Product Owner

Are you an experienced Product Owner or digital project professional looking for your next challenge? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where technology and transformation come together to deliver real value?

We're looking for a motivated and forward thinking Product Owner to join Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG), helping to lead the ongoing improvement of our Salesforce platform and related systems.

This role will play a pivotal part in shaping how our digital tools evolve to support colleagues and customers - ensuring our platforms are reliable, intuitive, and ready for the future.

About the Role

As Product Owner, you'll take ownership of the Salesforce roadmap and lead delivery of continuous improvements that support WCHG's business priorities. You'll work closely with colleagues across ICT, Transformation, and Digital Innovation to ensure updates are well planned, well built, and clearly communicated.

You'll manage a small technical team, collaborate with external partners, and act as the key link between our developers and business users - making sure that every improvement adds value and builds trust in our digital platforms.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a highly visible and rewarding role at the heart of WCHG's digital transformation journey.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape and maintain a clear, deliverable Salesforce roadmap using Agile methods.
• Lead each system release from planning to delivery, ensuring quality and clear communication.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders and external partners.
• Own and resolve bugs, performance issues, and technical fixes.
• Stay up to date with new Salesforce features and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Promote awareness of the Product Owner function and its value across the business.
• Support cross department collaboration to ensure alignment between systems and teams.
• Lead and develop a small team of technical specialists to achieve key milestones.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience as a Product Owner, Project Manager, or similar role managing digital systems or products.
• Strong understanding of Agile ways of working and the ability to deliver within that framework.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills - confident working with both technical and non technical audiences.
• Knowledge of Salesforce and its potential to improve business processes.
• Organised, self motivated, and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Experience supporting or leading a small team to deliver projects successfully.
• A degree in Computer Science, Business, Project Management or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Salesforce certifications are a strong advantage.

Benefits

• 25 days Annual Leave, rising to 30 with length of service and subject to approval the option to buy and sell additional annual leave
• Enhanced leave options for Maternity, Paternity, Adoption & Shared Parental Leave
• Enhanced Pension scheme contributions
• Our Health Care Plan gives you money back for dental, optical, therapy costs and more
• Subsidised Healthy Living benefits i.e. gym membership or yoga classes
• Subsidised Leisure Learning benefits i.e. finance towards driving lessons or learning a new language
• Car Lease Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme
• Volunteering days in the local community
• We offer a Salary Sacrifice Pension option

Subject to eligibility criteria

About Us

Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) manages almost 14,000 properties, providing homes for more than 29,000 people in Wythenshawe, South Manchester.

We are committed to investing in the health, wellbeing and development of colleagues, who we will reward fairly and empower and trust to deliver their best work for the benefit of WCHG, our customers and stakeholders.

WCHG is an inclusive employer of choice, where differences are recognised as strengths in delivering our purpose. WCHG operates anonymous recruitment selection practices. A disability confident employer WCHG will work to make reasonable adjustments where possible throughout its employment processes.

Our purpose is to provide good quality homes and services to our customers and leaseholders and to play a leading role in creating safer, healthier communities. WCHG boasts an impressive development portfolio which aims to deliver on average 1,100 new homes over the next five years with £195m estimated investment, leaving a lasting legacy in our communities.

Job Summary

Location: Wythenshawe, Manchester

Organization: Wythenshawe Community Housing Group

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: £59,977.36 per annum

Closing Date: 02/11/2025

Reference ID: 36083

Application Deadline

Sunday 2nd November (subject to change, and the advert may be closed early dependent on applications received). If you are interested in applying, don't wait!

To apply, visit the role's page here: Product Owner