About the Role
The Product Owner maximizes product value by defining a clear product vision, managing and prioritizing the Product Backlog, and ensuring the right product is built based on business goals. They serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders and delivery teams, developing a roadmap and driving execution with a focus on continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Ensure Product Alignment with Business Goals
- Communicate Product Vision to Delivery Teams
- Create and Refine User Stories
- Participate in key Agile events
- Manage the Product Backlog
- Act as the Voice of the Customer
- Define and Manage Acceptance Criteria
- Collaborate with Stakeholders
- Monitor Product Performance and Iterate
- Manage risk, including identification, mitigation, and escalation
- Advise and influence decision making
- Contribute to policy development
- Take responsibility for operational effectiveness
- Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions
- Lead a team performing complex tasks
- Set objectives and coach employees
- Appraise performance and determine reward outcomes
- Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members
- Identify the need for inclusion of other areas of specialization
- Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects
- Consult on complex issues
- Provide advice to People Leaders
- Identify ways to mitigate risk
- Develop new policies/procedures
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls
- Perform work closely related to other areas
- Collaborate with other areas of work
- Engage in complex analysis of data
- Communicate complex information
- Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes
Requirements
- Ample understanding of agile ceremonies, backlog management, and sprint planning
- Ability to translate client needs into clear requirements and acceptance criteria
- Commercial awareness to prioritize the backlog
- Align delivery with business goals
- Maximize value for clients and the organisation
- Deep understanding of agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning
- Clear articulation of requirements and acceptance criteria
- Understands business goals to prioritise backlog
- Works closely with engineers, BAs, designers within squad
- Uses KPIs/OKRs to drive incremental value delivery
- Tactical prioritisation decisions (value vs effort, dependencies)
- Risk and controls
- Change and transformation
- Business acumen strategic thinking
- Digital and technology
- Job-specific technical skills
Skills
- Agile mindset
- Client needs
- Commercial awareness
- Collaboration
- KPI driven
- Prioritisation
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Assistant Vice President
About the Company
- Join Barclays as a Digital Product Owner, where you'll be at the forefront of delivering client-focused digital solutions through agile ways of working.
Equal Opportunity
- All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
