iO Associates
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Senior Consultant - Product Owner
Salary: £65,000 - £85,000
Location: Hybrid, 1-3 days a month in London or Manchester
Clearance: Active SC clearance required to start
We are looking for an experienced Product Owner to join our Product capability as a Senior Consultant, supporting the delivery of complex digital products and services across Government and Defence.
You will work within multidisciplinary agile teams, owning the product backlog and making sure delivery teams stay focused on the highest-value outcomes for users and the business.
What You'll Be Doing
- Own, manage and prioritise product backlogs, keeping teams focused on the highest-value work.
- Translate requirements and user needs into clear, deliverable outcomes.
- Write and refine user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Make day-to-day prioritisation decisions and resolve competing requirements.
- Lead or support sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews and other agile delivery activities.
- Work closely with Engineers, Designers, User Researchers, Architects and Delivery colleagues throughout delivery.
- Engage stakeholders to gather requirements, manage expectations and keep them informed of progress.
- Support products through development, testing, launch and continuous improvement.
- Identify dependencies, risks and blockers and work with the team to resolve them.
- Champion agile, user-centred and iterative approaches to digital delivery.
- Contribute to the development of Product capability and good practice.
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- Active SC clearance (essential).
- Strong experience as a Product Owner or similar digital product role.
- Proven experience owning and prioritising product backlogs in agile teams.
- Skilled at creating clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Experience working hands-on with engineering and design teams throughout delivery.
- Ability to make pragmatic prioritisation decisions and manage competing priorities in complex environments.
- Strong understanding of user-centred product development.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience delivering digital products or services through to live operation.
- Government, Defence or wider public-sector digital delivery experience is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with the GOV.UK Service Standard and Government Digital and Data approaches would be beneficial.
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