Role Title: Product Owner Duration: contract to run until 01/07/2026 Location: Wokingham/Warwick, Hybrid 2 days per week onsite Rate: up to £493 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Clearance required: Eligible to obtain SC Clearance Role purpose / summary Great Britain's electricity system is undergoing an ambitious, exciting and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, greener system, one that protects the planet and serves generations to come. The Product Owner (PO) is responsible for converting the product vision and strategy into user stories that will be utilised by the development team. The Product Owner will work closely with the Product Manager and other team members to understand and contribute to the overall product strategy. This role can be based from Wokingham or Warwick, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home. About us Our Client has a key role to play in tackling climate change by transitioning GBs electricity system to net zero. We already operate the fastest decarbonising electricity system in the world, with an ambition for zero carbon operation by 2025. And by 2035, we want to run 100% clean, green energy, all the time. We welcome the recent announcement, by BEIS and Ofgem, to create a Future System Operator that builds on the track record and skills of our client with enhanced roles and responsibilities to unlock additional value for consumers and drive towards net zero. The time to act on climate change is now. As part of our team, you wont just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain youll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come. About you What we do isnt just important its essential. Thats why we value experts in their field. In this case, were looking for someone who has: Experience of working in a matrix team and building and maintaining relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Appreciation of delivering change into a continuous operational environment. Ability to think both about short-term action and longer-term strategy. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills. Understanding of the business value of development decisions and how they affect the lifecycle of the product. Electricity or energy background would be preferred, but not essential. What Youll Do Your typical activities will include: Primary responsibility for building, editing and maintaining the team backlog. Act as the liaison between the business and/ or Product Manager and the Scrum/ Agile Team. Takes direction from the Product Manager on Epic and Feature prioritisation and decomposes into user stories, working with business analysts, solution architects and subject matter experts. Makes priority decisions on the order of user stories in the team backlog in order to best achieve goals and business value. Accepts user stories as done, by helping create the definition of done and assessing work against it. Acts as customer proxy and works with product management and other POs to prepare for the DI Planning meeting (where relevant). Contribute to the product vision, roadmap and help define the value of a features and user stories. Works with scrum masters to create sprint and iteration goals to drive team performance. Ensures the team understands items in the team backlog to the level needed. Attends and actively participates in Team Ceremonies: PI planning, backlog refinement, discovery refinement, sprint planning, daily scrum calls, sprint demoes and sprint and iteration retrospectives. All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!