for interacting with clients, business analysts, and development teams. You will also contribute to bids and pre-sales activities. The role can be remote or hybrid, depending on location. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic team and contribute to innovative software solutions for the public safety sector.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in product management in the SaaS or software sector
• Experience working with agile methodologies
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills
• Demonstrable ability to support the creation of sound product strategies and help to convert these into executable plans
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on data-driven decision-making
• Familiarity with product management tools (e.g., Aha!)

Responsibilities

• Assist in defining and managing the product vision, ensuring that it aligns with the overall company and product strategy
• Work closely with stakeholders, sales, marketing and software development teams to gather, analyse and prioritise product requirements ensuring alignment and supporting new business opportunities. In addition, to the key role of working with and representing the customer
• Facilitate the decomposition of business requirements and produce Use Cases and User Stories with Acceptance Criteria that can be understood and acted upon by the software engineers to guide the development process. Guide the development team on what to build to maximise product value
• Participate in sprint planning meetings, ensuring the team understands the product backlog and priorities
• Assist in maintaining a product roadmap that outlines the product's evolution, key milestones and backlog
• Assist with competitive analysis to help inform product decisions and identify opportunities for innovation
• Coordinate product releases, ensuring timely delivery and communication with stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of the UK Public Sector, and Criminal Justice area in particular, is desired but not essential
• An understanding of the public safety market is preferable but not essential

Benefits

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE)
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like