*This role sits inside IR35

As a Technical Product Owner at SSTL, you will serve as the bridge between our business stakeholders and the technical (inhouse/3^rd party) development teams…

Role to include, but not limited to:

You will be responsible for defining and prioritizing technical requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and driving the successful delivery of technical products and solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Vision: Define and communicate the technical product vision and strategy in alignment with the overall business goals.
• Requirements Gathering: Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to gather and document technical requirements, ensuring a deep understanding of their needs and priorities.
• Technical Roadmap: Develop and maintain a technical roadmap, prioritizing features, enhancements, and technical debt based on business value and technical feasibility.
• Feature Prioritization: Make informed decisions about feature prioritization, balancing business needs, technical complexity, and resource constraints.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including software developers, architects, quality assurance, and DevOps, to ensure effective and efficient product development.
• Release Planning: Plan and coordinate technical product releases, defining release goals, feature scope, and timelines.
• Quality Assurance: Define and validate technical acceptance criteria to ensure the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and scalable solutions.
• Technical Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including user stories, feature specifications, and technical diagrams.
• Feedback Loop: Establish a feedback loop with business stakeholders to gather feedback on technical solutions and use it to drive improvements.
• Technical Expertise: Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry best practices to identify opportunities for innovation and optimization.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical risks that may impact the successful delivery of the product.

To qualify for the role, you will have:

• Bachelor's degree in a related Computing field (Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Systems, Applied Computing, or similar).
• Experience as a Product Owner or similar role in technical product development.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Deep technical knowledge and experience in software development, architecture, or related areas.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Experience with product management and project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
• A passion for technology and a keen interest in staying updated on emerging tech trends

Key Skills:

• Exposure to modern O/S (e.g. Windows & Linux)
• Developing and supporting IT tools in a business environment.
• An understanding of Software Development processes (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, RUP) and associated software development lifecycle challenges.
• User engagement - translating business needs into viable solution design.
• Experience of leading ERP implementations – (SAP4/HANA)

Knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas would also be beneficial to the role:

• Web Application development (e.g. HTML5, JavaScript, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework/ORM)

• SaaS/Cloud based technologies

• General scripting/programming resources for IT (e.g. C#, Python, SQL, PowerShell, XML, Tcl/Tk)

Key Stakeholders

• SSTL IT Leadership team
• IT Security
• IT Infrastructure
• IT Helpdesk
• IT Service Delivery
• Finance
• Project Controls
• Manufacturing & Operations
• Other Functional areas of the SSTL business

Location

SSTL prides itself on being a super flexible company. The role is based in Guildford.

Department

Information Technology

Role

Technical Product Owner

Locations

Guildford

Employment type

Contract

Job Reference

355

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