Product Owner

Product Owner

Location: Tunbridge Wells

Role Type: Permanent

Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 days on site

Salary: Competitive and based on experience

Who We Are

We are a consultancy operating within Robert Walters, the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

The role

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Product Owner to join Robert Walters as a Consultant.

As a Consultant, you will benefit from permanent employment with Robert Walters and will be deployed on an assignment within our clients' organisations, in return we will provide you with the opportunity to develop your skills with ongoing training and professional support.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a global business, providing top-tier service to our blue-chip clients.

What You'll Do

To succeed as a Product Owner in this role, you will bring experience delivering complex digital products through their full lifecycle, with exposure to AI-driven solutions in corporate environments, ideally improving digital customer journeys. You will be skilled in data analysis, turning insights into clear, actionable product decisions. Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills are essential, along with experience working in Agile teams. A strong interest in AI trends and a focus on delivering excellent user experiences will be key to your success.

• Define and drive product vision, strategy, and roadmap in collaboration with cross-functional teams, aligned to business and customer needs.
• Manage and prioritise the product backlog using data-driven insights, opportunity sizing, and gap analysis to maximise value delivery.
• Lead the full product lifecycle from discovery through delivery, launch, and continuous optimisation.
• Build strong stakeholder partnerships across business and technology teams to ensure alignment and effective execution.
• Identify and shape opportunities for innovation, including AI-enabled capabilities and emerging digital technologies.
• Oversee complex technical products and integrations within enterprise systems, ensuring stability and scalability.
• Facilitate agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Champion customer-centric design by iterating features based on feedback and usage insights.
• Support digital transformation initiatives by aligning product delivery with organisational strategy.

What You Bring

• 3-5 years' experience in product management or product ownership with proven delivery impact
• Strong understanding of full product lifecycle management
• Proven ability to refine backlogs effectively through opportunity sizing and gap analysis methodologies.
• Strong data-driven decision-making and analytical skills
• Experience delivering AI-enabled products in corporate/digital environments, with Holistic foundational knowledge of AI, awareness of emerging AI trends and applications
• Ability to manage technically complex products and integrations
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management in complex organizations, with ability to align teams and support product strategy
• Practical experience in agile or lean product development environments including backlog management at scale.
• Track record managing technically complex products or system integrations within large organisations.
• Customer-centric approach focused on intuitive, high-impact user experiences

What's Next

If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.

We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require support or adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to help. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support you.

This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.