Product Owner - SITS (Higher Education Student Information System)

Tribal  

Tribal Group Plc is a UK-based EdTech business providing market leading software solutions to the global education market. We strive to research, develop and deliver the products, services and solutions needed by education institutes worldwide to support their primary goals of educating students, providing optimum learning experiences and ultimately delivering successful outcomes.  

We have an ambitious strategy to build upon our position and support the education market evolving to a SaaS model.  

We are currently looking for an experienced Product Owner to join our team that can contribute to the creation, development and maintenance of Tribal’s product portfolio.  

The Role  

The role of Product Owner contributes to the creation, development and maintenance of Tribal’s product portfolio, by taking product requirements and driving product delivery through leadership of the day to day development activities.  

What are we looking for?   

• We’re looking for a motivated, creative and diligent professional ideally with good knowledge and experience of translating the product vision, business strategy and customer requirements into software features and product functionality   
• Good understanding and experience of working with internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate with development teams to prepare and prioritise features, determining the order of stories in the feature backlog and regularly reviewing in a manner that fits with the logistics of quarterly planning and regular backlogs 
• Manage the product backlogs to ensure that the product roadmaps, contractual commitments and statutory requirements are met   
• Ability to provide key functional knowledge and direction, taking ownership of solutions and capabilities.   
• Ability to prioritise considering multiple factors and explaining decisions to key stakeholders 
• Ability to research customer personas, problems and solutions which can then be formulated into proposed approaches   

Key Skills and Attributes:  

• Good knowledge and experience of maintaining software roadmaps developing business, technical and/or functional requirements  
• Good understanding and experience of working with development sprint teams  
• Good written communication skills including writing technical and business requirement documents e.g. User stories, Business Requirements, Functional requirements  
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills with the ability to be able to build and maintain effective collaborative relationships with colleagues and clients  
• Demonstrable experience of relevant product implementation within higher education or similar is desirable but not essential   

What can Tribal Group offer me?    

This is an unrivalled opportunity to join a team of driven, meticulous, and passionate professionals, who are challenging the status quo of products that are provided globally to institutions that specialise in education, training, and learning. Our software is world-class, and we believe we give our teams the tools and environment to become world-class individuals too.  

Not only will have full access to learning resources to continue to up-skill whilst part of our team, but we offer competitive salaries, a flexible working environment, and a generous range of benefits.    

To apply please complete our short application form attaching your most up-to-date CV.