21 lead product owner jobs found in Reading

Talentmark are recruiting for a  Senior IT Product Owner to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry based in Basingstoke on a contract basis for 6 months.  Salary: Paying between £28.95 and £38.60 per hour PAYE. Senior IT Product Owner role: Lead the delivery and evolution of new digital products or services that address business problems or opportunities Define, refine, and prioritise product requirements, translating business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and roadmap priorities Partner closely with business leaders, technical teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to shape product direction, align priorities, and manage trade-offs. Provide product leadership for incidents, enhancements, and change requests, ensuring issues are prioritised and resolved in line with business impact and service expectations Provide clear reporting on product status, risks, dependencies, and delivery progress to stakeholders and leadership Identify opportunities...

Senior Oracle Product Owner | London Hybrid | £700–£900 p/d Outside IR35 Overview: A global organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Oracle Product Owner to take ownership of Oracle ERP Cloud and PBCS platforms, driving functional excellence, operational stability, and continuous improvement. You will work closely with Finance, IT, and key business stakeholders, acting as the bridge between product, technology, and operations to ensure Oracle solutions are fully aligned to business and regulatory requirements. This is a hands-on contract role (outside IR35), combining product ownership, functional leadership, and delivery oversight within a complex finance systems environment. Role & Responsibilities: Own and lead the Oracle ERP Cloud and PBCS product capability Act as the functional SME and product owner for Oracle finance systems Drive day-to-day system performance, configuration, and optimisation Translate business requirements into clear functional and system...

Do you have a background as a Charging Product Owner? Expleo are seeking a highly organised and proactive Product Ownership Team Lead. Seamless and Smart Energy (S&SE) is responsible for the customer experiences. As the Charging Product Owner within S&SE, you will be responsible for co-ordinating the release of value from all supporting Portfolio Epics. This role is supporting our client, a luxury car Manufacturer, based in the West Midlands, on a Contract basis. Key Responsibilities of the Product Owner include: * Lead the JLR Charging Customer experience landscape * Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and development teams * Facilitate regular communication with internal and external stakeholders * Responsible for the co-ordination and governance * Collaborate across the Theme to ensure synergies are captured and dependencies are highlighted Qualifications and skills required for the Product Owner include: * Degree or similar in a relevant...

Role Purpose To apply specialist knowledge, expertise and experience to deliver and oversee highly complex, high-impact transformation programmes (in this case, the Additional Needs and Disabilities Transformation Programmes), ensuring alignment with the Senior Responsible Owner's vision and strategic objectives. Manage multifaceted, high-stakes programmes that drive transformational change, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and with measurable benefits, significantly contributing to the Council's long-term priorities. Effectively manage diverse stakeholder relationships and lead cross functional teams, the Senior Programme Manager drives initiatives that significantly enhance service delivery, optimise operational efficiency, and deliver lasting value to residents and key stakeholders. Key Accountabilities Lead the design, execution, and delivery of highly complex transformation programme/s, ensuring alignment with the Council's long-term strategic...

Role Purpose To apply specialist knowledge, expertise and experience to deliver and oversee highly complex, high-impact transformation programmes (in this case, the Children's Social Care and Additional Needs and Disabilities Transformation Programmes), ensuring alignment with the Senior Responsible Owner's vision and strategic objectives. Manage multifaceted, high-stakes programmes that drive transformational change, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and with measurable benefits, significantly contributing to the Council's long-term priorities. Effectively manage diverse stakeholder relationships and lead cross functional teams, the Specialist Programme Manager drives initiatives that significantly enhance service delivery, optimise operational efficiency, and deliver lasting value to residents and key stakeholders. Key Accountabilities 1. Lead the design, execution, and delivery of highly complex transformation programme/s, ensuring alignment with the...

Senior Project Manager - West London Salary: £90,000 - £100,000 + Car Allowance + Pension Location: West London / Central London / Surrounding Regions Sectors: Education & Commercial An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager to join a highly respected, privately owned main contractor, delivering high-quality projects across London. Due to a strong pipeline of secured work, they are looking to appoint an experienced individual to lead either a £40m education scheme or a £50m commercial office development in West London. This role offers the opportunity to take full ownership of a flagship project, with responsibility from early-stage mobilisation through to successful delivery on site. Our client is looking to interview immediately, with a start planned for August. The Company Our client is one of the UK's most successful privately owned construction and development groups, known for delivering projects across a wide range of sectors including...

TRAK Employment Solutions, acting as an employment business, are working with a leading, quality focussed, globally owned manufacturing company as they look to recruit experienced Warehouse Operatives within their busy operation. Salary: £14.91 - £15.26p/h Hours: (Apply online only) Monday to Wednesday. thursday (Apply online only) - Overtime is available when required. Contract type: Temporary contract with the opportunity to go permanent. Location: Swindon (SN3) - Commutable by bus *Please note that due to the type of products our client produces and distributes, you will need to be physically fit as there will be heavy lifting involved with this role.* MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: * Receive, unload and pick products to a high standard using both pick sheets and an RFU scanner. * Ability to work accurately and safely. * Ability to work to tight deadlines. * Ability to spot quality issues and able to confidently report issues to a Team...

