Product Owner (Talent)

Product Owner (Talent) Curious about a position with People First? Then you’ve come to the right place. Part of MHR, People First has the tenacity of a start up but with the backing of an established and rapidly growing UK family-owned business. Our People First HR platform was created to revolutionise how people work. Our mission is to boost employee engagement and productivity. We believe work should be stimulating, motivating and inspiring, that’s why we built People First, a HR platform which combines cutting-edge technology with game-changing ideas to put employee engagement and wellbeing at the heart of business processes. We’re looking for people who are future-focused who have plenty of fresh ideas and who are not afraid to make bold decisions to help us with our mission of fixing work. Want to be part of something incredible? Welcome to the Future of Work. Role Responsibilities: Due to continued growth, MHR are looking for Product Owner to work on our revolutionary People First HR platform. The Product Owner (Talent) is responsible and accountable for defining and communicating the product vision for the Talent areas, bringing together the streams of knowledge, creativity and technical expertise from across the business and concentrating it into commercial value in a product. Key Responsibilities: Identify and understand emerging global market needs and trends. Collate and analyse data collected and user feedback to inform the product strategy, roadmap and backlog. Run early adopter, customer and partner engagement programmes to obtain feedback and ideas to inform prioritisation. Work with Research to ensure the latest technical and sociological trends are evaluated as part of new features. Prioritise and manage the product backlog aligned with the product vision. Review and evaluate the effectiveness and usefulness of features and their ROI impact. Involve other members of the department and company in order to foster the sharing of knowledge and ideas, ensure solution integration and sales readiness. Co-ordinate with the marketing function the promotion of new features and benefits. Technical Responsibilities: Produce quality feasibility documents, requirements and acceptance criteria. Manage the product backlog with continued refinement, review and prioritization. Work with the Engineering team to ensure that new features and products are being developed and delivered on plan and in accordance with the acceptance criteria. Participate in the review of solutions throughout their development to ensure fitness for purpose. Work with the user experience experts to help design solutions that delight our customers and increase our competitive advantage. Plan and deliver the business requirements for product guidance/training/advice to others in the organisation (e.g. presales, bid team, service delivery, service desk, HRO) Responsible for the review of supporting promotions and user guidance, including Users Guides, Impact Analysis, Videos, etc. Product GTM kits with Product Marketing. Proving management reporting and updates Key Skills: Knowledge of emerging market needs and global trends Knowledge of Recruitment and Legislation Knowledge of potential third-party HR, Talent and complimentary products and services Knowledge of DSDM/Agile Excellent Business Analysis skills Highly effective at organisation, time and people management Expert Presenter Our Rewards: Competitive salaries. We contribute to a full company pension scheme. We offer life assurance (x4 salary, with option to increase up to x8 salary). An employee assistance programme is included. Our sites all come with a subsidised restaurant and cafe on-site, with delicious new meals on offer from our chefs each day. We offer Vodafone discounts, making it cheaper and easier to catch up with your favourite people. Personal development plays a big part in helping our people to reach their potential, this is why we offer over 60 internal training courses and support our people with external qualifications. Why us?: What makes MHR a great place to work, isn’t novelties or gimmicky job titles, it’s our down to earth approach working with other people who want to do a job they’re proud of. We give you time to develop in your role and as a person, so you start to do creative work that only you can do, rather than trying to work through other people’s methods, that don’t suit your working style. We’re flexible, we embrace change and as we’re still owned by the original founders, so we’re incredibly proud of what we we’ve built from a small business into one of the biggest and best in the industry. Be part of something better, become part of the MHR family. Apply here