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About Us
AppFox is a fast-growing software development team, focused on developing innovative apps for the Atlassian, Monday and other similar ecosystems. Many well-known organisations use our apps, including Uber, SpaceX, Microsoft, Oracle and Ocado, among a customer base of over 3,000 organisations worldwide. Our apps are centered on document and data management, an increasingly important area thanks to the growing need to manage the inputs to AI models, and admin tools to promote efficiency and bulk operations.

AppFox is the software development arm of Automation Consultants (AC), an Agile and DevOps Consultancy specialising in supporting organisations at every stage of the software development lifecycle. AC delivers comprehensive and practical solutions such as agile at scale implementations, best practice consultancy, migrations, training, and managed services.

The Role
AppFox is looking for a motivated and ambitious Product Owner to join our expanding product function. You will take a key role in one or more of our products, helping to define, prioritise and execute on the product vision and roadmap. You will act as the bridge between customers and our engineering teams, translating high-level product strategies into actionable user stories and tasks to ensure our product meets customer and business needs. This will need a customer-centric mindset, someone who will learn and understand the customer’s needs.

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Responsibilities and Duties

Collaborate with the Product Manager to understand and support the product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities. Maintain a clear, prioritised backlog that aligns with business objectives and customer needs.
Work closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., marketing, support, and leadership) to gather requirements, validate ideas, and ensure alignment with business goals.
Translate product and business requirements into detailed and clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications that guide development. Make trade-off decisions between possible and desirable, which requires a good sense of what is technically feasible.
Prioritise the product backlog based on stakeholder input, customer feedback, and strategic goals. Continuously refine and adjust priorities to align with evolving business needs and customer demands. Have the ability to say “no”, and have people be okay with it.
Advocate for the end-user by understanding customer needs, collecting feedback, and ensuring that solutions deliver value and drive customer satisfaction. Have the capability to take a step back and think about the user experience, and how key assumptions could be built differently.
Work with engineering teams to plan work, ensure clarity of requirements, and remove blockers to keep the team on track. Participate actively in team meetings, including planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
Have experience and comfort in building and influencing relationships across disparate teams and groups.
Review and approve deliverables to ensure they meet acceptance criteria and high standards of quality. Conduct user acceptance testing and verify that completed work meets business requirements.
Track and analyse key product metrics, feeding back data to improve functionality and user experience. Collaborate on experiments and A/B testing as needed to validate hypotheses.
Coordinate and support product releases, including beta testing, launch planning, and go-to-market strategies, working closely with marketing and support teams..
Engage with customers to understand their challenges, and perform customer-facing product demos

Qualifications and Skills

Essential	Nice to have
A bachelors degree or equivalent vocational qualification with minimum 2:1 result or similar	Knowledge of the Atlassian ecosystem, in particular Jira and Confluence.
At least 1 years experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst or similar. Experience in SaaS is preferred.	Certified Scrum Product Owner or equivalent certification.
Proven track record of translating product strategies into impactful user stories and well-defined requirements.	Familiarity with A/B testing, data analytics tools, and user research methodologies.
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, especially Scrum and Kanban.	Experience in UI/UX principles
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with an ability to work collaboratively across teams.
Analytical mindset, with experience in using data to drive decisions and prioritise effectively.
Strong problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to addressing challenges.
Understanding of software development principles and the technical skills to communicate effectively with development teams.

Why us?

Salary and Benefits: £30,000 - £40,000 depending on experience
Our team members are amongst the best in the industry so we do everything we can to take help them develop and grow. We offer ongoing training and professional development, tailored to the individual’s professional needs and aspirations, as well as creating a team environment that fosters learning and collaboration.

Benefits include:

25 days’ holiday (excluding bank holidays which are taken in addition)
Private Healthcare
Dental insurance
Enhanced Maternity & Paternity plans
Dedicated ongoing training plan and budget
Flexible working hours and environment
Access to the Electric Car Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Pension Scheme
High spec. machine and access to virtual test lab
Onsite gym, showers, yoga lessons and more.
Regular company-wide events, team social events, including Hackathons and competitions.

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About us

Automation Consultants is a leading Agile and DevOps consultancy, dedicated to improving business performance through digital transformation and software automation, as well as selling our own software under our AppFox brand. We are specialists in Atlassian and AWS, delivering industry recognised automation solutions, software development and technical support. Our customers range from start-ups to global organisations.

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