Product Owner

Location: Remote

Salary: £45,000-£55,000

Job Type: Full-time

Team: Digital, Data & Technology

Supported by: Head of Product

Closing date: Friday 31st May

Job Overview

Are you an experienced Product Owner who enjoys being part of a collaborative team? Bedrock Learning has an opportunity for a Product Owner to help transform outcomes with captivating, aspirational PedTech. Reporting to the Head of Product, this is an opportunity to work in a team that is committed to using technology to improve literacy. You will play a pivotal role in driving the development and enhancement of our innovative educational products. Working with our team requires a blend of insight and technical skills, by being able to translate real-world problems into features, backlogs and roadmaps. You will partner with industry experts and work with a product development team to make the Bedrock Learning platform that provides transformative learning experiences and actionable data for schools.

Who are we and what drives us?

Bedrock Learning is an innovative education technology scale-up, transforming learning through literacy. Our cutting-edge platform teaches and helps hundreds of thousands of users daily.

We are ranked as the UK’s number one solution in primary and secondary schools. Our NPS is market-leading and teachers say that our platform benefits the broadest population of school learners. Schools and parents rely on our impactful solutions to improve literacy and transform learner outcomes.

We are committed to each and every one of them, whether they’re completing a grammar quiz, reading an impact report or asking us a question via support.

Our inquisitive culture drives our innovation and ensures we deliver maximum value for our users, which makes Bedrock a rewarding and exhilarating place to work.

Core Responsibilities

• Craft user stories and use cases including the appropriate level of technical requirements with an understanding of the business value to elevate each feature by describing the what and why.
• Collect requirements including appropriate technical details and business goals from stakeholders, subject matter experts across the organisation, and market research.
• Contribute to the planning and facilitate road map alignment to ensure that we build the right things, for the right people, at the right time.
• Create and continually manage the product backlog to manage internal and external needs.
• Monitor the team’s development velocity and facilitate the resolution of risks and blockers.
• Ensure the product backlog is clearly understood by all, through iterative collaboration with the product development team and stakeholders to refine and remove ambiguity.
• Continuously gather and analyse data and feedback from users and stakeholders to drive product improvements and enhancements.
• Stay informed about industry trends and best practices leveraging insights to inform the product backlog.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• A demonstrable track record of user-centric product instinct, and more importantly delivering commercial digital products.
• Experience in solving problems with scalable and intuitive product innovation.
• Experience in a Product Owner role.
• The desire for iterative product delivery whilst striving to realise continuous improvement in product and ways of working.
• Analytical mindset with a strong attention to detail, and the ability to use data to drive decision-making.
• Desire to be self-motivated and use initiative to deliver in line with the product and business strategy.
• Able to take and deliver constructive criticism.
• Preferable experience working on a SaaS-based platform with high achievement in customer self-service.

Benefits

Your Health & Wellbeing

• Annual pay increase.
• 4-day week benefit.
• Comprehensive private medical cover for you, your partner, and any children for whom you are the legal guardian, including: GP services, mental health pathway, dental and optical, enhanced hospital lists and full medical cover.
• Employee Assistance Programme for mental health, wellbeing, financial and legal support.
• Eye examination scheme.
• Flexible working hours.
• Closure between Christmas and New Year.

Your Development

• £1,000 yearly personal allowance for training and development.
• Exciting, high-growth company with the opportunity to progress rapidly.
• Company pension scheme.

Your Team

• A vibrant company culture – read our company culture code.
• Regular company-funded social events.

Please provide a CV and a cover letter with your application.​

If you like the sound of this role, but find you do not fulfil every single requirement, you might still be a great candidate. If you are a woman or a person of colour, studies show you are less likely to apply for jobs where you do not meet every requirement. Bedrock Learning is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitable persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, gender identity, sexual orientation or age.