Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X
In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.
So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.
Job Description
Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.
This role is based in India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India.
Join us as a Product Owner, Vice president
- Build your career in an influential role, as you'll own feature and delivery level product responsibilities.
- You'll be working with customers, stakeholders, teams or users, keeping them up to date and getting their feedback to help us shape the future of our business
- Drawing on your knowledge of Agile methodologies and your passion for innovation, you'll be making a key contribution to our team culture
- We're affering the role at Vice President level
What You'll Do
As a Product Owner you'll take ownership of items from the prioritised backlog, aligned to the strategic roadmap. Working closely with Business Analysts, you'll shape and refine them into deliverable features, partnering with the business to deeply understand requirements and translating these into clear, actionable system changes. You'll also ensure alignment with customer needs, architectural constraints and delivery readiness. With exceptional leadership skills, you'll drive your team towards this vision, regularly stopping along the way to check-in, adjust, calibrate and move forward. We'll also look to you to make sure that stories and enablers meet acceptance and quality criteria, keeping them in-line with the vision, features and programme increment objectives.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Making sure that the backlog is maintained, and that your delivery teams are collaborating frequently and effectively with the customers or users to populate and refine the backlog
- Participating in iteration ceremonies to enable continuous improvement
- Working with enterprise architects and teams to understand and prioritise the enablers
- Supporting the development of your teams by answering any questions and removing impediments
- Tracking and reporting progress, and attending any retrospective spanning all delivery teams that are involved with delivering the product
The Skills You'll Need
We're looking for a creative thinker, with a good understanding of Agile methodologies and experience of working in an Agile team. You'll need to be able to relate your everyday work to the broader strategic vision of your feature team, along with the ability to maintain a strong focus on business outcomes.
Additionally, we'll expect you to have:
- In-depth experience and understanding of Planview Products, including Planview Portfolios, Roadmaps and Planview.Me.
- Knowledge of product development and management techniques
- Experience of changing team or department mind-sets, culture and structure
- A background of working with delivery teams and knowledge of collaboration techniques
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- The ability to motivate, actively engage and communicate with colleagues at all levels
