26 lead product owner jobs found in Reading

Product Owner - Cloud Hosting Rate: £80-£84 per hour (Inside IR35) Contract: Initial 6 months, rolling extension Location: Reading (Hybrid - 3 days onsite per week) Security Clearance: Active MOD SC Clearance Required Overview We are seeking an experienced Product Owner with a strong background in Cloud Hosting, Defence, and secure technology environments to join a major aerospace and defence programme. This is an excellent opportunity for a Product Owner who can bridge business and technical teams, drive cloud platform strategy, and deliver secure, scalable cloud hosting solutions within highly regulated environments. Key Responsibilities Define and own the Cloud Hosting product vision, strategy, and roadmap. Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to gather and prioritise requirements. Translate business needs into Epics, Features, and User Stories. Manage and prioritise the product backlog, balancing business value, dependencies, and team capacity. Lead...

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...

Product Owner Hybrid working in Sheffield 6-month rolling contract £600 - £700 p/day, Inside IR35 We're seeking an experienced Product Owner to lead Operational Resilience initiatives across Service Chain Mapping, Scenario Testing, and Proactive Resilience workstreams within a large enterprise environment. Key Responsibilities: Own and prioritise the Operational Resilience backlog and roadmap across multiple resilience workstreams Lead Service Chain Mapping, Scenario Testing, and Proactive Resilience initiatives Drive resilience-by-design practices, scenario testing, and resilience automation across technology teams Improve visibility of service dependencies, resilience risks, and critical business service impacts Champion tooling enhancements, digital transformation, and process improvements Deliver resilience metrics, governance, reporting, and management information Engage senior stakeholders across Technology, Risk, Resilience, and Business functions Ensure alignment with...

Location: Reading (hybrid working) Duration: 5 month initial contract Inside IR35 Active SC clearance required upon application. Role details: Our client, a leader in the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a Product Owner (Cloud Hosting) to join their team on a contract basis in Reading, with hybrid working arrangements. This role involves defining and managing the Cloud Hosting Product vision, strategy, and end-to-end delivery across the full product lifecycle. The Product Owner will focus on maximising the value of cloud hosting platform technologies, reporting to the Head of Secure Digital Platform. Key Responsibilities: Collaborate with key business and technical stakeholders to shape Cloud Hosting platform requirements and compile these needs into an overall Product strategy. Manage the Cloud Hosting Product team to deliver the agreed product roadmap, providing robust and secure cloud hosting solutions. Act as the key interlock to the business and wider...

Interim Intranet Content Audit & Migration Lead Egham / Remote Contract £144.55 per day PAYE or £190.97 per day limited paid via umbrella company inside iR35 Our client is looking for an experienced Interim Intranet Content Audit & Migration Lead Majority will be delivered remotely, with an occasional request to attend site if required Essential Requirements: • Significant experience working with Content Management Systems (CMS) – to an expert user standard. Experience of working with Contensis CMS would be an advantage • Demonstrable experience of delivering content audits, clean-up or migration projects. • Strong project management skills, with ability to deliver at pace. • Confident stakeholder management and influencing skills. • Experience working in a large, complex organisation (preferably higher education). This is one of many roles we are recruiting for please visit our website colbernlimited co uk Content Audit and Migration * Review existing intranet content...

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...

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 Remote Up to £730 per day inside ir35 Active SC clearance required We are currently seeking an experienced Product Owner to join a major public sector digital transformation programme. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering cloud platform services that support critical government infrastructure and digital capabilities. Working within a multidisciplinary Agile environment, you will collaborate closely with users, technical teams, and senior stakeholders to drive product development from discovery through to live service. The Role As Product Owner, you will be responsible for understanding user needs, defining product priorities, and ensuring the successful delivery of platform infrastructure products and services. You'll work at the intersection of business and technology, translating complex requirements into actionable product backlogs and delivering value through iterative development. Key responsibilities include:...

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...

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...

Job Title: Lead Auditor Location: Bedfordshire Rate: £50,000 pa pro rata (6 month FTC) The Role: So, what will you be doing as a Lead Auditor … To support the successful preparation and delivery of the AS9100 Rev D recertification audit by assessing current quality management systems, identifying gaps, and ensuring compliance across all business processes. The role will drive audit readiness, corrective actions, and continuous improvement activities within a dynamic defence engineering environment. Key Responsibilities Quality Management & Compliance Conduct detailed gap analysis between existing processes and AS9100 Rev D requirements Produce structured reports highlighting non-compliance areas and prioritised corrective actions Ensure all documentation and quality records meet regulatory and organisational standards Audit Planning & Execution Develop and deliver internal audit schedules covering product, process, and management systems Create audit checklists...

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...

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...

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...

People and Culture (HR) Administrator Castle Donington About Us At Medstrom, we are passionate about improving patient outcomes by delivering high-quality healthcare products and services that make a real difference to our customers and their patients. We’re looking for a proactive People and Culture (HR) Administrator to join our friendly People and Culture team - an opportunity to build your career in a supportive, employee-owned organisation where your work genuinely makes a difference. This role will be on a full-time, temporary basis for six months (with the potential to lead to a permanent role). What We Offer - Competitive starting salary of £26,000 - £28,000 pa (depending on experience) - Pension scheme - 33 days’ holiday including Bank Holidays - Employee discounts and cashback on shopping, supermarkets, and holidays - Free on-site gym for Head Office employees - Salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work - Birthday treat - Death in Service benefit - Employee...