Sr. Product Owner

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Why this job matters

Product Principal drives the strategic direction across multiple product portfolios, ensuring alignment with BT long-term goals and market needs. They lead cross-functional teams, influence investment decisions, and prioritize initiatives to deliver scalable innovation. By fostering a culture of continuous improvement, they ensure product excellence, competitive advantage, and sustainable business outcomes..

What You’ll Be Doing

1 - Leads and shapes the overarching product strategy across multiple product portfolios, aligning with long-term business goals and driving innovation at scale.2 - Leads the product management function at a strategic level, ensuring alignment across Tribes and delivering on both customer and business outcomes.3 - Drives the evolution of product capabilities, staying ahead of market trends and shaping the product portfolio to meet evolving customer needs.

• Identifies a cohesive product vision, aligning cross-functional teams and senior leadership around a unified strategy.
• Leads strategic, cross-functional initiatives, driving collaboration across teams to achieve large-scale product objectives and business goals.
• Influences high-level investment and prioritization decisions, overseeing resource allocation and strategic planning for key product initiatives.
• Leads product transformation across the organisation, optimising processes and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Advises thought leadership through ongoing understanding of market dynamics and competitive landscape, adapting product strategy to maintain competitive advantage and customer relevance.
• Mentors colleagues, driving development and nurturing a high-performance, future-ready product team.
• Ensures product excellence at scale, aligning all teams to deliver world-class experiences and sustainable business outcomes.
  

The Skills You’ll Need

Backlog PrioritisationUser Story DefinitionProduct Discovery & ExperimentationPartner SelectionProduct LifecycleObjectives and Key Results (OKR) Definition & TrackingProduct StrategyUser Experience DesignStakeholder ManagementProduct RoadmappingPlatform/ Technology Architecture & FeasibilityData AnalysisAgile MethodologiesProject/Programme ManagementDecision MakingGrowth MindsetUser ResearchInclusive LeadershipCross Functional WorkingAgile PlanningFull Chain Economics

Our leadership standards

Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.With over 175 years of heritage, BT is now the flagship business brand of BT Group. We’ve brought together our best people and capabilities into a B2B powerhouse serving 1 -2 million business customers internationally.We’re a global leader for secure connectivity and collaboration platforms for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from big household names and government departments, right through to sole traders and new start-ups. But it’s not just the technology that matters, it’s what it can do to help them build stronger, smarter, more secure businesses.We value diversity and inclusion and believe in making a positive impact. We connect for good by championing digital inclusion and equipping people, businesses, and communities with digital skills to thrive.As a member of our team, you will be part of an organisation that celebrates difference, fosters innovation and provides you with opportunities to be your best. With millions of businesses relying on us daily, joining BT means you can be part of a diverse and multi-skilled team that makes a significant impact to society.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

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