Location: Reigate, Surrey (UK) IR35 Status: Outside IR35 (Pending satisfactory QDOS Assessment) Duration: 12 Months+ (Long-term framework assignment) Sector: Tier 1 Civil Engineering (Water / Wastewater Infrastructure) About the Role We are seeking an experienced, contract Site Agent to lead the successful execution of major civil engineering packages on a long-term utility framework in Reigate. Reporting directly to the Project Manager, you will operate as the primary technical and operational lead for your section of works, managing site teams, programming, and commercial reporting. You will bring proven experience managing multi-disciplinary civil works with complex interfaces This role offers a secure, minimum 12-month assignment with a premier Top Tier contractor. Key Responsibilities Package Delivery & Autonomy: Manage and deliver large-scale civil infrastructure packages from inception to handover, supporting and reporting directly to the Project Manager....

Product Owner Rate £782 Clearance required: SC Cleared + NPPV3 Location: Remote with some occasional travel to workshops but every few months Key Responsibilities: Working directly with infrastructure users to understand their technical needs - scoping, refining and validating their requirements ahead of iterative delivery. Co-ordination of Discovery activities to establish solutions to user requirements, seeing through Alpha, Beta phases, into Live service. Ownership of your team's product backlog, in alignment with wider program plan, monthly objectives, platform workstreams, priorities and managed user expectations. Build strong relationships with user stakeholders and team members, including senior leadership, policy teams, and external partners. Managing user expectations and coaching them on best product practice Collaborative leadership within a cross-functional team, including Delivery Managers, Tech Leads, Business Analysts and Engineers, delivering functionality...

User Researcher - Government / Public Sector Rate: £520 per day (Inside IR35) Location: Fully Remote Contract: Initial until 30th September 2026 + 6-month rolling extensions The Opportunity We are looking for an experienced User Researcher (SFIA Level 5) to join a high-profile Government / Public Sector digital payments programme. This is a key role where you'll lead and coordinate user research across multiple agile teams, ensuring services are designed around real user needs and deliver measurable outcomes for citizens. You'll play a critical part in shaping and improving digital payment services within a complex, large-scale public sector environment. Key Responsibilities Research Leadership & Delivery Lead and coordinate user research across multiple delivery teams Take ownership of research for a dedicated product area within the payments programme Plan, design and execute end-to-end research activities Conduct qualitative research and support quantitative...

People & Culture Advisor Salary: £36,500 pro rata (Open to discussion) Working Hours: Part-time (25-30 hours per week, ideally across 5 days; 4 days considered) Contract Type: 12-month FTC (maternity cover) Location: West London (primarily office-based with up to 1-day WFH) About Us My client is a London-based research and development company specialising in the design and manufacture of high-quality, award-winning technical products for the entertainment industry. They create industry-leading solutions with a strong focus on quality and reliability. Their expertise includes industrial hardware, software design, quality assurance, and manufacturing across areas such as lighting control, LED video processing and motion control. They work on both client-led projects and develop in-house products distributed globally. They are employee-owned and a certified B Corp, with a culture centred on innovation, collaboration and flexibility. About the Team The People & Culture...

Data Engineering Lead Certain Advantage are hiring for a Data Engineering Lead based in London. This role is on an initial contract till the end of the year and is required to be onsite 3 days a week. The successful candidate will lead the data acquisition function by defining ingestion strategy and building Azure-based data pipelines. You will translate end-user requirements into scalable engineering solutions, act as the domain’s primary Data Manager for data governance, lineage, quality, and master data management, and lead a team of data engineers in delivering reliable, compliant, and high-value data solutions to Trading, Risk, Finance, and Operations. Your responsibilities: Own ingestion strategy and define scalable batch/streaming data patterns Design and deliver Azure-based data pipelines and platform solutions Standardize connectors, schemas, controls, CI/CD, IaC, and automated testing Lead onboarding of enterprise and market data sources with SLAs and...

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Marketing Manager on behalf of Luton Borough Council. Main purpose of position: This post has a specific focus on leading and managing Luton DART's marketing activities to support the image and commercial viability of the operation and supporting Luton Rising's wider marketing and communications and engagement functions. This includes a particular focus on working with key partners to drive up patronage, managing the Luton DART brand and developing marketing and advertising initiatives and customer communication to generate usage and maintain reputation for excellence. Identify and seek sponsorship and marketing opportunities that can create additional revenue for the operation. The post has oversight across Luton Rising's marketing and communications channels and is responsible for developing engaging content to increase following, raise awareness of the company's activity and improve Luton Rising's reputation locally, regionally and...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Head of FCAS Systems Design Co-Ordination ( Systems Engineer Manager ) subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.    This position would suit a candite from the Defence / Aerospace industries and from a Systems Engineering Management background.   Rate: £80.00 per hour Location: Bristol, Stevenage or Bolton, depending on your preference.  Hybrid / Remote working: Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite (the department can offer a compressed 4 day week of Monday to Thursday) Contract: 37 Hours per week Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: 1 stage video interview Head of FCAS Systems Design Co-Ordination Job Description:   FCAS is one of the largest, most exciting and challenging programmes within Defence – to design and deliver a Future...

