Senior Product Owner

Job description

Hybrid

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

JOB PURPOSE

This position sits in our Experience & Engineering team. We primarily deliver large-scale website design and build projects, combining our skills in developing future-ready technical solutions with our expertise in creating beautiful designs to help clients including Nikon, London Marathon Events and END. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional and engaging digital experiences.

We are looking for a Senior Product Owner to join the Product Team to work on projects across multiple client accounts, both big and small, across a number of technologies. You’ll be working collaboratively as part of a close-knit, fully integrated team to build and maintain world-class websites.

We are looking for someone who is a confident and knowledgeable leader with a strong appetite for product development. You should be able to build excellent relationships with both colleagues and clients alike. You will stay up to date with the latest tech trends, processes and best practices of the industry and be able to translate your knowledge into your role.

You will work in a vibrant environment with clever minds that work for a variety of large global clients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take the lead of product development teams providing vision and direction to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Work closely with other team leads and clients to define and deliver the tasks for each project phase from workshops to gathering and developing requirements.
• Plan and prioritize the product backlog and roadmap and help to manage the client relationship and deliverables.
• Take ownership of large enterprise projects and act as the product advocate for both users and clients ensuring that users get the best possible experience and that the client’s business requirements are met ensuring a positive ROI.
• Plan and deliver workshops with all levels of stakeholders to elicit requirements.
• Work closely with our delivery teams to plan and execute build sprints and follow up with the necessary sprint ceremonies. During this phase, you will communicate the progress and issues externally both internally and with stakeholders.
• Monitor junior members of the team and guide their development as a Product Owner and help with any related training, learning and development.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Knowledge and experience in web development project lifecycles is essential;
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including hosting meetings, presentations and documentation, translating user/business requirements into tangible technical requirements;
• A detail-oriented person who doesn’t lose sight of the big picture;
• Experience with Agile Scrum methodologies including sprint planning, backlog management, refinements, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives;
• Good experience of Content Management and E-commerce systems; such as Optimizely, SiteCore, Shopify, Adobe etc.;
• Proficiency in Atlassian tools, such as JIRA and Confluence;
• Confidence in planning and delivering workshops to all stakeholders;
• Familiarity with whiteboard tools such as Miro or FigJam;
• Experience in Microsoft DevOps would be advantageous;
• Confidence in monitoring and coaching;
• Ability to define product vision, roadmap and growth opportunities.

WE OFFER

• Transparent career development and pay;
• A flexible, hybrid working policy
• A rewarding, supportive and healthy company culture.
• Supplemental and additional health insurance;
• Pension scheme: third pillar pension fund;
• Referral bonus program;
• Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform, and a multisport programme;
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.