Product Owner - Engineering Tooling

Product Owner – Engineering Tooling

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Product Owner to join our Central Engineering Services team within BC&IT.

The Opportunity…

The Central Engineering Services team within BC&IT provides 2x core functions:

• Product team for Industry and common/shared services
• Software Engineering practice leadership and enablement.

As a centralised team our customers are other product / engineering teams across the Customer business unit – EBS, WMS, Retail and Finance. We provide the above services to these federated team to enable them to thrive and develop strong solutions and strong teams.

You’ll report to Principal Software Engineer.  You’ll collaborate with Software Engineers in the CES team, our architect community and external product owners and stakeholders to ensure our Industry components are operating effectively and are able to cater for wider change initiatives drive by both EDF internally and externally from the market.

We are a diverse and vibrate team of problem solvers, always looking to improve how we operate and how we adapt our skills to the challenge. As such there are plenty of learning and training opportunities to key skills current and valuable.

The role can be as hands on as you like, actively running POC’s and administering tools and repos. Alternatively, the role can leverage our internal CES engineers to do so.

We like to share and demonstrate the work that we are delivering and changes we are making. We feel this breaks down barriers and ensures we understand what each other is working on and how that contributes to the wider goals.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a starting from £51,200 dependant on experience, potential to earn 5% bonus, days of annual leave plus bank holidays and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits to support our people across all aspects of their lives.

Your rewards package includes a choice of benefits, such as electric vehicle leasing, enhanced parental leave, health insurance, discounts and employee pricing.

Flexible working means you can work from home (if you wish) and we’ll provide a suite of IT equipment to ensure that you can work remotely comfortably and effectively. Location for this role is flexible with occasional travel (once a month) to London locations – our team is geographically disparate, so London is usually our central meeting point.

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you’ll be doing

We are seeking a dynamic and driven Product Owner to join our team and play a pivotal role in our Agile development process within a scaled scrum framework. As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for defining and prioritising the product backlog, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality products that meet customer needs and drive business value. Your expertise in agile practices and principles will be essential in maintaining alignment between stakeholders, product vision, and development efforts. 

Key responsibilities will include:

• Strong Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts and influence stakeholders at all levels. With proficiency in creating clear and concise user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications.
• Agile Knowledge: Familiarity with agile principles and values, as well as knowledge of Scrum framework and related practices. Preferably including familiarity with ART (Agile Release Train) and PI (Program Increment) planning 
• Confidence and courage: Ability to make data-driven decisions and continuously improve product features based on value, with the courage to de-prioritise where there is less value
• Collaboration and Leadership: Ability to foster collaboration, lead by example, and promote a positive team culture.
• Certification: Certifications related to Agile or Scaled Scrum (e.g. Certified Scrum Product Owner) are a plus but not essential
• Knowledge: Understanding software engineering practises and particularly the operational side of triage, incident management, change management.

Who you are

• Strong Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts and influence stakeholders at all levels. With proficiency in creating clear and concise user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications. 
• Agile Knowledge: Familiarity with agile principles and values, as well as knowledge of Scrum framework and related practices. Preferably including familiarity with ART (Agile Release Train) and PI (Program Increment) planning  
• Confidence and courage: Ability to make data-driven decisions and continuously improve product features based on value, with the courage to de-prioritise where there is less value 
• Collaboration and Leadership: Ability to foster collaboration, lead by example, and promote a positive team culture. 
• Certification: Certifications related to Agile or Scaled Scrum (e.g. Certified Scrum Product Owner) are a plus but not essential 
• Knowledge: Understanding of UK energy, industry flows and interactions with the likes of the Central Switching Services. Understanding of D-Flows etc.

If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date for applications: 28th September 2023

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