We are seeking an experienced digital product owner to join our supportive Digital Product team within the English Language Teaching Division. The main responsibility of this role is to maximise the value of products by transforming the high-level product vision and roadmap into epics, features, and user stories, and to direct internal / external development teams to deliver these using agile techniques. The key duties in this role will include:
Manage the product backlog by breaking down the long-term roadmap into deliverables and planning iterations to meet business goals.
Create, own, manage, and communicate product backlogs.
Direct internal teams and third-party suppliers to deliver digital product change through backlog prioritisation and planning.
Provide Product Subject Matter Expertise (SME) as relevant to enhance customer experience, recommend improvements, and optimize technical efficiencies.
Mentor and coach team members across Digital Product to help them grow and develop.
Consult with existing and new opportunity customers to help them maximise the value of ELT’s digital products, services, and systems, translating technical requirements.
Please refer to the enclosed job description for the detailed accountabilities in this role.
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will ideally have/be:
Proven success in a product owner role or a digital delivery role (product manager, project manager, business analyst, platform manager etc.), working with development teams.
Ideally knowledge of education publishing market (desirable)
Experience of working with Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira
Resourceful with the ability to identify and agree solutions.
Reasonable level of technical understanding, including software architectures, standards, development methods and practises.
Experience of planning and delivering continuous change and improvement in a digital product environment, including maintaining release plans.
Knowledge of how to define, test, and refine user journeys.
Communication, networking and influencing within a matrix structure: in particular to find a consensus and a way forward which balances needs.
Demonstrable understanding of platform data and usage analytics.
Line management experience (desirable)
Benefits
We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.
Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
Please note this advert may be removed before the advertised end date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.
