Description
As a Product Owner at Kinetic, you will be the voice of the customer, ensuring our software solutions meet user needs and deliver real value. Working closely with customers, stakeholders, and development teams, you will gather feedback, refine requirements, and prioritise enhancements to ensure continuous product improvement. You will bridge the gap between business needs and technical execution, playing a key role in delivering high-quality solutions that enhance customer experience and drive adoption.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as the primary liaison between customers and internal teams, gathering feedback to refine and prioritise product features.
* Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring clear prioritisation of tasks based on customer impact and business value.
* Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, UX/UI, and Customer Success, to ensure seamless execution of product enhancements.
* Conduct customer interviews, usability testing, and data analysis to gather insights and drive informed decision-making.
* Define clear and actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, and requirements for development teams.
* Support go-to-market activities by working with marketing and sales teams to communicate product updates and improvements.
* Ensure timely delivery of product iterations by collaborating with development teams in an Agile environment.
* Monitor product performance post-launch, gathering insights to drive continuous improvements and enhance user satisfaction.
* Advocate for customers, ensuring their needs and feedback are central to all product decisions.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
* Customer Engagement & Feedback Management: Proven ability to conduct customer interviews, run focus groups, and collect user feedback to refine product features and improve customer experience.
* Agile Product Ownership: Experience managing product backlogs, writing detailed user stories, and defining acceptance criteria to support development teams.
* Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong ability to work with Engineering, UX/UI, and Customer Success teams to translate business needs into technical requirements and ensure smooth product delivery.
* Data-Driven Decision Making: Skilled in using analytics, A/B testing, and user research to make informed product decisions and track performance improvements.
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Product Delivery & Execution: Experience leading sprint planning, backlog grooming, and coordinating releases in an Agile environment to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
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Documentation & Communication: Ability to create clear product documentation, user guides, and release notes to support internal teams and customers.
Job Benefits
As part of the Kinetic team, you will benefit from:
· Working for an organisation where people and culture genuinely matter.
· Excellent training and support with the opportunity for further professional development.
· Performance-related bonus scheme.
· 25 days annual holiday allowance plus bank holidays off.
· 2 wellbeing days a year to rest and recharge.
· Christmas shut-down period for a well-deserved break.
· Company contribution to pension.
· A flexible benefits package, which is customisable by you. You can choose from private health care, life assurance, personal development, cinema tickets, wide range of discounts at retailers and so much more!
Kinetic provides excellent working environments at its offices, including kitchens with free breakfast, tea, coffee, and refreshments. Our social committee organises activities and events throughout the year, and you’ll have the opportunity to do charitable work within the local community.
Kinetic is an equal opportunity employer, fostering diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Kinetic was founded in 1998 with one aim: to develop the most innovative software to help university accommodation and conferencing teams deliver the best student and customer experiences possible.
Fast forward 25 years, and we are now the technology partner of choice to the worlds' leading universities and colleges. We are ranked #1 on the APUC framework, ITS1051 AP, for student accommodation management, conferencing and events management, hotel management and multifunctional management systems.
We supply mission-critical software for over 350 customers, from the University of Nevada Las Vegas to Monash in Australia... Not to mention over 80% of universities in the UK.
Since 2015, Kinetic has been part of the Volaris Group. Volaris help strengthen and grow vertical market software companies so, like Kinetic, they become leaders in their industry.