Senior Product Specialist

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of, oversee, and consistently enhance product backlogs, ensuring clarity, prioritization, and alignment with product strategy.

• Convert strategic initiatives and discovery insights into comprehensive user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Ensure backlog items are properly sized, sequenced, and ready for implementation.

• Lead backlog refinement and sprint planning with a high degree of autonomy.

• Assist in delivering complex or high-impact initiatives.

• Contribute to release planning and manage dependencies across teams.

• Provide clarity on intricate requirements and edge cases to the development team.

• Identify and eliminate obstacles to enhance team flow and delivery efficiency.

• Support and mentor Product Specialists.

• Validate work against acceptance criteria and the Definition of Done.

• Assist and guide QA and UAT processes.

• Build relationships with stakeholders, manage expectations, and navigate conflicting priorities.

• Facilitate discussions on requirements, challenge assumptions, and promote clarity.

• Communicate progress on delivery, risks, and trade-offs.

• Analyze product performance, delivery metrics, and team effectiveness.

• Suggest and implement enhancements to processes, tools, and methodologies.

• Contribute to scaling consistent product practices across teams.

• Serve as a recognized subject matter expert within the relevant domain.

• Utilize domain expertise to shape solutions, influence prioritization, and enhance product design.

• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders as a trusted advisor.

• Ensure that solutions reflect industry best practices and provide significant customer value.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or Product Specialist in an agile environment.

• Proven track record of managing complex backlogs and delivering high-quality results.

• Profound understanding of agile practices and their practical implementation in delivery teams.

• In-depth and demonstrable expertise within the pertinent industry domain.

• Experience working closely with customers or within the industry in a hands-on role.

• Ability to leverage domain knowledge to address complex challenges and enhance product outcomes.

• Strong understanding of relevant regulatory, commercial, or operational factors.

• Acknowledged as a go-to expert for domain-specific knowledge and decision-making.

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, particularly in complex or ambiguous situations.

• Capability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without formal authority.

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across Product, Engineering, Design, and customer-facing teams.

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities, capable of handling intricate scenarios.

• Proficient in using data, insights, and experience to guide decisions and recommendations.

• Strong commitment to quality, with experience in ensuring robust acceptance criteria and delivery standards.

• Ability to balance delivery speed with completeness and usability.

• Experience in enhancing team delivery practices and outcomes.

• Strong familiarity with product and delivery tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence).

• Comfortable working with technical teams and understanding system architecture, constraints, and dependencies.

🏝️ Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays, increasing with length of service.

• 4% matched pension.

• Income protection and life assurance.

• Access to our award-winning benefits platform.

• Dedicated EAP available 24/7.

• £100 allowance towards a fitness club.

• Dell discounts.

• Private Medical Insurance.

• Paid study leave and volunteering days.

• Car Scheme.