Product Owner

Product Owner - Mid-Level

Salary: £53,000 + up to 15% bonus + profit share scheme

Location: Central Bristol - 3 days onsite / 2 days working from home

Type: Permanent

We're supporting an established professional services company hiring a Product Owner to join a small Software Engineering team.

You'll work across bespoke AI tools and business applications, leading stakeholder conversations, understanding user needs and turning requirements into clear development priorities. You'll contribute to product roadmaps and stay involved from discovery through development, testing and release.

This could suit a Product Owner or a software Business Analyst who has taken on backlog prioritisation and is ready to move into product ownership.

Key responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions with stakeholders and end users across UK and international teams
• Understand business problems and translate requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria
• Manage backlogs and contribute to product roadmaps and prioritisation
• Work closely with developers to clarify requirements and resolve questions
• Coordinate UX/UI input and support sprint planning, reviews and other Agile ceremonies
• Keep stakeholders informed, managing expectations and competing priorities
• Work with the testing team and carry out final acceptance checks against requirements
• Demonstrate features and support training, rollout and adoption
• Use feedback to improve products and ways of working

What we're looking for

• Experience in Product Ownership, software Business Analysis or a similar role working with development teams
• Confidence leading stakeholder conversations and understanding the needs behind requests
• Ability to translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria
• Experience prioritising work or contributing to a development backlog
• Confidence taking ownership and working independently, with support when needed
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical colleagues
• Attention to detail and an interest in checking that delivered features meet user needs
• An interest in AI and using software to solve business problems

Agile experience is beneficial, although experience in every aspect of the role isn't essential. Previous AI product experience isn't required.

Benefits

• Up to 15% annual bonus
• Company profit share scheme
• Private healthcare
• 25 days holiday with buy/sell options
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

RSG Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.