Job Description
Position Overview:
The Digital Product Owner is responsible for owning and delivering value for a defined product or vertical workstream within a digital/eCommerce platform. This role bridges business, technology, and customer experience, ensuring that product outcomes align with strategic goals, customer needs, and measurable business value.
Key Responsibilities:
Product Ownership & Strategy
• Own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for your workstream, aligned to overall programme and business strategy.
• Develop a deep understanding of the enterprise platform, architecture, and cross-workstream dependencies.
• Act as the subject matter expert for your product area, ensuring alignment across systems and customer journeys.
Backlog Management & Agile Delivery
• Create, prioritise, and maintain a clear, value-driven product backlog.
• Translate business and customer needs into epics and user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Lead and participate in Agile ceremonies, ensuring stories are ready for development and delivered effectively.
• Make timely decisions to maintain delivery momentum in a fast-paced environment.
Stakeholder Engagement
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, technology teams, and third-party partners.
• Act as the key point of contact for product-related decisions, priorities, and trade-offs.
• Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
Value Delivery & Performance
• Define and track KPIs and success metrics for your product.
• Use data and insights to inform prioritisation, validate outcomes, and drive continuous improvement.
• Review and accept completed work, ensuring it meets acceptance criteria and delivers expected value.
Customer Experience & Continuous Improvement
• Own and optimise the end-to-end customer journey within your product area.
• Identify opportunities to enhance user experience and business performance.
• Capture future requirements and contribute to the ongoing product roadmap.
Quality, Risk & Governance
• Ensure high-quality delivery through collaboration with engineering and QA teams.
• Support testing phases, including UAT, to ensure business readiness.
• Manage risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and decisions (RAIDD).
• Maintain clear documentation and support governance processes.
Qualifications:
• Experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Senior Business Analyst in a digital or eCommerce environment.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and product lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to manage and prioritise product backlogs to deliver business value.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and third-party vendors.
• Solid understanding of customer journeys, UX, and digital product design.
• Data-driven mindset with experience defining and tracking KPIs.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience with the Atlassian tool set (Jira, Confluence)