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 prioritised epics, user stories and acceptance criteria, and work with engineering, design and stakeholders to deliver measurable results.

What you will do

• Own and prioritise complex product backlogs for your capability
• Drive execution of the product roadmap into epics, user stories and acceptance criteria
• Define measurable outcomes and track progress, reporting to the Product Lead
• Refine requirements with engineering and design, including technical dependencies
• Act as the main source of truth for product requirements for the development team
• Orchestrate the agile team and facilitate ceremonies such as sprint planning and reviews
• Engage stakeholders to gather feedback and communicate progress and decisions
• Collect user feedback and performance data and feed insights back into the backlog
• Mentor less experienced Product Owners and Product Analysts informally
• Contribute product insights to the Product Lead's strategy and roadmap

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 and beyond
• Ability to own and prioritise complex or high-impact product backlogs
• Deep domain expertise in a critical product capability
• Practical experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Ability to turn high-level strategy into clear epics, user stories and acceptance criteria
• Ability to influence cross-functional development teams
• Strong analytical mindset using data and user feedback
• Ability to resolve complex product problems with Product Leads and engineering
• Excellent verbal and written communication for technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to engage stakeholders, resolve conflicts and support roadmap delivery
• Track record of delivering features from concept to release across multiple sprints

Nice to have

• Agile certification such as CSPO or SAFe PO/PM

Before you apply

• If you need accommodations or flexibility, discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process

About the company

WPP is a growth partner for major brands, combining media, data, creativity, production and strategic counsel across 100+ markets. WPP Open is its agentic marketing platform and unified product ecosystem.