Product Owner

World Wide Technology (WWT), a global technology integrator and IT solutions provider. World Wide Technology, established in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri, collaborates with OEMs like Cisco and Dell EMC to offer infrastructure security and custom app development services to Fortune 500 companies in various sectors. With over 10,000 employees globally, we generate $20 billion in annual revenue and operate in regions including the US, UK, Canada, Europe, Costa Rica, APAC, and Middle East. We're proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer by Fortune and Glassdoor for over 13 years.

World Wide Technology Holding Co, LLC (WWT) has an opportunity for a Product Owner. Below is the JD for the role. Please help me with the information needed to process your application, and I will contact you to discuss the role.

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Product Owner (Agile Project Manager / SAFe / Agile Engineering)

Contract Duration: 12 months

Location: London, United Kingdom (Hybrid - 2 days onsite a week)

Job Summary:

We are seeking a Product Owner to lead complex, enterprise-scale IT and cybersecurity initiatives within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment. This role is responsible for driving product vision, translating strategic objectives into executable backlogs, and guiding agile engineering teams to deliver high-impact, secure, and scalable solutions. The ideal candidate combines deep agile product leadership experience with strong technical domain knowledge across cybersecurity, networking, and cloud-based security platforms, and is comfortable operating in large, matrixed organizations.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Ownership & Strategy:

• Own the product vision and roadmap for one or more enterprise IT or cybersecurity platforms.
• Translate business, security, and regulatory requirements into well-defined epics, features, and user stories.
• Prioritize the backlog based on business value, risk reduction, architectural alignment, and operational impact.
• Act as the primary voice of the customer for agile engineering teams.

Agile Delivery:

• Serve as Product Owner to define Agile Engineering Release Trains, working closely with Product Management, System Architects, and Engineers
• Lead and actively participate in PI Planning, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Ensure alignment between team-level delivery and program- and portfolio-level objectives.
• Support dependency management and cross-team coordination in large-scale programs.

Stakeholder & Program Leadership:

• Partner with senior stakeholders across IT, cybersecurity, networking, and the business to align priorities and manage expectations.
• Support large organizational program planning efforts, including roadmap development, sequencing, and risk management.
• Provide transparency into delivery progress, risks, and outcomes using metrics and dashboards.

Service & Operational Alignment:

• Incorporate ITIL service management principles into product delivery to ensure operational readiness and service continuity.
• Balance feature development with technical debt, reliability, and operational excellence

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar agile leadership roles
• Demonstrated experience working in SAFe and Agile engineering environments.
• Advanced proficiency with Jira and Confluence for backlog management, reporting, and documentation
• Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks and methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
• Working knowledge of ITIL foundations and service management frameworks
• Solid experience with project management practices, including scope, risk, and dependency management.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills

Domain Experience (Highly Preferred):

Hands-on or delivery leadership experience with agile engineering teams in the following areas:

• Proxy and secure web gateway solutions (e.g., Bluecoat or similar technologies)
• Cloud-based Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms
• Zero Trust concepts, including Zero Trust Architecture and cybersecurity engineering practices.

Certifications:

• (Required) Project Management Professional (PMP®)
• ITIL® 4 Foundation, ITIL® 4 Managing Professional – a plus
• Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I/II)
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I/II)
• SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) – beneficial in scaled environments
• SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)

All candidates will need to go through a background check.

Must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

World Wide Technology is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of sex, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.

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