Technical Product Owner

Overview

Join Barclays as a where you will spearhead the evolution of Barclays's digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. This role is responsible for overseeing and driving the strategic direction and managing Barclays's technical product capabilities. You will craft and articulate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with Barclays's objectives of creating a world-class platform focused on fulfilling customer and consumer needs.

To be successful as a Technical Product Owner, you will need the following:

• Deep understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), cloud technologies, APIs, and databases.
• Strong experience in managing product roadmaps, backlogs, and prioritising features based on business needs.
• Proven experience working in Agile environments, including hands-on experience with Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
• Ability to communicate technical requirements effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities to solve complex technical issues and make data-driven decisions.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Familiarity with user-centred design principles and ability to translate user needs into technical requirements.
• Experience with tools like SQL, Google Analytics, or data visualisation platforms to make data-informed product decisions.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and how DevOps processes impact product development.
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud to understand the infrastructure of cloud-based products.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The successful candidate will be based in Knutsford.

Purpose of the role:

To collaborate with product owners and other technical teams involved in the product development process and utilise their knowledge of the bank’s technologies to enact the vision defined in the product roadmap.

Accountabilities:

• Provision of subject matter expertise to support the collaboration between the product owner and the technical side of product development.
• Support the development and implementation of the product strategy and vision defined in the product roadmap and communicate them with the relevant stakeholders and the development team.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility that are well defined, measurable, and secure.
• Development and implementation of assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality and performance.
• Monitoring of product performance to identify opportunities for optimisation that meets the bank's performance standards.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improve product development and delivery.

Vice President Expectations:

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work for business-aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
• Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship – Barclays's moral compass, helping Barclays do what Barclays believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how Barclays behave.