About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager in a digital or technology setting
- Track record of building roadmaps and managing backlogs
- Experience working in Agile teams using Jira and Confluence
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority
- Ability to turn user and organisational needs into clear, deliverable requirements
- Understanding of digital identity, authentication and access management concepts
- Good grasp of technical architecture, integration and user-centred design
- Hands-on experience owning an identity and access management or SSO product (desirable)
- Previous NHS or public sector experience (desirable)
- Experience taking a product from pilot through to wide adoption (desirable)
Responsibilities
- Own and communicate the product vision, objectives and roadmap for our Cyber Security capability
- Own and prioritise the backlog, writing epics, features, user stories and acceptance criteria
- Make prioritisation decisions based on evidence, user needs and technical feasibility
- Work with UCD, BA and delivery teams to understand NHS users, workforce groups and pain points
- Use pilot results, adoption data and feedback to shape future product development
- Work with architects to define SSO requirements and develop implementation patterns NHS organisations can adopt at scale
- Build strong relationships across NHS England, NHS organisations and suppliers
- Run workshops, build consensus and explain product decisions clearly
- Represent the product at governance and stakeholder forums
- Lead backlog refinement and sprint planning, and sign off completed work
Technologies
- Confluence
- JIRA
- Product Manager
- Product Owner
- Security
More
We are NHS England, seeking a Product Owner to lead our Cyber Security capability. You will work with users, NHS organisations, architects, engineers, suppliers and delivery teams to ensure the product addresses real problems and is adopted across the NHS, supporting a repeatable approach to improvement. The role is remote, with occasional travel to Leeds. The rate is £600 per day, inside IR35. The contract runs until February 2027, with an expected 12-month extension, and the start date is ASAP.
last updated 43 week of 2026