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Description

Product Owner

Reporting of the Role

This role reports to Product Lead

Overview of job
 

This role presents a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic, data-driven product owner to develop our portfolio of Global Player products. 

Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web, on TV, in car and on smart speakers. 

You’ll work with your own cross-functional squad to maintain and build upon existing services in the portfolio as well as deliver new features and functionality to support the business in achieving its ambitious goals. You’ll sit alongside a team of product owners responsible for different areas of the wider digital portfolio.

3 best things about the job

You’ll work across a wide variety of products and features. You will never be bored!

You’ll drive the development of products that are used and loved by millions of people

You’ll work across some of the latest technologies like in-car, smart speakers and AI[BS1] [JS2] 

Measures of success – 

In the first few months, you would have

Taken ownership of, and aligned, your team’s goals ensuring delivery against them

Established a roadmap for the upcoming quarter

Released features across your suite of products

Worked closely with stakeholders across the business to understand priorities and provide updates

Responsibilities of the role
 

The Product Owner will be responsible for the following areas across our digital products

Strategic

Develop product strategy 

Own the product roadmap for your area of development and communicate priorities based on business requirements

Establish success metrics

Gain a deep knowledge of your products and represent them with the wider business

Communicate the business case behind features / functionality 

Conduct gap analysis and competitive reviews where appropriate

Own product launches

Delivery

Work closely with the wider team to define and refine the product offering

Own the product requirements within sprint and communicate the vision clearly to the team

Own the product backlog and prioritisation and ensure the business needs are satisfied

Day-to-Day

An integral part of the Agile process - run refinement and planning sessions, presenting the product goal and a potential sprint goal, attend retrospective meetings and write user stories

Write clear requirements including detailed acceptance criteria

Work hand in hand with developers to ensure requirements are being translated into high-quality, working products

Ensure that releases are thoroughly tested and monitor results carefully

Provide regular reports and updates to the business to show performance against objectives

Work closely with commercial teams to ensure that products are monetised effectively and in line with strategic goals

Be the voice of the user by sharing feedback to internal teams

Work closely with analytics , interpreting data in order to improve products

Adhere to industry best practices

Support the wider product team and input in other areas of the digital portfolio 

What you will need

The ideal candidate will be proactive and keen to challenge themselves, developing and implement innovative solutions, they should also have:

3+ Years as a product owner in a fast-paced business

Experience working in SCRUM/Agile environments 

Experience working with and influencing key business and technology stakeholders

The ability to think strategically and execute methodically, having lots of fun doing it

Be comfortable working at pace and managing competing and changing priorities

Everyone is welcome at Global  

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that diversity will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.   

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to the recruitment process and workplace to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you require us to make any reasonable adjustments for you or to disclose a condition, please email recruitment@global.com.