Product Owner

About BigHand 

BigHand offers technology solutions for busy legal professionals that provide data and insights to increase value and profits. Through our expert knowledge and innovative technology, we enable our customers to achieve enhanced efficiency, better decision-making and harness their competitive edge.

We build with tomorrow in mind, transforming ideas into action and empowering our customers to succeed in a world of constant change. We make big happen for our customers.

We are a business driven by our values and have these at the centre of everything we do. Our BigHanders are dedicated to building a culture where We Win Together, We Love to Learn, We Do the Right Thing, We Own It and We Find the Fun.

About the role

The Product Owner is a key role in this, engaging with clients to understand their challenges & working with Agile Scrum teams to deliver the best possible solution.

Product Owners engage with users and colleagues at all levels of seniority; they make change happen and represent BigHand positively, internally and externally.

What you’ll do

• Develop a strong understanding of the domain, understanding customer and user needs along with product capabilities.

• Communicating with stakeholders (internal and external) ensuring the goals and vision are clear, and are aligned with the business objectives.

• Collaborate closely with the product designer and engineers to discover effective solutions, and then work together to deliver the solution to the market.

• Product backlog management.

• Define low level requirements (as User Stories) to deliver the product goal.

• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies such as planning, refinement, daily stand-ups, showcases and retrospectives.

• Overseeing all stages of product creation including design and development.

• Support market research on new features & products.

• Support sales and marketing events with demonstrations of new products and features.

• Support workshops and share insights to generate feedback.

• Map business processes & create workflow models.

• Produce lo-fi design documentation (i.e. wireframes) where necessary.
  

What we’re looking for

Required

• Demonstrated understanding of the techniques and methods of modern product discovery and product delivery.

• Clear communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• Effective collaboration and communication skills

• Ability to analyse problems and find solutions

• Ability to work accurately and thoroughly

• Excellent planning & organisation skills.

• Experience with SCRUM and Agile.

• Ability to facilitate user workshops, brainstorming exercises.

• Comfortable managing multiple priorities

Desired

• Experience with Enterprise software.

• Experience with Legal markets.

• Experience with Azure DevOps, Balsamiq.

• Experience with BI and Analytics, Web, and/or Mobile development.

• Experience working with remote development teams.

What we offer

• 25 days holiday (exc. bank holidays) + 3 BigHand days off between Christmas & New Year

• Various wellbeing benefits including private medical, vision, online wellbeing programs & webinars, access to online therapy and Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

• Company-wide Wellness day, for our teams all across the globe to switch off and spend the day doing something to nourish their mental health

• Opportunities to give back with company volunteer events and individual volunteer days

• Career growth opportunities and study leave allowance

• Family benefits including enhanced parental leave, secondary caregiver leave and fertility support

• Financial benefits including pension scheme, life assurance, and salary sacrificing

• Cycle to Work Scheme and Tech Scheme

• Growing business with a global presence, flexible working, modern offices, and remote work options

Our DEI Commitment

We welcome the unique value and individuality that you can bring to BigHand. We are an equal opportunity employer and are dedicated to recruiting solely based on capability and potential regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, educational background, national origin, religion, military status or physical ability. Our BigHanders are dedicated to advancing our culture of belonging by embracing differing viewpoints, opinions, thoughts, and ideas.