Technical Product Owner
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive with Excellent Benefits Package |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 May 2024 |
| Location: | None, None |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/12938788/880256 |
Summary
About the role
We are currently recruiting a Technical Product Owner to be "the voice of the customer" and accountable improving the value of the Product (platform) the squad is responsible for. You\'ll work with your Squad members, Tribe lead, Chapter lead and Agile Coach to define and prioritise initiatives aligned to the strategic goals of the organisation. You will ensure the squad is working on the right priorities to provide the business with a well-maintained, secure platform, while also driving innovation that allows the business to deliver customer value.
You will be encouraged to set a clear and inspiring vision for your product, and make decisions and priority calls to craft your Product backlog and guide the other squad members. You will bring a good understanding of the retail and / or telecoms industries and the role your platform plays in delivering customer value. Your squad members\' subject matter expertise will give you everything you need to deliver high quality work as an autonomous team.
You will be responsible for
- Understand the Product and make decisions about its development to ensure we meet Product and Tribe objectives and key results
- Understand the industry and keep abreast of key developments
- Understand critical systems and platforms and the impact the platform has on customers\' experience; their needs and problems influencing the Product roadmap
- Facilitate workshops with technical and business collaborators to gain a shared understanding of needs and goals and consider dependencies, risks and value at stake in prioritisation decisions
- Set and supervise important metrics for the Product and I have a continuous improvement plan to drive better value for money, scalability, adaptability and alignment to product critical metrics
- Understand the Scrum methodology and be comfortable embedding this within the squad, including the core ceremonies, clear roles and responsibilities, a shared purpose, product vision and well-defined product backlog
- Set and iterate the Product vision in collaboration with others in my squad and tribe.
- Build and maintain a clear roadmap for my product that is aligned to user and customer outcomes
- Skilled at writing user stories and follow the INVEST principle
- Use story mapping techniques to build cohesive product features and actively engage partners early for feedback
- Understand Tesco Mobile\'s architecture including how your platform fits into wider Tesco Mobile systems and processes
- Actively prioritise squad time to move towards the target architecture and use data and insight to balance this with ongoing platform maintenance
You will need
- Experience working in an agile organisation, with a solid understanding of Scrum methodologies, tools and practices
- Previous Technical Product Management or Technical Product Ownership experience, or experience working in an adjacent technical role
- Experience with architecture patterns such as Microservices architecture, Serverless and Cloud computing, RESTful APIs etc
- Critical thinking; ability to set a clear vision, prioritise and plot a roadmap to get there
- Analytical and problem-solving skills using data and insight
- Ability to manipulate data (e.g. in Excel)
- Effective and confident communication with a wide range of collaborators including both technical and non-technical
- Experience in the retail and/or telecoms industries desirable
- Architecture and design leadership desirable
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What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
- Private medical insurance
- Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
- Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
- A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
- Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
- Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
- Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want
Click Here to read more about the full range of benefits we have available for our colleagues
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com
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