Location: Manchester or Leeds - Hybrid x2 a week About the Role AIMS is the core platform that keeps Manheim Auctions running every day. As our Product Owner, you'll ensure this business-critical system continues to meet operational needs by maintaining, enhancing, and evolving its capabilities. This is a role focused on continuous improvement, workflow optimisation, and supporting operational excellence - not building new products from scratch. You'll work closely with operational teams, technology partners (CAPTG), and stakeholders across the business to understand real-world challenges and translate them into clear system enhancements. This is a highly collaborative role where your understanding of auction operations is key.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and manage the AIMS product backlog, prioritising enhancements that deliver operational value
- Work with operations and CAPTG to define clear, actionable system requirements
- Maintain and communicate the AIMS roadmap
- Support process analysis and identify opportunities for improvement
- Coordinate deployment readiness and smooth adoption of system changes
- Champion AIMS stability, usability, and scalability
- Support quarterly planning and capacity discussions
- Act as the link between operations and technology teams
- Share knowledge and help teams understand system capabilities
- Use data and feedback to refine processes and improve performance
What You'll Bring
- Strong understanding of supporting platforms as a product owner
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-engagement skills
- Ability to translate business needs into clear requirements
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Willingness to learn product management and agile delivery
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Exposure to transformation or process improvement
- Familiarity with IT systems or complex operational workflows
Who You Are
- A proactive, collaborative team player
- Someone who enjoys solving operational challenges
- Comfortable engaging with a variety of stakeholders
- Adaptable, resilient, and able to manage shifting priorities
- Curious, open to learning, and willing to take ownership
- Passionate about improving systems and enabling operational excellence
Why Join Us?
This is a rare opportunity to influence a system that underpins Manheim Auctions' core operations. Your work will have a visible, meaningful impact every day, supporting teams across the business and helping shape the future of auction operations.
- Strong understanding of supporting platforms as a product owner
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-engagement skills
- Ability to translate business needs into clear requirements
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Willingness to learn product management and agile delivery
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Exposure to transformation or process improvement
- Familiarity with IT systems or complex operational workflows, A proactive, collaborative team player
- Someone who enjoys solving operational challenges
- Comfortable engaging with a variety of stakeholders
- Adaptable, resilient, and able to manage shifting priorities
- Curious, open to learning, and willing to take ownership
- Passionate about improving systems and enabling operational excellence
This is a rare opportunity to influence a system that underpins Manheim Auctions' core operations.
Your work will have a visible, meaningful impact every day, supporting teams across the business and helping shape the future of auction operations.
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