Ready to kickstart your career in Tech and Business? At Howdens, our Product Owner is critical in supporting key digital technology projects, ensuring that stakeholder requirements are clearly understood and accurately captured. This role provides the opportunity to be part of a key function within our wider Digital and Business Systems team. It will enable the post holder to improve and apply business skills in a fast paced IT systems environment.
What you'll be doing
- Supporting the development of product roadmaps and backlogs
- Translating requirements into clear, actionable user stories
- Collaborating with teams across the business and tech
- Taking part in Agile ceremonies (stand ups, sprint planning, reviews)
- Supporting requirement gathering and stakeholder workshops
- Monitoring performance and simple KPIs (e.g. traffic, conversion)
- Supporting testing and go live activities
- Keeping an eye on competitors and market trends
Am I eligible for this Graduate Business Analyst Opportunity?
- Hold a Degree (or expected) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
- A genuine interest in technology, systems, and digital transformation
- Interest in data and analytics (comfortable reading dashboards)
- Strong analytical, problem solving skills and a genuine interest in how systems support operational/trading processes.
- Clear communication skills and confidence working with both technical colleagues and non technical users.
- Organised, curious and detail focused, with a willingness to learn in a fast paced live trading environment.
- Confidence to ask questions and challenge ideas
- You must have the right to work in the UK.
- The role is based onsite 4 days per week with 1 working from home.
- Based from our Raunds office in Northamptonshire, you must live within 60 minutes of us and some travel will be expected therefore a driving license is required.
What we can offer you:
- Competitive salary and annual company bonus
- Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
- Staff Discount
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Exceptional Reward and Recognition events