Product Owner in England

Tribal is a leading EdTech business providing market leading software solutions to the global education market. We strive to research, develop, and deliver the products, services and solutions needed by education institutes worldwide to support their primary goals of educating students, providing optimum learning experiences, and delivering successful outcomes. We are undergoing an exciting transformation, evolving our operating model to build shared, reusable solutions that serve multiple products and market segments whilst avoiding duplication, and leading innovation for our core markets.

Our Product Management & Product Development department operates at the intersection of innovation and scale, working across capability areas including Student Management, Data Standards, Platform Enablement, Mobile, and more. Our portfolio is diverse, containing both existing enterprise-level management systems and truly SaaS offerings tailored to specific markets. Our ambition is to be SaaS-first across our products.

You will be part of a team that is not just building features; you are shaping how universities and colleges across the UK manage their most important asset: their students. You will work in a collaborative, matrixed environment alongside talented Product Owners, Capability Product Managers, Business Analysts, UX Designers, and Technical Authors, with the autonomy to make decisions whilst benefiting from a supportive Product Operations framework that helps you succeed.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Engaging with and explaining the solution to sales teams, customers, analysts, and developers.
• Serving as the product owner, ensuring software releases are delivered predictably and with the necessary collateral, on time and within budget.
• Collaborating with development teams to prepare, prioritise, and refine the story backlog, ensuring the functional backlog is ordered and regularly reviewed to align with sprint planning and provide high quality epics to the team.
• Defining detailed use cases to drive prioritisation and enhance user experience through direct user feedback.
• Continuously identifying and proposing new ideas and product solutions, coordinating with the Development and Professional Services teams, as necessary.
• Converting the product vision, business strategy, and customer requirements into software features and product functionality.
• Clearly defining, documenting, and articulating product requirements and/or user stories.
• Building and maintaining productive and effective relationships with all product stakeholders.
• Ensuring that Product Backlogs are well-defined and managed effectively, meeting all contractual and statutory commitments and clearly communicating with all stakeholders.

The skills you will have:

• Familiarity with the development process and understanding technical constraints.
• Excellent requirement gathering skills and the ability to validate and translate those requirements into user stories for the development team.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience with SaaS platforms.
• Experience as a Product Owner.
• An understanding of the Higher Education market.

What can Tribal offer you? We offer a range of exceptional benefits to support your wellbeing and work-life balance, including a comprehensive Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme, along with a generous parental leave package and the ability to buy or sell holiday each year. We also offer the option of working overseas for up to 8 weeks per year. You will also have access to E-Learning Opportunities to enhance your skills, Volunteer Days to give back to your community and access to Achievers, our reward and recognition platform, to ensure you can thrive both personally and professionally in a supportive and rewarding environment.

We are committed to creating an environment that enables employees to balance their responsibilities inside and outside of work and encourage and support a range of flexible working patterns for all colleagues. If you need flexibility, apply and discuss your needs with us. As an equal opportunity employer, Tribal celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon any protected characteristics and actively welcome applications from all groups, not least those underrepresented in the tech sector.

Note to all applicants - Tribal reserve the right to close an advertisement to applications ahead of the advertised closure date. For this reason, shortlisting may take place prior to the closing date on some occasions. With this in mind, please do not hesitate to apply early.