Role: Product Owner - No7 Company
Contract: Permanent
Shift pattern: Full Time - 5 days in the Office
Salary:
Closing date: 26th September
Recruitment Partner: Matthew Nelligan
About the role
As a Product Owner you will join the BSP & No7BC Team within Boots IT2A. You will oversee the definition, maintenance and E2E delivery of the roadmap. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams, both internally and externally to understand priorities and constraints both from a business and technology perspective and lead the delivery to a product roadmap which aligns with our strategic goals, balancing commercial value with customer satisfaction.
Key responsibilities
Engage with key stakeholders to understand strategy, business objectives and priorities.
Building strong relationships and fostering alignment across departments and technology partners.
Collect and analyse requirements from relevant business functions and document for the development teams. You will prioritise and keep these up to date in alignment with the business strategy, commercial objectives and user needs.
Prioritise and maintain product roadmap and backlog items.
Work with all delivery teams to form a cohesive and accurate delivery plan. You will coordinate this E2E, from design thorough to deployment and support thereafter.
Ensuring all internal PMO and governance and project management processes are followed, deliver weekly reporting on project performance including budget monitoring, resource utilisation and timeline adherence.
Align partners on prioritisation and progress updates, highlighting risks and resolving issues proactively.
Lead our weekly change approval board for any releases on-site, A/B tests or tagging updates.
Provide leadership to the delivery teams, ensuring delivery against time, budget and requirements. This includes, where required, management of different resources both within and outside of the No7 Beauty Company business.
What you'll need to have
Previous experience in a Product Owner role or work in a similar role such as a Business Analyst
Strong Project Management skills
Ability to work closely and collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including external agencies & vendors
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to talk to audiences at different levels; both in providing clear and concise updates
Excellent partner management skills with a strong ability to build relationships and influence
Experience managing multiple simultaneous projects as well as the ability to identify risks and issues that need escalation/mitigation
The ability to work across multiple different business and delivery teams. To support requirements gathering and ensuring the deliverables will be met, whilst building strong and engaged relationships
You'll need to be resilient in the face of challenges, and care and support others within the team
It would be great if you also have
Experience working within a commerce organisation
Expertise in multiple project delivery methodologies and processes (including waterfall and agile)
Experience of project management systems e.g. Jira, MS Project, KeyedIn
Our benefits
Boots Retirement Savings Plan
Discretionary annual bonus
Generous employee discounts
Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.
Why Boots
At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.
What's next
If Successful the Talent Partner will be in touch to discuss the interview process and next steps.
Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
lete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
