Product Owner

Domestic & General is a company with an ambitious future. We are expanding our horizons and entering new markets and we need your expertise to help make it happen. We are an international company who works with some of the worlds most respected and well-known brands of domestic appliances and electronic consumer goods. These opportunities don’t come around often, so this really is a position not to be missed.

About the role

This is a new role created to fill the need for a separate team to take responsibility for our Global Checkout. This includes ensuring that all new partner or D&G owner journeys integrate the Global Checkout alongside optimisation of payment methods by region, channel and partner.

·       Take ownership for the identification, refinement, and articulation of the Global Checkout Product requirements (in the form of high-quality user stories and epics) to the wider product team, ensuring absolute clarity for the developers and the wider business,

·       Immerse in relevant business process, interviewing stakeholders, and distilling clarity from complex as-is processes; then designing the to-be,

·       Become a reliable subject-matter expert on the vision and purpose of the product and develop respected opinions on the right design/development decisions to support the achievement of its business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the requirements definition & refinement for Global Checkout product development initiatives, collaborating with other Product tribes to ensure a shared understanding of approach and requirements.
• Works collaboratively with the Product Manager, development team, and business stakeholders to clearly communicate product requirements through precise User Story articulation,
• Supports the development team with requirements clarification during build ensuring an aligned single product vision.
• Is responsible for researching and mapping the “as-is” and “to-be” state of relevant business process that can be used to clearly identify gaps, required change, associated impact and help determine product design and feature priorities.
• Leads interviews and confidently facilitates meetings with key stakeholders as needed to derive and validate business requirements and process models.
• Makes product decisions and prioritisation calls where possible, and appropriately escalating for support.

• Guide the team in recommending process/design options that align with existing systems and standards implemented within D&G.

• Works closely with Product Design team to ensure approach is aligned to wider design approach while remaining workable from a dev perspective.

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services
• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand new vehicles
• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000
• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes

• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help
• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
• Employee discounts – access to discounted Sky TV and broadband packages, together with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.

For over a hundred years, Domestic & General have been a trusted provider of aftercare for millions of domestic appliances. Today, we’re the UK’s leading provider of appliance breakdown protection, developing products and services to meet your needs.

We provide protection, maintenance and support for a broad range of domestic products and consumer electronics, ranging from televisions to washing machines to boilers.

We look after 23.9 million products and, through our expert service network, we repair or replace 2.9 million appliances every year*.

It’s our mission to keep your world running by delivering a service that never lets you down.