Propositions Technical Product Owner - iD Mobile

Propositions Technical Product Owner - iD Mobile

Currys London Campus at Waterloo
Permanent
Full Time
Grade 4

We’re iD Mobile, one of the UK’s leading mobile virtual network operators. We launched in May 2015 and have over 2.2 million Pay Monthly customers. We’re pretty sure our success has a lot to do with our wide range of feature-packed plans. We offer everything from super-value Pay-as-you-go and SIM-only deals, right up to the latest smartphones from the big-name manufacturers. We’re delighted about our success so far and have very ambitious plans for the future.

iD Mobile is an exciting place to work. We’re a relatively young and dynamic start-up, and we value innovation, imagination, and creativity. If you’ve got a great idea, we’ll help you run with it. We’re passionate about finding new ways to address our customers’ needs. We’re a little different to other start-ups, though, because we’re part of Currys PLC, Europe's leading electrical and mobile retailer. So, while iD Mobile has only been going for a few years, we’re part of a much bigger family.

The Product Owner is a key interface between iD Mobile business and our engineering resources, delivered by partner organisations both on and offshore. The product owner is responsible for writing detailed business and functional requirements into user stories that solution architects and technical leads can derive technical requirements from, that ultimately become stories that our cross functional teams can use to build and deliver product features and enhancements.

The Product Owner further supports and enables the business owners in jointly agreeing sprint content and liaises with subject matter experts and stakeholders across the businesses, to understand, articulate and priorities the backlog and roadmap requirements.

As a Product Owner attached to a functional area, you will join a team of developers and testers and will interact closely with one or more product managers. The aim of this team is to continuously improve the services provided by our MVNO.

Key Responsibilities:

• We Own It ; co-own the backlog, prioritise effectively and adapt to ensure timelines are met
• We Put Customers First ; apply user centric thinking to every aspect of our requirements
• We Win Together ; be a knowledgeable and collaborative voice across all your touchpoints
• Own product scope and the roadmap for iD
• Liaise with, consult, advise and keep informed, all business stakeholders
• Funnel / filter / handle all business requirements for the development roadmap (small change and projects)
• Research and articulate business and functional requirements (As a, I want, So that)
• Define the desired outcomes (Given, When, Then)
• Support the development of stories to meet Definition of Ready
• Prioritise and manage tickets for product scope for this role,and support cross-brand prioritisation
• Be a key contributor/owner of the refinement of stories and backlog as a whole
• Be the point of contact for Scrum Master, Technical Leads, BAs and developers
• Attend all standups and Sprint Ceremonies alongside the technical teams
• Provide sprint/testing/production sign-off to ensure requirements are delivered as described
• Plan, agree, manage and communicate progress and ultimately Go Live with stakeholders
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of IT and Telco industry best practices, technologies, architectures and emerging technologies
• Check that the need matches our product strategy
• Lead POCs to confirm your intuitions delivery approach and/or your estimates
• Identifying risks, implementing a mitigation plan and raising alerts where necessary

Required Skills & Experience:

Extensive (5+ years) experience

• As a Technical Product Owner, Technical Business Analyst or Solution Designer ideally gained in telecoms or SI organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, when it comes to producing and playing back business requirements to both business and engineering audiences
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, when it comes to gathering requirements and signoff

Significant (3+ years) experience

• Agile (scrum) in software development
• Working with Jira and Confluence
• MVNO, BSS, D2C E-commerce, including payment systems, business critical integrations

Candidates with the following experience would be preferred

• Experience working in multi brand environments
• Experience working in mobile or other regulated industries (e.g. FCA regulated)
• Expert Jira & Confluence user
• Skilled MS Office user (predominantly Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Degree educated (Ecommerce, Computer Science, Data Science or related fields)

We know our people are the secret to our success. That's why we're always looking for ways to reward great work. You'll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:

• 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement) and a competitive pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Fantastic colleague discounts on Tech with Currys and iD Mobile
• Hybrid working (with an expectation to meet in person 2-4 times per month)

Why join us:

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email [email protected] and we'll do our best to help.