Graduate Product Owner – Remote- £40,000
Salary: £35,000–£40,000 per annum + annual performance bonus
Remote
We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Graduate Product Owner to join a growing Product Team. This is a development-focused role designed to build the skills, experience and capability required to progress into a full Product Owner position. This role would suit a recent tech or IT grad that has a passion for product development. Any experience within a Business Analyst, BA or Product role would be beneficial.
You will work closely with a Senior Product Manager to help define, prioritise and deliver high-quality, data-driven products and services. The role will initially focus on developing strong knowledge of an assigned core product area, while providing opportunities to gain exposure to a wider portfolio of products and services. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a long-term career in Product Ownership within the technology sector.
You will gain hands-on experience across the full product delivery lifecycle, taking day-to-day ownership of an assigned backlog and working closely with stakeholders, Development and QA teams. As your capability develops, you will be given increasing autonomy and responsibility, supporting your progression towards a Product Owner role.
Key Responsibilities
- Support product delivery and ownership across assigned products and product areas.
- Own and maintain the product backlog for assigned areas, ensuring features and user stories are clear, prioritised and aligned with business value.
- Work with stakeholders to understand business, customer and operational needs and translate these into clear requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Prioritise backlog items in line with agreed product priorities and support the Senior Product Manager in translating strategic goals into actionable development plans.
- Act as the Product representative throughout the development lifecycle, working closely with Development and QA to answer questions, clarify requirements and support successful delivery.
- Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
- Gather and interpret customer, operational and technical feedback to help shape product improvements and prioritisation.
- Review delivered changes against agreed requirements and support changes through testing, release and post-release review.
- Build strong working relationships across Product, Development, QA, Operations and wider business teams.
- Maintain accurate product documentation, reporting and roadmap updates.
- Contribute to governance, product metrics and performance insights.
Career Development
This is a genuine development role with a clear pathway towards becoming a Product Owner.
You will receive hands-on mentoring, coaching and guidance from experienced Product leadership, with an initial focus on building strong product and industry knowledge alongside practical Agile and Product Ownership skills.
As your capability develops, you will be given increasing autonomy across:
- Backlog management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Requirements definition
- User story development
- Prioritisation
- Product delivery
- Product ownership
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role will be demonstrated through increasing ownership of your assigned product areas, effective collaboration across the delivery lifecycle and the successful delivery of product changes.
You will:
- Maintain a clear, prioritised and delivery-ready product backlog.
- Produce high-quality user stories, requirements and acceptance criteria that are understood by Development and QA.
- Successfully support changes through the full delivery lifecycle, from requirement through to release.
- Build strong knowledge of your assigned products, customers, users and underlying business processes.
- Build trusted and effective relationships with stakeholders and delivery teams.
- Demonstrate increasing confidence, independence and accountability in Product Ownership activities.
- Show clear progression towards independently performing the responsibilities of a Product Owner.
About You
Essential
- 1–3 years' experience in a relevant role, such as Operations, Business Analysis or Junior Product Ownership.
- Basic understanding of Agile principles and frameworks, such as Scrum.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
- An analytical mindset and the ability to interpret data, requirements and customer needs.
- Highly organised, detail-oriented and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
- A genuine eagerness to learn and develop within the Product discipline.
- Willingness and ability to travel between sites and attend occasional customer meetings when required.
Desirable
- Experience working within SaaS or data-driven product environments.
- Exposure to software delivery lifecycles, from concept through to release.
- Awareness of technologies such as .NET, SQL or Azure.
- Experience using Jira or similar Agile delivery tools.
- Previous experience working within the energy, utilities or technology sectors.
Key Attributes
We are looking for someone who is:
- Curious – eager to understand how products, customers and businesses work.
- Proactive – willing to take ownership and identify opportunities to improve.
- Collaborative – supportive and comfortable working as part of a cross-functional team.
- Adaptable – comfortable working with change, complexity and ambiguity.
- Accountable – takes ownership and pride in delivering valuable outcomes.
- Development-focused – motivated to learn, grow and progress towards Product Ownership.
Compensation & Benefits
- £35,000–£40,000 salary
- Annual performance-related bonus
- Company pension scheme
- Progressive holiday allowance
- Ongoing mentoring, coaching and professional development
- Clear career progression towards a Product Owner position
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join a growing organisation where you can develop your Product career while making a genuine contribution to products used by customers and operational teams.
If you're currently working in a Business Analyst, Operations, Junior Product or similar role and are looking for the next step towards Product Ownership, we'd be keen to hear from you.