Senior Product Owner

The role

You will own and manage complex product backlogs for a specialised capability within WPP Open. You will turn product strategy into epics, user stories and acceptance criteria, and work with engineering, design and stakeholders to deliver measurable product outcomes.

What you will do

• Own and prioritise complex product backlogs for your capability
• Drive execution of the product roadmap from epics to delivery
• Translate strategy into epics, user stories and acceptance criteria
• Refine requirements with engineering and design
• Act as the main source of truth for product requirements
• Orchestrate the agile team and facilitate agile ceremonies
• Engage stakeholders and communicate progress and decisions
• Gather user feedback and analyse performance data
• Optimise features after launch
• Mentor less experienced Product Owners and Product Analysts

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of progressive experience in product ownership or a similar role
• Track record of driving complex product features from definition to launch
• Ability to own and prioritise complex or high-impact backlogs
• Deep domain expertise in a critical product capability
• Practical experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Ability to turn high-level strategy into clear user stories and acceptance criteria
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams
• Analytical mindset using data and user feedback
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to engage stakeholders and resolve conflicts

Nice to have

• Agile certification such as CSPO or SAFe PO/PM

Benefits

• Passionate, inspired colleagues
• Scale and opportunity to create and deliver projects across the industry
• Challenging and stimulating work

Before you apply

• Hybrid work with teams in the office around four days a week; accommodations or flexibility can be discussed during interviews

About the company

WPP is a growth partner for major brands, combining media intelligence, creativity, production and enterprise solutions across 100+ markets. WPP Open is its unified product ecosystem for agencies and clients.