Technical Product Owner

Project overview

Technical Product Owner - PubSec - Glasgow (mostly remote) - Outside IR35

Day Rate - Up to £710 per day

Project details

6 months

The Opportunity

Harvey Nash's PubSec Client are in the search for an experienced Technical Product Owner to join an established team responsible for supporting, maintaining and evolving a recently implemented platform that underpins key legislative and long-term business requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Provide technical product ownership for a business-critical platform.

Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to define product strategy and roadmap.

Lead prioritisation activities and drive delivery of product outcomes.

Support the ongoing operation, enhancement and maintenance of services.

Champion data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.

Manage stakeholder relationships across technical and business teams.

Anticipate future technology trends and identify opportunities for platform enhancement.

Promote product management best practice and contribute to wider communities of practice.

Essential Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

Candidates should demonstrate strong experience across four or more of the following areas:

AWS architectures and cloud-native best practices, including:

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Immutable Infrastructure

Ephemeral Infrastructure

Kubernetes on AWS EKS

MySQL-compatible databases:

MySQL

Amazon RDS

Amazon Aurora

MariaDB

CI/CD and build pipeline automation

Tooling including:

Helm

Terragrunt

Git

ArgoCD

Government cloud security standards:

NIST

OWASP

CIS

NCSC

BASH scripting

Python development

RESTful microservices

IT Service Management (ITSM)

Leadership & Product Management

Proven ability to lead teams in the design, implementation, administration and support of infrastructure services.

Strong ownership mindset with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.

Ability to define and communicate product vision, strategy and roadmaps.

Technical Leadership

Ability to understand, review and contribute to code and scripting activities.

Strong problem management capabilities, including trend analysis and preventative action planning.

Experience advising on future technology direction and product evolution.

Ability to lead technical discussions and support strategic decision-making.

Desirable Skills

Understanding of technical governance frameworks and service assurance.

Experience operating within government or highly regulated environments.

Knowledge of governance, auditability and accountability requirements across public sector organisations.

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Glasgow, GB
• Rate: 75-89 EUR/h