Product Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee the Specify process for essential product development, crafting comprehensive specifications and AI-enhanced prototypes.

• Administer and oversee the backlog for a primary product utilizing Azure DevOps.

• Collaborate with the Product Manager to refine, prioritize, and estimate backlog items.

• Develop user stories and acceptance criteria for development, testing, and release phases.

• Create and update user guides, release notes, onboarding resources, and process documentation.

• Transform feedback from client user groups, AI Champion networks, QBRs, and service tickets into organized backlog items.

• Participate in sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions across various product lines.

• Assist with go-to-market materials, feature descriptions, and release announcements.

• Collaborate closely with Delivery, Technical Leads, Engineering, and the Product Manager.

⛳️ Requirements

• Practical experience in managing an Agile backlog and participating in sprint ceremonies, typically acquired as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or in a similar role in technology, AI, or software.

• Excellent written communication skills, with the capability to convert complex requirements into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and specifications.

• Proficiency in utilizing AI prototyping and requirements tools, including vibe-prototyping platforms.

• A methodical, detail-oriented approach to documentation and backlog management.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Familiarity with GenAI, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic AI, along with a practical understanding of the capabilities and limitations of AI agents.

• Solid understanding of SaaS or AI product development, release management, and version control.

• Eligibility to work in the UK.

• Experience as a Product Owner is a plus.

• Familiarity with Azure DevOps Boards or similar backlog management tools is a plus.

• Practical experience using AI or vibe-prototyping tools to develop working prototypes or specifications is a plus.

• Background in local government or public sector service delivery is a plus.

• Product Owner certification such as CSPO or PSPO is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• £100 per month working-from-home allowance.

• Vitality Healthcare Plan.

• Pension scheme.

• 25 days’ holiday.

• Support for relevant professional development and qualifications.

• Occasional travel to Basingstoke and client locations.