Technical Product Owner

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We want to make Houseful more welcoming, fair, and representative. If your background is underrepresented in the technology or property sectors, we actively encourage your application.

Hybrid – Minimum 2 days on site in London, Tower Bridge HQ

At Houseful, we’re creating the connections that power better property decisions.

Do the best work of your life!

Houseful is home to trusted brands Zoopla, Alto, Hometrack, Calcasa, Mojo, and Prime Location. Together, we’re creating connections that power better property decisions by unlocking the combined strength of software, data, and insight.

We make moves with head and heart to achieve our big ambitions and to drive progress in the property market. There’s never been a better time to join us.

Hometrack

Hometrack is redefining the mortgage journey for lenders, brokers, and consumers by delivering market-leading valuation and property data services to the financial, property, and technology industries. Our key commercial and go-to-market segment is in financial services, primarily mortgage lenders, including nine of the top 10 mortgage providers.

The role

Join us in Hometrack as a Technical Product Owner where you\’ll spearhead the technical reliability, stability, and excellence of our flagship product Property Risk Hub. In this role, you’ll collaborate with product managers and other technical teams involved in the product development process, utilizing their knowledge of Hometrack’s technologies and our lender customer needs to deliver enterprise-grade quality as defined in the roadmap.

To be successful as a Technical Product Owner, you will need the following:

• 4+ years of experience managing product roadmaps, backlogs, and prioritizing features based on business needs in a technical environment within software. Ability to communicate technical requirements effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities to make data-driven decisions and propose effective solutions to solve complex technical issues.
• Proven experience working in Agile environments, including hands-on experience with Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
• Experience creating API documentation/specifications, with a solid understanding of API design principles, security, and orchestration.
• Working knowledge of software applications, system architecture, data mapping, databases, backend technologies (e.g., .Net, C#).

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience with cloud platforms, predominantly Azure or AWS, to support cloud-based product infrastructure.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and an understanding of how DevOps processes influence product development.
• Experience in the banking domain.

Responsibilities:

• Provision of subject matter expertise to support collaboration between the product manager and the technical side of product development.
• Take ownership of post-incident and penetration testing actions, ensuring resolutions are applied promptly to manage future risks and improve platform reliability, stability, and security.
• Consult on complex issues; provide analysis and advice to senior management to support resolution of escalated issues. Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management are required.
• Support the development and implementation of technical product initiatives to upgrade, modernize, and improve platform reliability, as well as increase deployment frequency and flexibility.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritize product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility, ensuring they are well-defined, measurable, and secure.
• Develop and implement assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality, performance, and security.
• Monitor product performance to identify opportunities for optimization that meet customer standards.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology skills, as well as job-specific technical skills.

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