Technical Product Owner

JD has been embarking on a digital re-platform initiative to MACH and EDA, with new SaaS providers being onboarded in a buy Vs build mindset. As a result, we are re-architecting our platforms to enable our teams to focus on integrating these systems and to also power bespoke differentiating technology solutions that deliver secure, scalable and cost-optimised functionality and change at pace.

As an SME in the given domain, you will be one of the key team members upholding the big picture focus of ‘how’ a specific product domain providing eCommerce or Order Management capabilities will function. This will include technical ownership of the domain and the relevant 3rd party SaaS integrations.

With all our Digital Product domains there will be a necessity to collaborate with other teams and 3rd party suppliers pro-actively. Our TPOs alongside Principal Software Engineers will be critical to the success of our Digital Technology re-platform and future technology strategy.

On a day-to-day basis, you will have responsibility for the existing domain area including any SaaS platform integrations and their configurations that are dedicated to your domain. With a primary focus on re-platform, you will be managing incoming business projects, small change and support issues as well as ensuring modernisation and compliance technology initiatives are delivered with business and technology product priorities in mind. You will collaborate with business-facing Product and Program Managers, Scrum Masters, BAs, your TPO counterparts, Principal and software engineers, Testing Services, Trade, Customer Care, Customer Operations and Technical Operation teams.

You will lead the day-to-day scheduling of the domain’s digital engineering activities and resulting releases and will be expected to produce project status and success metric reports suitable for a variety of stakeholder audiences.

• Job Title – Technical Product Owner
• Location – BL9 8RR
• Working rota – Monday Friday
• Working hours – 40

What You’ll Be Doing

• To be the key decision maker ensuring technical solutions meet the business and customer goals in your domain including our SaaS platforms and any related in-house custom integrations and applications
• To ensure technical designs meet customer and business needs throughout the product lifecycle and to evaluate functional designs for any proposed change
• To collaborate with the wider business and technology teams to plan, prioritise and support both the incumbent and re-platform engineering teams’ roadmaps and backlogs, following an iterative delivery approach, that delivers value at pace and learnings across the software development lifecycle.
• To ensure epics, stories and work tasks are articulated into JIRA for engineers and QA to refine, estimate and then execute the development and testing of the systems
• To assess and manage risks for timely delivery of all technology solutions, changes and live incidents

What We’re Looking For

• Hands-on experience of technical product ownership within retail, having worked in the digital/ecommerce sector
• The skills to gather project requirements and write user stories in a concise, clear and accurate manner
• The ability to schedule multiple development and delivery activities both internally and with external stakeholders
• The ability to quickly and accurately identify issues or risks associated with the delivery of projects and initiatives
• A way of implementing solutions to mitigate risks and to remove impediments while setting realistic stakeholder expectations
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to talk and present to a range of audiences

The Company

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 90,000 colleagues over 4,500 stores across several retail fascia’s in over 36 countries around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

Benefits

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
• Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
• Discounted Gym membership
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
• Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don’t hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.