Description
Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation based in Edinburgh, are currently looking to recruit a Chief Product Owner for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of c.£/day (outside of IR35). Due to the current circumstances this role will initially be remote based.The Role:
As a Chief Product Owner you understand and are fully immersed and the strongest advocate of the business vision.
Responsibilities:
Have operational/business responsibility for the Product (the change). This ensures that business outcomes are adequately addressed in the themes and there is a smooth transition and hand-over to BAU.
Represent the stakeholders, and have the mandate to prioritise scope (functions/features) on behalf of the team, setting the overall transformation vision and aims
Clearly communicate priorities, objectives/goals, mission and acceptance criteria to the Agile Delivery Teams
Ensure the Product Owners understand items in the Theme Backlogs to the level needed and leverage the wider scrum and cross stream forums
Communicate progress outside the core Agile Delivery Team to key Judicial and operational influencers and other senior stakeholders as appropriate
Collaborate with all parties required to deliver products and processes into Production/BAU.
Accountable for the review and validation of actual value delivered against the value that was targeted
Responsible for formulation and the communication of a comprehensive product strategy across the organisation
As the CPO, act as the strongest advocate of the executive strategy. Own the capability to translate executive strategy into prioritised Product Themes
As the CPO, lead and influence the Business, taking products and services from investment decisions, into design, specification, and solution phases, all the way to operations on the ground, securing support services from other teams
Lead through example and build the appropriate agile culture and values to enable business agility.
Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development; ensure that direct reports are suitably cross-skilled and qualified for their roles and that they have effective coaching and support in place to enable them to flourish
Essential Skills:
Highly experienced Product Owner with public sector experience
Ability to co-ordinate, communicate and influence to achieve outcomes within a positive working environment - strong stakeholder management skills
Take a Value driven approach, with the ability to identify and measure Value, and target delivery towards the achievement of Value
Experienced in utilising a variety of agile and lean practices
Desirable Skills:
The candidate will have an awareness of Digital First Service Standards, Government Digital Services (GDS) and the Scottish Approach to Service Design
Experience of Agile delivery frameworks
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.