Senior Product Owner, Medical Imaging

We're on a mission to change the future of clinical research. At Perceptive, we help the biopharmaceutical industry bring medical treatments to the market, faster. Our mission is to change the world but to do this, we need people like you.

What can we offer you? Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you:

• 25 days' holiday (with the option to buy more)
• Health Cash Plan
• Optional private health, dental insurance, and health screens
• Cycle to work scheme
• Generous pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution
• Life assurance
• Season ticket loan

About the role

Job Purpose

As Senior Product Owner, you'll form part of the Imaging Product Group and will be responsible for facilitating the maximisation of value from our products and services for our customers, both internal and external. Working remotely, you'll be responsible for the delivery of large initiatives (projects / epics / capabilities), translating the product roadmap into a delivery roadmap, taking ownership of the Team Backlog (user stories) and delivering the features (via User Stories) for your assigned product, solution or epic. Working with two Agile delivery teams, you'll prioritise their work, participating in SAFe and scrum ceremonies, functionally guiding other Product Owners to completion and overseeing the end-to-end delivery process to execute product requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Product Backlog Management & Requirements: Takes ownership of team backlog (user stories) and breaks down features into user stories for one or more products/applications. Takes ownership for work on large initiatives (epics/capabilities) and assists with more complex change initiatives. Elicits, identifies, documents, and refines requirements from business problems detailed in features into user stories and acceptance criteria that may include technical requirements. Ensures Non-Functional requirements are captured and recorded in the acceptance criteria in user stories. Prioritises the user stories in the product backlog (with business stakeholders and Product Manager), to ensure the items with the highest business value are at the top of the backlog and being worked on by the delivery team. Ensures the product backlog is clearly communicated to business stakeholders and reflects their requirements. Supports Product Managers on the refinement of features.

Product Delivery: Leads and influences one or more cross-functional agile delivery teams to execute, and delivers on, product requirements. Works closely with the delivery team on a day-to-day basis, to action features/user stories. Participates and plays a lead role in SAFe ceremonies, scrum meetings, sprint demos, retros and product sprints with the delivery team. Represents the 'voice of the customer' at the delivery team level by ensuring the product backlog items are visible and clear. Maintains metrics on the progress of the Team backlog and team deliverables. Monitors the quality of the deliverables by managing defects. Defines and refines the delivery roadmap and drives what goes into each release. Provides updates on project outcomes to clients or customers. Plays an active role in release activities, ensuring the relevant documentation is in place. Identifies, records and mitigates operational and technical risks on own initiative. Follows agreed standards and ensures all relevant documentation is maintained in accordance with relevant regulatory guidelines and SOP's ensuring all relevant stakeholders are updated. Follows and is a leading advocate of the standard Product Owner practices and processes, ensures adherence and support in the definition of these standards. Owns the delivery of the Functional Requirements Specification (FRS).

Functional Leadership: Provides coaching and support to the Product Owners in the group to help them develop and refine skills. Guides and leads, from a functional basis, one or more Product Owners on specific projects by distributing work and supporting them during the end-to-end process. Leads by example and provides clear direction and guidance to other Product Owners and is accountable for performance.

Relationship management: Engages and influences wide variety and level of stakeholders including senior management, making recommendations on initiatives. Engages with stakeholders and end-users to gather feedback, understands their needs, and relays this information to the delivery team. Deals with problems and issues, managing resolutions, corrective actions, lessons learned and the collection and dissemination of relevant information. Manages expectations of stakeholders on what is being delivered/released and what is not being delivered. Helps develop and enhance stakeholder relationships.

Business analysis: Leads investigating operational requirements, problems, and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through improvements in automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes. Leads the analysis of stakeholder objectives, and the underlying issues arising from investigations into business requirements and problems and assists in identifying options for consideration during the delivery process. Works iteratively with stakeholders, to identify potential benefits and available options for consideration, and in defining acceptance measures.

User centricity analysis: Works closely with UX Design to ensure mock-ups are ready on time and accurately reflect expected product design. Evaluates prototypes or designs of systems, products or services against agreed usability and accessibility expectations. Interprets and presents results of evaluations and priorities issues. Works with Product Managers to detail user journeys (AS IS and TO BE) and user activities to better determine baseline metrics and identify where improvements/efficiencies can be made.

Business process improvement: Analyses and designs business processes, identifies alternative solutions to exploit new technologies and automation. Develops graphical representations of business processes to facilitate understanding and decision making. Analyses and designs the assessment for feasibility of business process changes and recommends new approaches. Implements business process improvement methods and tools at program, project and team level in line with agreed standards.

Data Analysis: Leverages data analysis to extract meaningful insights, enabling informed and data-driven decision-making. Develops models and diagrams to represent and communicate data requirements and data assets.

Functional Competencies (Technical knowledge/Skills): A strong understanding of SDLC and related technologies is necessary. Detailed knowledge of medical imaging domain area including modalities, equipment, Imaging endpoints, read criteria and viewers in the relevant Service Lines. Understanding of Agile methodologies (preferably Scrum and SAFe, UML, and orientated, Data Modelling using appropriate industry standards and/or other BA methodologies). Demonstrable knowledge of Lean Six Sigma. Demonstrable knowledge of Root Cause Analysis. Demonstrable knowledge of risk identification, analysis and mitigation. Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. A flexible attitude concerning work assignments and new learning. Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritise workload with attention to detail. Ability to work methodically in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment. Displays a product mindset with strategic and user-centric thinking. Demonstrable ability to apply critical thinking to solve problems and tasks. Shows initiative and self-confidence, is adaptable and can cope with changing and evolving priorities. Ability to identify and implement process improvements. Proactively participates in skills improvement training and encourages their teams to participate. A self-starter and able to work under own initiative with ability to define owns path and drives work forward with little guidance or supervision. Adapts to new environments with little guidance. Good confident presenter to peers and stakeholders, including senior management. Maintains an up-to-date awareness of trends, tools, technology, techniques, and processes that affect technology within the Life sciences domain. Natural coach who leads by example with an approachable demeanour.

Experience, Education, and Certifications: Solid professional experience as a Product Owner or in a very similar role. Experience in coaching and training colleagues and peers. Experience of working in and knowledge of medical imaging in clinical trials within the life sciences sector and of being an SME in a specific area. Demonstrable experience of regulated environments. Familiarity with product lifecycle management tools. Experience in process Modelling using standards such as BPMN. Experience in Scope Management. Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline (Maths, Science, Engineering, Computing, etc.) or a related study, or equivalent project-related experience. English: Fluent.

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