Overview
The Digital Team develops and evolves UKTV's VoD and digital strategy covering U, digital products, pay platforms and partnerships. We are a growing group of multi-disciplined, talented individuals across several units: Content Curation, Digital Product, and Production and Development. We aim to grow digital audiences, support transformative change across UKTV and contribute to long-term profitability. We focus on delivering functionality that provides key business and user value, and help the business define, prioritise and deliver key strategic technical, commercial and operational activities.
Purpose of the role
It is an exciting time to join UKTV as we embark on a multi-year plan to expand U's position in the UK market. A key component is the evolution and user-focused development of the U digital proposition. We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Owner to cover paternity leave, providing leadership and continuity across the delivery of the U app on multiple platforms. The Senior Product Owner sits above the platform-aligned Product Owner squads, offering clear direction and oversight to ensure consistent, high-quality product delivery.
This is a hands-on role, combining day-to-day engagement with the teams. You will support backlog management, delivery and decision-making, and participate in senior stakeholder and leadership discussions. You will be responsible for shaping and maintaining a clear product vision for each quarter that aligns to business objectives, while representing customer needs and ensuring value is delivered at pace.
What we would like you to bring to the role Experience
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager.
- Proven experience delivering product features to market.
- Experience working in agile environments with scrum teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Leading and managing a team of Product Owners.
Knowledge
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery and Scrum product lifecycle.
- Knowledge of JIRA, Confluence and flow mapping tools.
- Knowledge of AVOD and SVOD services is a plus.
Skills & personal qualities
- Ability to lead product strategy sessions and roadmap planning.
- Facilitates coordination between multiple product owners and their backlogs.
- Leadership of the Product Owner function within the Digital Team.
- Technical literacy to engage with engineering teams and provide credible input.
- Participates in scaled ceremonies (e.g., Scrum of Scrums).
- Makes high-stakes prioritization decisions.
- Guides release planning and product launch strategies.
What you will get to work on
- Own and uphold U's ambition, mission, goals and objectives supporting ongoing delivery of the digital product strategy.
- Champion the user at every stage of decision-making, ensuring customer needs remain central to product prioritization, delivery and stakeholder communication.
- Work with the Head of Digital Products and the Product team to deliver and maintain a clear, prioritized Now, Next and Later roadmap across all platforms.
- Lead, manage and coach a team of Product Owners, ensuring consistent ways of working and collaboration.
- Take accountability for product delivery across all end-user platforms, with direct ownership of one key platform.
- Build, maintain and manage a rolling iterative product roadmap, balancing business priorities, technical dependencies and delivery capacity.
- Actively participate in agile ceremonies, providing clarity, direction, and fast decision-making to enable teams to deliver maximum value.
- Maintain well-prioritised product backlogs, assessing value and sequencing work to support business and user outcomes.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to support content planning, marketing activity, and commercial initiatives while protecting and enhancing user experience.
- Stay informed on relevant industry developments, digital, CTV, and VoD trends, applying insight pragmatically to product decisions.
- Actively contribute to the wider UKTV product community, sharing knowledge and supporting capability growth.
Hybrid-Working
UKTV operates in a hybrid environment with a mix of home and office work. The split is agreed with your manager based on role, team needs and personal preference.
Diversity & Inclusion Commitment
At UKTV, our inclusion vision is to represent society in our workforce and on-screen, promoting fairness and respect. We are committed to a level playing field for all employees and applicants, welcoming applicants from everyone and supporting authentic, discrimination-free career development.
About UKTV
UKTV has been at the forefront of branded television for over 30 years, delivering across multiple brands and platforms. UKTV is part of BBC Studios and collaborates with a wide network of content creators and distributors.