Associate Product Owner

Job Title:                  Associate Product Owner
Location:                  Lakeside, Hampshire + Remote working arrangements 
Compensation:        Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:                Full time Permanent 
Role ID:                    SF62776

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Associate Product Owner at our Lakeside site.

The role
As an Associate Product Owner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will play a pivotal role in assisting in the management of the product backlog, collaborating with development teams, and ensuring the successful execution of data warehouse projects, small changes, enhancements, and incident management.

Day-to-day, you’ll support the product owner in delivering high-quality data engineering solutions within our IT Department.

•Assist the Product Owner in maintaining and prioritising the product backlog.
•Support the Product Owner in planning and executing data warehouse projects.
•Contribute to the evaluation and prioritisation of change requests and enhancements.
•Provide support during incident investigations and resolution processes.
•Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

This is a full time permanent role, 37 hours per week and is fully remote 

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. 

Essential experience of the Associate Product Owner
•Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
•Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
•Experience working in a data engineering environment, preferably with Kimball data warehouse methodologies.
•Experience with data modelling and data warehousing concepts.

Qualifications for the Associate Product Owner

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
 

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (SC) security clearance and NNPPI for this role. 

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 14/03/2025