Job Title: Scrum Master (JIRA) Role Overview We are looking for a seasoned Scrum Master to support Agile delivery and oversee the management of delivery workflows within a Client programme. The individual must be capable of working within stringent governance and compliance frameworks. The appointed Scrum Master will take the lead on Scrum deliverables, facilitating the delivery of complex solutions in secure, regulated, and often constrained settings. Expertise with Atlassian JIRA is essential, as it will be used to manage delivery workflows throughout the project. Key Responsibilities Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives) Act as servant leader to Agile teams, removing impediments and enabling delivery Manage and optimise delivery workflows using Jira Software Work closely with Product Owners to maintain a well-groomed backlog. Support delivery in client environments including: Working within client governance frameworks Managing...

Risk Manager (SC Cleared) Bristol + Andover (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract £450/day (Outside IR35) Risk Manager needed with active SC Security Clearance. 6 Month Contract split between Bristol and Andover (Hybrid). Start ideally in June/July 2026. Must have Defence / MOD / Government sector experience + knowledge of HMG Treasury Orange Book risk management best practice. Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site in Bristol and Andover. Paying up to £450/day (Outside IR35). A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation on a large-scale Government project: Risk Manager within Defence / MOD / Government sector experience, to lead programme wife Risk Management, ensuring alignment with HM Treasury Orange Book principles and MOD governance frameworks. Risk Management Strategy & Planning: developing + implementing Programme Risk Management Strategy and Risk Management Plan, aligned to NAD, MOD, and HMG best practice. Strong knowledge...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Head of FCAS Systems Design Co-Ordination ( Systems Engineer Manager ) subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.    This position would suit a candite from the Defence / Aerospace industries and from a Systems Engineering Management background.   Rate: £80.00 per hour Location: Bristol, Stevenage or Bolton, depending on your preference.  Hybrid / Remote working: Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite (the department can offer a compressed 4 day week of Monday to Thursday) Contract: 37 Hours per week Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: 1 stage video interview Head of FCAS Systems Design Co-Ordination Job Description:   FCAS is one of the largest, most exciting and challenging programmes within Defence – to design and deliver a Future...

6 month Project Manager role Inside IR35 Immediate Start Hybrid - Onsite Dorset County Hall, Dorchester (2days) £400 to £450 a day Should have experience in children's services and be an experienced project manager. About Us Connect2Dorset is a managed service agency owned by Dorset Council, providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities within Dorset Council. Our service is built on our values of being ethical, trustworthy and caring, with profits returned to our Local Authority shareholders. This role is central to delivering a multi-year transformation agenda that improves outcomes for children and families, strengthens early intervention and enables more efficient, integrated service delivery. This role will lead the implementation of projects ensuring transformation is evidence-led, aligned with local needs, and delivers measurable impact. Working across early help, education, SEND, and social care, you will oversee projects where directed by the Delivery...

Connect2socialwork are urgently looking for experienced Social Workers and Senior Practitioners to join various Children's Social Work Teams across Dudley. The benefits of this Social Worker role: Hybrid working Great teams to work in Laptop and training provided Low case loadRole Responsibilities: To use professional skills, knowledge, and experience and a range of interpersonal and specialist communication skills to gather information and make a full assessment of risks protection and social care needs of individuals and carers/families, within relevant legal and statutory frameworks, agreed priorities and current eligibility criteria. Refer to other relevant agencies and undertake joint assessments where appropriate to ensure all risks and needs are considered. To arrange, provide or purchase appropriate services/care within the Departments agreed priorities and resource framework to reflect best value principals and to comply with legislation and statutory duties. Take...

Data Engineer | Hybrid | South Wales | 6 months initially IntaPeople are excited to be appointed to recruit an experienced Data Engineer for a team that needs additional project resource for an interim period of time. You will be joining a small data team in this area of the business which will work with external partners to build out the organisations data capability offering. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure data pipelines and platform that enable them to make data -driven decisions. You’ll work closely with the ‘Head of Data Engineering’ to grow out this data function with the recruitment of further data engineering colleagues. You’ll be exposed to a wide range of projects that include internal and external suppliers. Essential Skills Proven experience as a Data Engineer Experience with Azure Data Factory, Databricks, or Apache Spark, following modern ETL/ELT principles. Experience...