Product Owner - 12-month FTC

at  Screwfix

OVERVIEW

Step into a pivotal role within the Screwfix product team as the driving force behind our Checkout and basket products. We’re on the lookout for a visionary leader who thrives on collaborating with top-tier research teams to craft a world-class shopping experience. Your mission? To optimize our products for seamless, high-converting, and exceptional customer journeys.
With the power of the latest MACH architecture and cutting-edge SaaS solutions at your fingertips, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation, rolling out new features that set industry standards. You’ll be supported by our dynamic and high-performing engineering teams, ensuring every idea you bring to the table becomes a reality.
Join us in a vibrant, test-and-learn agile environment where your creativity and passion will shine. In line with our Growth Strategy you’ll manage and deliver your product roadmap, experimenting and developing products that make you proud every single day. With the Screwfix website freshly re-platformed and ready to accelerate with new features and technologies, there’s never been a more thrilling time to become a part of our team. Ready to make your mark? The Screwfix product team is where your journey begins!"
Fully remote contract available with occasional travel requirements to London and our head office in Yeovil for ad-hoc collaboration/workshops & team meet ups.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Analytical with confident IT literacy and PC skills
• Project management experience of IT related change/delivery within logistics
• Strong team player who uses initiative and diplomacy when liaising with internal and external customers.
• Knowledge of agile working practices - desirable
• Strong influencing and facilitation skills
• Strong networking and team working ability across all work levels.
• Able to build, engage, lead and deliver using robust project methodology

• Engages stakeholders through gaining critical input to understand priorities and dependencies.
• Creates the value stream road map and vision for business area based on business and IT requirements.
• Works collaboratively with external 3rd parties and other Kingfisher/Screwfix teams to plan, determine, prioritise implementation of solutions.
• Gather input, own and manage the backlog and prioritises these in a clear roadmap, in conjunction with stakeholders.
• Work with business teams to define the proposition & proposal behind the features - documents respective assumptions and suggests a scope for the minimal viable proposition (MVP).
• Agrees and tracks key metrics with stakeholders to measure output and delivery results against objectives.
• Leads ongoing refinement effort to make sure each team has work prepared for the next sprint, ahead of existing sprint delivery. Adjusts scope where necessary based on sprints outputs.
• Works with teams and Delivery Lead on planning product releases, ensuring key stakeholders are engaged and delivery is planned and in alignment with other business priorities.
• Works closely with Solutions Architect to align product and the technical vision.
• Understands technical trade-offs made by IT teams and architects with regards to the value stream
• Ensures technical complexity is taken into account for backlog prioritisation alongside business value.
• Tracks progress towards the release of a product through detailed planning methodology and review
• Collaborates with IT/stakeholders in prioritising defect or bug resolution.