Product Owner

Description

Are you an experienced Product Owner looking for your a new challenge within Scotland’s largest Public Sector client?

ASA are pleased to be working with the Scottish Governmrent to hewlp sourcxe a highly capable and enthusiastic Product Owner based in the Central belt of Scotland.

If you started in this role toy would be responsible for:

· Leading a multi-disciplinary team to design, develop and deliver a specific product within the existing programme infrastructure e.g. social security benefit or service function to meet the needs of users. These users will include applicants and recipients of advice and financial support; partner organisations, and administrative staff.
· Writing business cases and provide information that enable the programme to choose appropriate delivery options and/or procure technology and services.
· Interpreting user research in order to make the correct product decisions ensuring they reflect user needs Understand the relationship between your specific products and the overall delivery of the social security agency, and its wider systems and processes, reflecting this within your area.
· Managing the operational process of designing and running a product/service through the product life-cycle, know how to plan and operationalise the stage of new product/service development and work closely with operational teams.
· Using a range of product management principles and approaches and is able to coach others, understand what is most important and applicable and is able to work with a wide range of specialists in multidisciplinary teams.

So What are we lookig for?

The successful candidate will have:

· Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders and teams in Scottish Government, IT providers and partner organisations, other government departments and IT providers to deliver services and systems, with the aim of providing better results for citizens.
· Ability to bring together views and perspectives of a broad range of internal and external stakeholders including commercial and procurement specialists to provide a strong evidence base and documentation for decisions.
· Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team and set priorities for yourself and others in a project and/or programme, using established, recognised best practice project methodologies and using agile development methods.

In return ASA will offer you…

The chance to work within a new niche team that will put the emphasis on your ability to design, development and deliver a particular product including, directing necessary user research and service design, the right candidate will make a head start in the public Sector, something notoriously difficult through a non agency route.

If you feel challenge is right for you, please apply online today with a current up to dated CV and I will be in touch directly.

ASA Recruitment is one of Scotland’s largest independent multi-sector recruitment agencies. We specialise in providing effective tailored solutions for permanent, contract and temporary employment requirements for our Clients and Candidates. We are members of the REC and are ISO certified.

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