Product Owner - IT healthcare, Ref: 007

Product Owner – IT healthcare, Ref: 007

Role Type

Product Manager / Product Owner / Business Analyst

Skills / Experience

Digital Project / Product Delivery, Agile / Scrum Management, Customer / Stakeholder Engagement

Availability

Immediate

Contract Preference

Permanent or Contract – preferably permanent

Salary / Rate Expectation

£60k – £80k

Profile

Strategic product management and business analysis professional with over a decade of experience playing key roles in full development lifecycle from needs assessments and requirements gathering to planning, development, testing, and quality deliverables. A value focused communicator who bridges the gap between business and technology.

Spearheads building and coordination of talented, multidisciplinary teams committed to quality, timely, and cost-effective deliverables in alignment with user needs and specifications with agile best practices.
Championed Scrum meetings, sprint planning / grooming sessions, reviews, and retrospectives as Agile Champion, Promoter, and Coach by removing impediments to progress and protect from outside influence.
Elevated team performance, resources planning / allocation, and product management platforms for organisations ranging from start-ups to large public entities in rapidly changing requirements.
Played instrumental role in large-scale corporate digital transitions, changes, and migrations from legacy to latest technologies, methodologies, and best practices in fast paced environments and schedules.
Delivered high-quality products and solutions across the UK, USA, Malaysia, India, Italy, and France.

Core Competencies:

Experience

Product Owner / Senior Business Analyst (May 2021 – Present) – National Health Sector (NHS)

Collaborating with the CTO group across discovery, development, and delivery phases using Agile methodologies. Engaging with internal and external stakeholders, including 32 CIOs, to drive business value, eliminate duplication, and improve systems. Leading a team of four Product Owners and Business Analysts, while owning and prioritising product requirements.

Key achievements:

Led the COVID-19 staff vaccination extract project, mapping current and future state processes with Trust CIOs.
Rescued a complex solution development initiative by fostering multidisciplinary collaboration across technical and leadership teams.
Directed business analysis for NHS Cloud adoption, including strategy, readiness assessments, and provider trials.
Contributed to supplier selection and delivery of high-quality outputs aligned with RFPs and budgets up to £1.5M.
Facilitated stakeholder workshops for NHS App and Wellness programme requirements.
Delivered business architecture, value streams, and capability models for ICS re-architecture.
Defined integration framework for eRedbook birth verification in collaboration with national architecture teams.
Championed process improvements and positive change across IT vendors and development teams.

Product Owner / Business Analyst (Oct 2015 – May 2021) – National Health Sector (NHS)

Worked on the largest NHS system transition (Spine 2), supporting digital delivery across multiple programmes. Led the COVID-19 Vaccination cohort and coordinated a 14-member team on a major digital transformation project. Managed sprint planning, backlog refinement, and delivery using Agile principles.

Key achievements:

Developed product roadmaps through stakeholder engagement, fit/gap analysis, and scope definition.
Recruited and mentored a blended team of contract and permanent staff, introducing Scrum practices.
Improved team velocity by 50% over six sprints through structured 3 Amigos sessions.
Delivered MVPs by defining acceptance criteria and collaborating closely with developers and testers.
Conducted BVT demos and end-user training across NHS Wales and Isle of Man.
Coordinated with DevOps and delivery teams to ensure timely, high-quality releases.
Acted as Agile Coach, promoting Scrum principles and team performance.
Commissioned user research to enhance functional specifications.
Received Star Performer Awards for reducing release cycles from quarterly to monthly.

Scrum Master / Business Analyst / QA Manager (June 2012 – Oct 2015) – Software & Imaging Technology Sector

Supported the organisation’s transition from Waterfall to Agile. Led a cross-functional team of business analysts and QA specialists, working across UK, USA, and India.

Key achievements:

Facilitated customer user groups to define product roadmaps and prioritise features using INVEST principles.
Led Scrum ceremonies and stakeholder workshops to align delivery with business needs.
Authored detailed documentation including user stories, estimates, and acceptance criteria.
Created prototypes using SOAPUI, Balsamiq, and Gliffy for MVP demonstrations and stakeholder engagement.

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