Lead Product Owner

BigHand Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider in the UK seeks a Product Owner to lead and mentor a team in an Agile environment. The role involves driving product strategy, managing backlogs, and championing customer value. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, experience in product discovery, and a strong background in Agile methodologies. They will also handle multiple projects while ensuring high performance and delivery quality within the Scrum team.

Benefits

25 days holiday + additional days

Private medical and wellness benefits

Career growth opportunities

Pension scheme and life assurance

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Ability to manage and deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent planning abilities.
• Experience working in Agile and Scrum environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Product Owners.
• Champion customer and user value throughout product development.
• Own and maintain a prioritized product backlog and delivery plan.
• Collaborate with Development and Product teams.

Skills

Excellent communication & influencing skills

Strong expertise in product discovery and delivery techniques

Superb diplomacy & negotiation skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Attention to detail

Exceptional planning & organisation skills

Experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies

Ability to facilitate user workshops

Job description

About BigHand: BigHand offers technology solutions for busy legal professionals that provide data and insights to increase value and profits. Through our expert knowledge and innovative technology, we enable our customers to achieve enhanced efficiency, better decision-making and harness their competitive edge.

We build with tomorrow in mind, transforming ideas into action and empowering our customers to succeed in a world of constant change. We make big happen for our customers.

We are a business driven by our values and have these at the centre of everything we do. Our BigHanders are dedicated to building a culture where We Win Together, We Love to Learn, We Do the Right Thing, We Own It and We Find the Fun.

About the role

BigHand’s Technical Product teams play a central role within the organisation. Working in close partnership with Product Managers, who define the product strategy, Product Owners are part of the Agile Scrum teams who solve user and business problems through the delivery of high-quality software solutions. Product Owners engage with stakeholders and end users at all levels, representing BigHand as ambassadors both internally and externally.

This leadership role combines hands-on delivery within a Scrum team with the responsibility of managing and mentoring a small group of Product Owners, providing the guidance and support required to ensure successful product outcomes.

What you’ll do

• Lead, manage, mentor, and support other Product Owners to foster growth and high performance.

• Drive learning, best practices, and alignment across the Product Owner function.

• Serve as a domain expert, championing customer and user value throughout product development.

• Collaborate with Development teams and Product Managers to discover the right sized solution to deliver the goal.

• Partner with the Product Manager to shape roadmap priorities, driving trade-offs that maximize cross-team value.

• Reduce initiative uncertainty through structured de-risking in partnership with Product leadership team.

• Own and maintain a prioritized, well-groomed product backlog and delivery plan.

• Define detailed requirements through user stories aligned with product objectives.

• Actively contribute to Agile ceremonies including planning, refinement, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.

• Bridge the engineering and business stakeholders by creating clarity on expected outcomes.

• Facilitate release training sessions to ensure organizational readiness and alignment.

• Map business processes and design workflow models.

• Lead workshops and deliver presentations to gather insights, validate ideas, and drive feedback.

What we’re looking for

• Excellent communication & influencing skills.

• Strong expertise in product discovery and delivery techniques.

• Superb diplomacy & negotiation skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Exceptional planning & organisation skills.

• Experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies.

• Ability to facilitate user workshops, brainstorming exercises.

• Ability to manage and deliver multiple projects simultaneously.

What we offer

• 25 days holiday (exc. bank holidays) + 3 BigHand days off between Christmas & New Year

• Various wellbeing benefits including private medical, vision, online wellbeing programs & webinars, access to online therapy and Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

• Company-wide Wellness day, for our teams all across the globe to switch off and spend the day doing something to nourish their mental health

• Opportunities to give back with company volunteer events and individual volunteer days

• Career growth opportunities and study leave allowance

• Family benefits including enhanced parental leave, secondary caregiver leave and fertility support

• Financial benefits including pension scheme, life assurance, and salary sacrificing

• Cycle to Work Scheme and Tech Scheme

• Growing business with a global presence, flexible working, modern offices, and remote work options

Our DEI Commitment

We welcome the unique value and individuality that you can bring to BigHand. We are an equal opportunity employer and are dedicated to recruiting solely based on capability and potential regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, educational background, national origin, religion, military status or physical ability. Our BigHanders are dedicated to advancing our culture of belonging by embracing differing viewpoints, opinions, thoughts, and ideas.