Product Owner

About the role

We are looking for a self motivated and enthusiastic Product Owner to join our expanding team. Product Owners are responsible for planning and prioritising the development backlog for Mayden’s flagship patient management system, iaptus, which is used by more than 200 mental health services in the UK, Australia and Canada. We are passionate about delivering impactful healthcare software that changes what’s possible for clinicians and patients. Come and be part of a team that thrives on working collaboratively to deliver the best possible solutions for our clients.

We use the Scrum framework to drive product delivery, quality and success, working to develop and deliver products and features alongside our growing team of software developers.

Product Owner - Key responsibilities:

Delivering this role you will:

• understand customer needs whilst always keeping the product strategy and business needs in mind
• provide vision and direction to the development roadmap; plan and prioritise the feature backlog, assess opportunities and align our business strategy
• answer questions and remove blockers that impact software teams in successfully completing their goals
• maintain excellent communication between stakeholders in order to ensure the best possible outcomes are achieved
• discover, understand, and solve key customer pain points.

Product Owner - You:

• are an effective and collaborative leader, able to generate buy-in from other teams across the company
• are able to show how you have delivered results in a highly effective and efficient way
• have strong analytical, problem solving, planning, and organisational skills
• easily build and maintain relationships where your enthusiasm and passion allows you to be a positive voice for the potential of our product
• are a dedicated team member who will thrive working in a self managing team
• are logically minded, with a close eye for detail, and able to quickly grasp technical concepts
• are personable, motivated, able to be flexible and adapt to change.

Product Owner - Skills and Experience:

• confident in making decisions and prioritising different categories of work against each other
• excellent communication skills adaptable to different audiences
• effectively build and maintain relationships, manage stakeholders and generate buy-in
• able to plan and organise work according to commercial and business objectives
• able to grasp technical concepts quickly
• bring people together and lead with a shared vision
• demonstrate ability to self manage and be comfortable with working on multiple projects simultaneously
• previous experience demonstrating ability to scope and deliver quality to deadlines and working across all stages of the product life-cycle
• previous experience working in an agile environment preferable but not required.

About Mayden

Mayden is a growing software company, awarded Development Team of the Year at the 2018 UK IT Industry awards and finalists again in 2021. We love that the work we do makes a difference.

Mayden has a flat management structure and a coaching culture, with team members working together and supporting one another to make things happen.

Benefits

We offer a phenomenal working environment, exciting opportunities to learn new skills, and an excellent package of benefits including:

• life assurance
• private health insurance
• pension
• personal training and conference budget
• onsite gym
• parking
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with the option to buy or sell annual leave after probation is completed).

Hours and Location

The position is for a full time member of our team, 37.5 hours per week; 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Our teams have decided our place of work policy which guides all staff. We believe there is significant benefit from working face to face for our collaborative work. We also believe that other activities can be performed effectively away from the office. As a general guideline, we believe effective communication and relationships are maintained by being in the office for around half your working time, and depending on the needs of the business and teams.

The role involves occasional travel.

You must be eligible to live and work in the UK. This role is eligible for a skilled worker visa and Mayden are willing to consider applications from candidates requiring sponsorship for a work permit.

How to apply

Please upload your CV and a covering letter describing your interest in the role and sharing a little about what you would bring to the team and to Mayden. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bath