When you join Kainos, you get to think beyond limitations to make an immediate and positive impact – like transforming digital services for millions of citizens or helping Fortune 500 companies get live and thrive on Workday.You’ll be part of a people-first culture that is growing around the world. We’re a creative, committed, and diverse group of individuals who succeed as a team.At Kainos your ideas are heard and valued and you’ll leave a legacy that you can feel proud of. Join us and discover how our people write our story.
Main purpose of the role & responsibilities in the business:
At Kainos, we provide innovative and creative products designed to help Workday customers reduce risk and maximize their Workday investment. Our solutions include Workday testing, compliance, data masking, and document management. As a business with a proven record of year-on-year growth and over 500 customers we have multiple exciting opportunities for Product Owners across each of our growth products.
As a Product Owner at Kainos, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our market leading Workday solutions. You'll own the product backlog across one or more functional areas, ensuring we stay at the forefront of the industry. This means you'll gather and prioritize product and customer requirements, and work closely with our top-notch development, sales, pre-sales, marketing, and professional services teams to surpass customer satisfaction goals and maintain our leading market position.
Your passion for product management will shine through in everything you do. You will relish the challenge of solving complex problems and experience the thrill of seeing your products flourish and make a real difference. This is your chance to make a significant impact and leave your mark on our products and services during this exciting growth phase. As a result you will have ample opportunities to advance into senior roles within the Kainos Smart business or the wider Kainos organisation. Join us at Kainos and be part of a dynamic team that is shaping the future with innovative and impactful products.
You will be responsible for:
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Understanding customer needs, personas and why they engage with your product.
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Becoming an expert in the problems we solve for and “why” they matter.
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Running structured workshops with customers and internal stakeholders.
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Defining and building solutions to address customer needs.
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Defining the benefits your solutions deliver and how to measure success.
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Know your competition and how to stay ahead of them.
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Launching products and features including organising and enabling internal teams such as delivery, pre-sales, onboarding to maximise impact etc.
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Managing Roadmap Delivery and managing the product backlog;
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Creating actionable user stories for development teams.
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Managing and prioritising the backlog to ensure goals are met.
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Identifying and measuring the success criteria for each delivered feature.
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Defining and communicating release acceptance criteria for each product feature, including the criteria for MVP.
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Measuring, tracking and improving non-functional aspects of the product.
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Contribute to marketing campaigns and external positing when needed.,
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As required, stepping in to support sales efforts with product demos and customer discussions on more technical aspects of the product.
Minimum (essential) requirements:
- A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience working as a Product Owner in a SaaS environment on managing backlog, working with development teams and building Product Roadmaps or experience in leading Workday implementation projects.
- Demonstrable experience and capability to successfully carry out the key elements of the Product Owner role above.
- Excellent communication skills are vital. You’ll need to be a persuasive and effective communicator with strong negotiating skills. It’s not only about talking, you’ll need to be able to listen, understand, and build on other’s viewpoints.
- You will have an enthusiasm for new technologies and innovation and be prepared to take advantage of the flexibility provided to challenge and be proactive in bringing new ideas to how we work and to the product roadmap.
- You will need an eye for detail, particularly to interpret supplied information and understand sources and challenge where necessary.
- Comfort and ability to engage with customers to understand requirements, and support functional or technical product discussions.
- Relevant commercial experience and awareness to help set priorities of product investments and drive commercial product success.
- A good understanding of technology, digital services and trends.
- The ability to communicate effectively with the team and external stakeholders.
- Being flexible to travel if required to customer and partner locations worldwide.
Desirable:
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Experience with Automated Testing Frameworks, Data Privacy or Compliance Products.
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Prior experience integrating AI into commercial products to solve real business problems.
About Our Products:
The role holder will join the Product Team and contribute to one of the products:
Smart Test – cloud-based Test Automation product that allows Workday customers to create and execute high volume of test scripts by simply supplying the test data needed.
Smart Audit - specifically designed for business users. This powerful and easy-to-use product allows users to perform periodic, regular, and real time audit checks on Workday tenants.
Smart Shield - our novel SaaS security product. It acts as a secure layer between your most sensitive data and the teams who support and maintain Workday in your organisation.
EDM – intelligent document management meets seamless compliance and efficiency, all within Workday.
So what are you waiting for? Let’s write the next incredible chapter of our story together.
Embracing our differences
At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field. Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out. We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.
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Kainos Belfast, Northern Ireland Office
4-6 Upper Crescent, Belfast, United Kingdom, BT7 1NT
