Technical Product Owner - Engineering Platform

at  Lloyds Banking Group

End Date
Friday 04 October 2024
Salary Range
£57,546 - £63,940
We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
Flexible Working Options
Flexibility in when hours are worked, Hybrid Working, Job Share, Reduced Hours
Job Description Summary
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Technical Product Owner
SALARY: £57,546 - £75,780 (determined by location)
LOCATION(S): Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, London
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: At least two days per week (or 40% of your time) at one of our offices listed above.
About this opportunity
The Cloud team is on the journey to create the next generation technical platform for the group that will be at the core of one of the UK’s biggest financial service transformations enabling Lloyds Banking Group to become the biggest Fintech in the UK!
We’re seeking a passionate and motivated Product Owner to support shaping the technical direction of our Stratos Developer Platform.
Who we’re looking for
You might not be an active engineer now, but we need you to have experience of writing code at some point in your career and so be able to converse easily with engineers and other more technical collaborators.
Be a self-motivated and proactive individual keeping the outcome in mind whilst driving progress day to day.
A great multi-tasker, switching between different activities and responsibilities throughout your day.
Have a collaborative, approachable and friendly style, establishing a culture of continuous improvement, driving innovation through trust and empowerment of their team.
Be comfortable calm, & resilient with a high sense of ownership and integrity ensuring the team always do the right thing by the customer, whilst appreciating things won’t always go right first time and are not afraid to challenge the ‘norm’.
An engaging storyteller, with a tailored approach to communication, energised by building rapport with all colleagues and partners, to find the common goals to build meaningful collaboration
Why Lloyds Banking Group
Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data, and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

What you’ll need

• It is Essential that you have a background in technical delivery/creation of either Software Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering related products
• Experience of shaping Product Vision & building Product Roadmaps working closely with customers to define, then multiple parties to communicate content and benefit.
• Experience shaping a technical design for a product and able to apply your expert knowledge and background to ensure no gaps in overall Product Development
• Comprehensive knowledge of building and managing complex Product Backlogs using JIRA including defining User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Expertise in prioritisation, co-ordinating and driving delivery of the backlog via your Technical Delivery managers, Integrators and Engineering team(s) using the Agile method.
• Proven ability to collaborate with other parties with respect to securing dependencies outside your Lab, including definition, prioritisation and tracking the work to successful conclusion.
• Significant experience of Bank Change Process & related Governance and readiness to adapt this experience to the new Platform 2.0 model including operational or Project Risk Management & Mitigation, all whilst managing against product budget.
• Ability to work with multiple 3rd Party Vendors, building effective, partnering relationships.

There are also some qualities we desire on top of the minimum criteria above, so if you have any of these things please let us know in your CV:

• Delivery experience of Public Cloud related products Google or Azure
• The Stratos Product Eco system or Internal Developer Platforms in general
• The Google Cloud Data Science product set
• Improving the Developer Experience e.g. Streamlining and simplifying the Onboarding and time to being fully productive processes
• An understanding of cloud security best practises and principles

About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• Generous holiday allowance, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you’ll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you’ll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We’ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We’re focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference

Please refer the Job description for details