Job Description
Logiq Consulting are Cyber Security and Information Assurance experts. We specialise in providing leading edge consultancy to high-risk clients and delivering a range of security services and products throughout the Private and Public Sector.
Logiq is a fantastic place to work. Our new open-plan office in Bristol has a great atmosphere, and we promote a knowledge rich, learning culture where ideas are shared, and great outcomes are delivered. We are a growing company who are building a fantastic reputation with our clients for the work we do and the people we are.
Logiq Consulting prioritise investment in people. We have a clear progression pathway into our consultancy service, and we will passionately support professional growth to develop our employees.
This role would suit an existing Product Owner or Business Analyst in a Senior position, who is looking for a fresh challenge with a growing and dynamic company.
Due to a rapid increase in clients within our Consultancy Division we have a requirement for an experienced Senior Product Owner or Business Analyst to join our expanding consultancy team. You will be confident in your technical knowledge to make ‘good’ business decisions and be able to seek data and evidence to guide you whilst managing not only the clients' expectations, but also being able to influence and change programme directions if needed.
The Role:
Joining our growing consultant team, you will be the interface between internal and external clients and development teams to drive the strategy, roadmap, and on-time delivery of the products that you are responsible for. The role is an opportunity to demonstrate both Product Owner, Business Analyst and Technical Program skills. You will own and execute complex projects in parallel, keeping the high-level strategy in mind while focusing on details. The position requires working cross-functionally with senior leadership, as well as other overseeing other Product Owners and team leads from internal and external engineering, architecture, governance, commercial and technical teams.
The ideal candidate should enjoy being challenged, learning-by-doing, working as a team, using data to inform decisions, and have excellent leadership, communication and people skills. You're a great fit for this role if you are an experienced Senior Product Owner or Business Analyst, hold an analytic mindset, a strong communicator to technical and non-technical stakeholders and have strong knowledge of Agile practices. Ideally you will be capable of working independently or as part of a multi-disciplined team. You will be experienced and comfortable operating in a ‘customer friend’ type role, ideally within the Defence market, supporting the client to develop and deliver complex projects, understanding risks and managing stakeholders. You will be comfortable taking the lead on day-to-day client interface.
Within this role you will be expected to:
- Engage with stakeholders to define the vision, and strategy for your products.
- Create roadmaps that are aligned with the vision and strategy, with a clear focus on delivering increments of customer value, helping team members to understand the value to ensure delivery of products.
- Take ownership of the vision and strategy for your products through the generation of strategic requirements and supporting Product Owners and development teams in understanding and committing to them.
- Develop powerful and productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Have the ability to understand and communicate complex technical and business concepts.
- Be technically proficient and be able to discuss and consider technology solutions with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Manage business stakeholders to gather well-defined requirements in line with business objectives and manage expectations as well as gain sign off on deliverables.
- Understand large organisations and influence a range of stakeholders to drive delivery.
- Understand complex industry requirements and translate them into detailed product requirements.
- Coordinate & manage output from technical delivery teams, translating business requirements into technical stories and vice versa.
- Write user stories and work with Product Owners and Product Development teams to refine those until they are ready to be worked.
- Prioritize Product Backlogs to streamline the delivery of priorities and plan releases.
- Support or set appropriate project assurance, attending team meetings & ceremonies and running backlog refinement sessions. Set sprint goals to maintain project momentum and inform delivery team of sprint requirements.
- Line managing Business Analysts and Product Owners; conducting regular 121s, performance management, supporting the creation of PDPs and the provision of training and mentoring.
Essential Skills:
- 3+ years proven experience in a Senior Project Owner or Senior Business Analyst role.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the confidence to navigate large organisations, develop powerful & productive relationships with the ability to influence key stakeholders to ensure programme delivery.
- Working knowledge of Agile practices, with the ability to organise and work with cross-functional Agile delivery teams.
- Strategic thinker with experience balancing and prioritizing short-term solutions while keeping the long-term vision in mind.
- Proven ability to effectively prioritize and organize your work and the work of others in a highly dynamic environment.
- Strong analytical skills and an understanding of business process, with a strong desire to continue to learn and develop as a project professional.
- Superior problem solving with a high level attention to detail and troubleshooting skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment to manage issue resolutions.
- Highly motivated, detailed individual with the proven ability to think creatively toward solving technical and structural problems effectively and efficiently.
- Experience overcoming the difficulties of managing projects with remote and global team members.
- Be collaborative & curious, you must be able to work with others to explore and develop new ways to test and learn.
- You enjoy collaborating with, learning from, and teaching others so we all become better. You assume good intent in others, and actively do your part to make a positive work environment.
Knowledge
- Evidence of background, knowledge, and experience of delivering projects using Agile methodologies, tools and techniques.
Demonstratable knowledge of:
- Agile Methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban and Lean.
- Working on Agile projects at scale.
- Tooling that supports Agile delivery (Azure DevOps, JIRA, etc.).
Essential Certifications, Qualifications Experience:
- Ideally 2.1 Engineering, computer science, physics, or mathematics degree or HND alternative.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (preferably Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner) or Certified Business Analyst.
- Membership of an appropriate profession body such as Scrum Alliance or equivalent experience.
Desirable Qualifications
- Higher degree such as MSc or PhD.
Perks include:
- car allowance, plus up to 10% performance bonus*, plus excellent benefits package.
Other information:
A minimum of HMG Security Clearance SC is required, or if not, the incumbent must be willing to go for SC. DV is desirable.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £65,000.00-£75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Work from home
Schedule:
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus
- Yearly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bristol: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Product management: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bristol
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