Technology Team Product Owner

Contract: Two full time roles, one is permanent, and the other is fixed term until March 31^st 2026

Purpose of the post

At Health Data Research UK, we employ talented individuals who bring their own unique skills and experience to support our vision and benefit the whole team.

HDR UK requires the services of an experienced Product Owner to work within its technology team. You will work across a range of HDR UK technical solutions including the Health Data Research Gateway, the Disease Atlas, Researcher Registry, Phenotype Library, and Cohort Discovery. This is a highly visible and senior role, leading key areas of product development.

We would welcome applications both from individuals with a wealth of industry experience with enterprise level process and proficiency in design and strategy from any domain, or individuals with strong domain knowledge and project management in health data perhaps from an academic or biotech background. The role may also suit individuals looking to shift from academia to a more operational and enterprise role that lack previous product ownership and management experience, this may require a lower starting salary whilst requisite training and experience in product ownership are obtained. Regardless of your domain of experience, we are seeking an individual with a strategic mindset, a focus on innovation, exceptional communication and collaboration skills, and a demonstrable track record of successful project delivery.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team that develops an over-arching interoperable infrastructure to ensure that UK health data assets are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reuseable (FAIR) and accessible for research, innovation and clinical trials. The successful candidate will be expected to play a leading role within an Agile software development team, providing strong product leadership of enhancements and new developments for infrastructure and services.

The successful postholder will manage a fast-paced pipeline of work, building partnerships with the NHS, industry and academic groups. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work with key partners both within the Institute and externally and develop software, infrastructure and services that streamline access to health data for research and innovation that has the potential to transform lives.

Person Specification:

• A leader with experience in a large complex organisation.
• Demonstrable experience in a Product Owner role in industry or equivalent and/or demonstrable experience working in project management in the health data technology domain or equivalent.
• Demonstrable success in delivering multiple concurrent programmes of work.
• Experience working with development partners to achieve product delivery.
• Understanding of technical complexity to feed into feasibility and prioritisation of designs and feature changes.
• A passion for user-centred design.
• Experience working with senior leaders.
• Experience in agile methodologies and/or working with agile teams.
• Experience using Confluence, JIRA, Trello and similar Agile project management tools.
• Experience writing user stories, technical tasks, reports, funding applications and presentations.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• In-depth understanding of enterprise architecture concepts, agile system, product ownership, and development project management.

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