Primary Eyecare Services is the largest not-for-profit provider of NHS primary and community eye care services in England. It contracts with NHS commissioners and Trusts to make funded enhanced eye care services available through a network of over 3,000 optometry practices across 30 Integrated Care Boards. Its mission is to broaden the eye care services available to patients while supporting the NHS.
The role
- The Product Owner reports to the Digital Director and leads the development of Nexia, a new clinical and operational platform that brings referrals, patient pathways, administration, finance and reporting together in one place.
- Nexia sits at the centre of the organisation's digital strategy and is being built by an engineering partner alongside in-house developers.
- You would be joining at a point when Nexia is moving from early build towards go-live and rollout, and you would manage a team as well as act as the day-to-day product decision maker for the blended delivery team.
What you would do
- Own the vision, roadmap and backlog for the Nexia platform, keeping the delivery team moving with clear, timely decisions.
- Write high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria that translate complex clinical and operational processes into build-ready requirements.
- Manage the relationship with the external engineering partner and coordinate work with in-house developers.
- Balance business needs with technical considerations across APIs, integrations, cloud platforms and data.
- Lead and develop the people in your team.
- Manage stakeholder communications across clinical, operational and technical audiences.
What they are looking for
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or equivalent role, delivering complex digital products from concept to production.
- Experience working with external development partners or supplier-delivered agile teams, including managing those relationships.
- Ability to write high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Understanding of APIs, integrations, cloud platforms and data.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience leading and developing people.
- Right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship is not available).
Working arrangements
The role is based in Manchester on a hybrid basis. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Pay and benefits
No salary information is stated in the listing.
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