Job Description We are looking for a Product Owner to join our IT team in Milton Keynes. As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for defining and prioritizing the product roadmap to enhance our surveying strategies and tools. You will act as a bridge between the surveying businesses and the engineering teams, ensuring that our products meet user needs and align with our business objectives. Your role will involve collaborating with stakeholders, gathering requirements, and overseeing the product lifecycle from conception to launch. Our Technology Team is accountable for all technology and systems across the group, including a number of internally built applications as well as supplier provided solutions. We offer a hybrid working arrangement with two days per week in our Milton Keynes office. Key responsibilities: Collaborate closely with the surveying teams to understand their challenges and gather objectives. Define and maintain a clear product strategy and roadmap that aligns with broader business goals and customer needs. Gather and document epics and feature; create user stories and prioritize the backlog. Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring that information is clear, concise, and relevant. Work with cross-functional teams including engineers, delivery managers, project managers, 3rd party vendors to deliver high-quality products. Ensure that products meet user experience standards and business strategies. Measure success and adjust priorities as needed to achieve strategic objectives. Conduct user research, market research and competitive analysis to inform product decisions. Analyse product performance metrics and user feedback to drive continuous improvement. Facilitate product demos and user acceptance testing activities. Support various agile ceremonies, such as backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives Serve as a liaison between stakeholders and technical resources Experience and Qualifications required: Preferably educated to graduate level with a bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, or a related field. Proven experience working as a product owner or similar role. Experience with Surveying industry. Strong understanding of agile methodologies and product management practices. Knowledge of agile planning tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence). Connells Group is one of the largest and most successful estate agency and property services providers in the UK and as of March 2021 also encompasses Countrywide. Founded in 1936 and with a network of over 1,200 branches nationwide, the Group combines residential sales and lettings expertise with a range of consumer and corporate services including new homes, mortgage services, conveyancing, EPC provision, surveying, corporate lettings, asset management, land & planning, LPA receivers and auctions. Connells Group UK is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. CF00618