Product Owner

As our Product Owner, you'll be accountable for the development and delivery of a solution to the higher education sector through the rapid development of digital applications, products, and platforms. You will balance market requirements with the technical strategy and delivery capacity. You will be happy to take the lead in developing and ensuring the development meets the roadmap and you will excel at providing evidence-based value to customers and end users. You will work collaboratively within the Product Chapter to inform, guide thinking, and develop clear plans on Agile projects to ensure requirements for improvement are translated into appropriate plans with time and costs and prioritise development activities. The Digital Product chapter enables the University to achieve the right outcomes targeted at improving the user experience and increasing revenue through: Product expertise: Taking ownership of our digital experiences, using data to inform priorities and championing great user experience People expertise: Demonstrating collaboration and leadership at all levels of the organisation by understanding the needs of stakeholders and users, translating these into clear deliverables and defining a vision and roadmap to guide the direction of the product Process expertise: Applying agile methodologies and practices to effectively plan and deliver strategic initiatives, as well as manage change demand for their product to continuously deliver incremental value

The University of Exeter is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes. Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world's most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 per cent of our research is of international quality and 47 per cent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework). We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City.