Digital Product Owner

Digital Product Innovation Owner - Digital Innovation

Digital Product Innovation Owner / Product Delivery Manager in Digital Innovation with experience in Digital prototyping, proof of concept, digital product delivery, running Agile teams, AI, & be technology savvy is required by a global business consultancy.

While based in London, it does offer lots of remote & flexible working, with the expectation to be in the London office as & when needed, meeting with stakeholders and the wider digital teams

You will lead a cross-functional delivery squad and the role blends product delivery, experimentation, and senior stakeholder engagement, acting as the bridge between the business and technology.

This is not a pure technical role, but requires strong product, delivery, prototyping and stakeholder management capability within a digital/technology environment.

Essential skills:

    • Innovation, Prototyping & Proof of Concept experience
    • Digital Product Delivery experience
    • Managing delivery squads (developers, testers, solution designers, UX/UI via shared services).
    • Strong stakeholder management (managing up to senior leaders, influencing them to go ahead with product development)
    • Agile methodology fluency (Scrum qualifications preferred)
    • Technology fluency (discuss tech with stakeholders/developers, no coding required)
    • Experience in defining digital & technology strategy, tool selection and roadmap planning

Core Responsibilities:

Squad Leadership & Agile Delivery

  • Manage a delivery squad (developers, testers, solution designers, UX/UI via shared services).
  • Run agile ceremonies: stand-ups, sprint planning, retros,and sprint reviews.
  • Oversee end-to-end product delivery, from idea through to handover to the Product Manager.
  • Typical delivery cycle: 6-7 months per product.

Innovation & Experimentation

  • Identify ideas across the business
  • Build proofs of concept and prototypes to validate feasibility and value.
  • Support creation of business cases for senior sign-
    • ~10-30 ideas reviewed per year
    • ~10-15 prototypes/experiments
    • ~2 products delivered

Senior Stakeholder Management

  • Act as the primary interface with senior stakeholders (effectively the 'client').
  • Help define digital and technology strategy for the stream.
  • Advise on prioritisation, tool selection, and roadmap planning.
  • Manage competing priorities across multiple sub-service lines.
  • Navigate political and resource-sharing dynamics.

This role is paying between £50,000 - £58,000 + Private Medical + Excellent Pension + Mostly Remote working


Interviews will commence ASAP



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