Job Title: Product Owner
Location: Homebased
Salary: up to £50,000 per annum + benefits
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time - Monday to Friday

Right to live and work in the UK is required for this role

About Us

Optima Health are the UK market leader of Occupational Health and Wellbeing services. Our heritage can be traced back to 1947 where we were pioneers in the provision of Occupational Health and have led the way ever since, bringing new and innovative solutions to employers across the UK. We can offer unrivalled clinical expertise and industry leading tailored solutions to our clients. We work with over two thousand businesses, in various industries, and our aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of the UK workforce by supporting healthy high performance in our client organisations, helping them to achieve their full potential through their people.

Optima Health not only provide an excellent package, but we also offer a structured induction and training programme in your first few weeks. We offer tailored career development and opportunities for further training and qualifications, to support you in your career journey. We are committed to making this a really great place to work, so together, we live by our values; We are one team, we do the right thing, we are shaping tomorrow, and we are never too big to care.

Role Summary

The role of the Product Owner will form an important part of the Information Systems Team who produce and maintain the IT systems that underpin Optima Health’s business. The Product Owner will be responsible for product planning and defining the product vision and requirements, working closely with the development team and business stakeholders to ensure alignment to the customer and business operational requirements, company goals and objectives.

The Product Owner will have excellent teamwork and communication skills and be able to influence others. Highly organised with an ability to learn quickly, the Product Owner will become an expert in the systems they lead, and the business domains those systems support.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Defining customer needs, writing customer stories and requirements, defining acceptance criteria
• Gathering, managing, and prioritising the product backlog
• Working with the Head of IS to refine the product vision and delivery roadmap.
• Developing appropriately detailed specifications for the product features so they are clearly understood by the development teams.
• Perform product demonstrations and run beta and pilot programs.
• Become the expert in the function of their products and provide insight to stakeholders on the product.
• Assist support teams as a product expert in investigating issues.

A full job description can be found at the bottom of this advert

Who Are We Looking For?

• Experience of requirements gathering and/or business/systems analysis
• General IT, Internet, and software literacy
• Experience in a similar role (desirable)
• Experience of AGILE development methodology (desirable)
• Prior use of JIRA software (desirable)
• Appian platform experience (desirable)

What Can We Offer You?

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Buy and sell holiday scheme
• Pension scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Career progression opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care test vouchers
• Flu vaccination scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Life assurance
• Professional registrations fees paid
• Clinical Training Academy