Senior Product Owner

Posted 5 hours 9 minutes ago by Experis UK

Permanent
Full Time
Public Sector Jobs
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Senior Product Owner (AI Innovation)

Rate: £552.00 per day (Inside IR35)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: London
Clearance Required: BPSS

The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced Senior Product Owner to lead the delivery of an innovative AI-enabled proof of concept within a large and complex enterprise environment.

This is a hands-on role where you'll take a concept from discovery through to pilot deployment, working closely with business and technology teams to identify high-value use cases, validate outcomes, and establish a roadmap for wider adoption. You'll play a key role in shaping AI-driven solutions that improve operational efficiency, enhance data quality, accelerate automation, and deliver measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities
  • Identify, assess, and prioritise high-value AI use cases aligned to business objectives.
  • Define and own the product vision, roadmap, and success measures.
  • Lead discovery activities, stakeholder engagement, and requirements gathering.
  • Validate business value through user research, experimentation, and iterative testing.
  • Translate complex business needs into prioritised backlogs and actionable delivery plans.
  • Work closely with engineers, architects, data specialists, and stakeholders to drive delivery.
  • Manage product priorities, trade-offs, risks, and dependencies.
  • Support governance activities and secure stakeholder buy-in at key decision points.
  • Drive the transition from proof of concept to scalable product delivery.
Essential Skills & Experience
  • Proven experience as a Product Owner or Senior Product Owner within complex public sector environments.
  • Strong demonstrable experience delivering products and services in line with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and ways of working.
  • Extensive experience working within UK Government departments or public sector organisations.
  • Strong understanding of:
    • GDS Service Standard
    • Agile delivery
    • User-centred design
    • Product lifecycle management
    • Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live phases
  • Experience delivering AI, data, analytics, automation, or digital transformation initiatives.
  • Strong product discovery, backlog management, prioritisation, and roadmap development skills.
  • Experience taking products from concept through to pilot and live delivery.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
  • Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear product outcomes.
  • Strong understanding of emerging technologies, AI solutions, and innovation delivery.
What We're Looking For

We're specifically seeking a Product Owner with a strong Government Digital Service (GDS) background who is comfortable operating within complex public sector environments. You'll have a proven track record of delivering products through GDS phases and applying GDS standards, user-centred design principles, and outcome-based delivery approaches to achieve measurable business value.

Candidates without demonstrable GDS Product Owner experience are unlikely to be suitable for this role.