SC Cleared Product Owner - Tech Modernisation

Product Owner - Tech Modernisation SC Cleared Hybrid - 40% onsite Inside IR35 We are seeking an experienced Product Owner to join our high profile Public Sector client on an initial 6 month contract. This role is part of the Technology Division, which delivers information and system technology services across the organization to enable policy and operational objectives. The division manages the full technology delivery lifecycle-from planning and design to build, maintenance, and operations-while ensuring data security through a dedicated function. The position sits within the Technology Strategy & Architecture (TSA) team, which ensures IT change aligns with business priorities and that technical architecture supports strategic goals This specific role supports Technology Modernisation projects contributing to the delivery of modern, secure, and strategically aligned technology solutions. Technical Skills & Responsibilities • Solid career track record as a Product Owner with strong exposure to technical / software development projects ideally within a financial or regulatory environment • Proven experience working with agile/scrum methodologies • Deep understanding of the Software development lifecycle and its application in an agile context • Familiarity with tools like JIRA and Confluence for Agile project management and documentation • Capture, analyse and document business and technical requirements; write user stories and acceptance criteria; ensure alignment with the roadmap, sprints and delivery plans. • Oversee/support work prioritisation across the team/wider stakeholders, working closely with the PM, Tech Lead and Team Manager • Help facilitate ceremonies (sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives) and ensure the tech team remain aligned with product objectives and timelines. • Awareness of operating models (both current and target state) and how to develop and use them on projects / programmes • Experience of working on complex projects and programmes involving broad-based business change • Excellent stakeholder management at all levels; both internally and externally. Able to manage large groups of stakeholders, under uncertain environments, providing challenge as and when required • Producing outputs at various levels (high level to functional specifications) to a high quality within the standards set by the BA management team • Experience of developing business processes using BPMN 2.0 and use of 'out of the box' thinking to challenge existing processes • Experience of providing both functional and technical expertise to the Technology teams in producing detailed requirements documentation (e.g. detailed process maps, use case specifications, wireframes, logical data models, traceability matrices) • Experience of managing complexity and change and an awareness of the associated technical impacts to the organisation • Possess strong business insight, able to quickly pick up the context and business knowledge required, supporting the business through the requirements gathering, design and testing phases • Proven experience of facilitating workshops with the business utilising a variety of business analysis methods To apply for this opportunity please submit your CV. Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.