Product Owner

at  Cadent Gas

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Ability to lead, engage, inspire and mange change whilst delivering excellent results through product and sprint goals.
• Experience of working with a variety of stakeholders, strong interpersonal and communication skills at all levels, with the ability to translate complex IT issues into business related vocabulary.
• An understanding of the role technology and digital platforms plays to enable business value with an overall understanding of the whole lifecycle of technology products.
• Previous experience in creating product specifications, including capturing requirements, writing user stories, estimations/story points, wire framing, and/or documenting acceptance criteria desired
• Knowledge of supporting technology systems/ tools used in support of the identified functional areas
• Experience of working in an agile product-centric environment and agile/matrix managed multi-disciplinary technology teams, including deep understanding of agile methodologies such as software development methodology, e.g., behaviour-driven development.
• Desirable Qualifications: Microsoft Certification(s), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and SaFe ,Agilist.

For this position we are looking for specific experience and demonstratable knowledge in the following functional areas:

• Energy Control Centre (ECC) - System operator ensuring safe transportation of energy and security of supply
• Gas Pressure management below 2Bar - Technical understanding for all components of the engineering framework applicable to the local distribution network and discipline engineering specialists for emergency response and safe control of operations
• Gas Pressure management above 2 Bar - Technical understanding for high pressure assets and discipline engineering specialists (electrical, instrumentation, telecoms, cathodic protection, gas quality, civils and geotechnical)
• Hydrogen Transition (H2) - Hydrogen technical awareness for all pressure tiers, developing frameworks (inc. competency and operating strategies) as our Net Zero projects progress and to support teams as they progress to deliver our Net Zero ambition.
• Knowledge of supporting technology systems/ tools including devices and equipment and protocols used in support of the above functional area

JOB PURPOSE

At Cadent ,we are looking for someone who can support the maintenance of the evergreen technology roadmap, understanding the systems and solutions within the product line and value streams. Working within the IT Product Line with both internal scrum teams and external third-party vendors, covering digital platform services, corporate tooling (Microsoft suite), network connectivity and hybrid cloud. Support the IT Teams and Procurement Teams to plan maintenance activity, advise on contract renewals and/or ceasing of contracts in line with the strategic roadmap and identify, analyse, and implement appropriate KPIs which allow the business to measure product success. The hired person will be recognised leader and expert, ensuring team and individual service delivery expectations are exceeded and positively received. Identify, analyse, and interpret relevant data to derive departmental direction aligning to wider strategies. Support the team in improving working practices through identifying transformational department needs collaborating with wider organisational initiatives. The Product owner will Ensure H&S is monitored, recognised, risks identified and fully compliant prompting best practice across all activities always seeking continual improvement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

For this position we are looking for specific experience and demonstratable knowledge in the following functional areas:

• Energy Control Centre (ECC) - System operator ensuring safe transportation of energy and security of supply
• Gas Pressure management below 2Bar - Technical understanding for all components of the engineering framework applicable to the local distribution network and discipline engineering specialists for emergency response and safe control of operations
• Gas Pressure management above 2 Bar - Technical understanding for high pressure assets and discipline engineering specialists (electrical, instrumentation, telecoms, cathodic protection, gas quality, civils and geotechnical)
• Hydrogen Transition (H2) - Hydrogen technical awareness for all pressure tiers, developing frameworks (inc. competency and operating strategies) as our Net Zero projects progress and to support teams as they progress to deliver our Net Zero ambition.
• Knowledge of supporting technology systems/ tools including devices and equipment and protocols used in support of the above functional areas