Senior Product Owner

Overview

Senior Product Owner for the WPP Open product team, owning and executing a complex, often specialised product capability and translating product strategy into prioritised, actionable backlogs.

What you'll do

• Own and manage complex or high-impact product backlogs for your designated product capability, ensuring they are prioritised, well-defined and aligned with the product strategy and roadmap defined by the Product Lead.
• Drive execution of the product roadmap for your capability, translating strategic objectives into epics, user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Define clear, measurable outcomes for each initiative and feature, track progress against them, and provide regular updates to the Product Lead.
• Translate product strategy and user needs into clear, concise, actionable epics, user stories and acceptance criteria with clear, testable outcomes.
• Engage proactively with engineering and design to refine requirements, identify technical dependencies, and ensure feasibility and optimal implementation for complex features.
• Act as the primary source of truth for the development team on product requirements and user needs for your specialised capability.
• Act as the central orchestrator within your agile development team, working with engineering, UX/UI designers and other product stakeholders from concept to release.
• Drive alignment and resolve impediments within the development team to ensure smooth and efficient delivery of complex features.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews) to ensure effective team collaboration and progress.
• Engage relevant stakeholders, including Product leads, engineering leads and end-users, to gather feedback, clarify requirements and ensure alignment for your product capability.
• Communicate product progress, plans and insights to Product leads and relevant stakeholders, with clarity for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Articulate the rationale behind feature-level product decisions and the measurable impact of delivered features.
• Establish and manage mechanisms for gathering user feedback, analysing product performance data and identifying areas for continuous improvement within your capability.
• Translate insights from market performance, user feedback and data analytics back into the product backlog and inform Product Leads of potential strategic adjustments.
• Champion continuous optimisation of features post-launch, ensuring they meet user needs and business objectives.
• Act as a subject matter expert and informal mentor to less experienced Product Owners or Product Analysts.
• Analyse and resolve complex product-related problems within your capability, collaborating with the Product Lead and engineering.
• Demonstrate strong prioritisation and decision-making for your product backlog, especially under ambiguity.
• Contribute insights and data from your product capability to inform the Product Lead's strategic direction and the WPP Open product vision and roadmap.
• Ensure your product area's backlog consistently aligns with the defined product strategy and broader business objectives.

What you'll need

• 4+ years of progressive experience in product ownership or a similar role.
• Demonstrable track record of successfully driving complex product features and capabilities from definition to launch and beyond.
• Proven ability to own, manage and prioritise complex or high-impact product backlogs, aligned with defined product strategies and measurable business outcomes.
• Deep domain expertise in a critical product capability, with the ability to handle significant technical or business complexity.
• Strong understanding and practical experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Exceptional ability to translate high-level product strategy into clear, concise, actionable epics, user stories and acceptance criteria, with a deep understanding of technical considerations, constraints and opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional development teams to achieve shared goals, acting as a leader within the team.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data and user feedback to inform product decisions, measure success and drive continuous improvement.
• Ability to analyse and resolve complex problems within the scope of your product capability, collaborating effectively with Product Leads and engineering.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, adapting style to technical and non-technical audiences and articulating complex product concepts and execution rationale.
• Proven ability to proactively engage with Product Leads, engineering leads and other stakeholders, resolve conflicts and contribute to efficient delivery of the product roadmap.
• Strong track record of delivering features from concept to release across multiple sprints, with a focus on clear, testable outcomes and accountability for post-launch performance.

Nice to have

• Agile certification (e.g., CSPO, SAFe PO/PM).

Details

• Location: India.
• Hybrid working, with teams in the office around four days a week.