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Data and AI Technical Product Owner - Milton Keynes

Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) Limited
Tongwell
9 months ago
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Data and AI Technical Product Owner - Milton Keynes

Data Technical Product Owner

Salary Starting from £63,750, company car scheme with a brand new car from day one up to the value of £56,000, fuel card, 2 additional vehicles for family members after 6 months, annual discretionary bonus and salary review, 27 days holiday and so much more.

Full Time Permanent Role based in Milton Keynes

Advert Closes - 29th December 2024

As a Technical Product Owner within our organisation, you will be responsible for the creation, development and delivery of technical products that support and enable the development of new commercial propositions and delivery to market. You'll also be responsible for ensuring the constant iteration of the data technical platforms to support VWFS commercial aspirations

You will establish advanced data analytics and move towards AI as a core competence of the company and, lead on developing and implementing data and AI products. Fundamentally, the role will own the technical implementation of the evolution towards a "Data Driven Business" in line with VWFS global strategy

Leading the iterative process of data product development from idea creation to operation and continuously seek to maximise the expected business value and user satisfaction while ensuring the technical feasibility and compliance of data science and machine learning applications

If you already have experience in a Technical Product Owner role within enterprise, data and AI, we would really like to hear from you before the advert closes on Friday 16th August

What's in it for you?

A salary from £63,759 subject to experience. You'll also receive an excellent benefits package including tax efficient company car scheme with a brand new car from day one up to the value of £56,000, fuel card, 2 additional vehicles for family members after 6 months, annual discretionary bonus and salary review, 27 days holiday with the option to purchase more, access to various health & wellbeing services, private medical insurance after 6 months as well as career progression, professional development, access to LinkedIn Learning

This is how you can add value:

  • You will already have experience in a Technical Product Owner role within enterprise data and AI
  • Good knowledge and experience in agile project delivery, data technology strategy and data products
  • You have understanding of software development processes and, applying data science methods and coding with Python
  • Proven track record of designing new or modifying existing data and BI based IT solutions to improve business performance
  • You have experience of leading or coordinating agile teams comprised of specialist technical resources
  • Knowledge and experience of working in a waterfall / PRINCE2/ Agile environment with experience of agile / iterative delivery of change
  • Expert functional knowledge of data, AI, business intelligence and reporting solutions
  • You're good at developing internal and external business relationships, using your knowledge, skills and experience for influencing
  • Excellent communicator - verbal, written and presenting
  • Agile certification (e.g. SAFe, SCRUM)
  • You may have a combined qualification in data analytics & business e.g. business informatics, industrial engineering or a comparable background
  • Previous experience in Financial Services, Automotive Finance or retail consumer finance (B2C)

These are some of your main responsibilities:

  • You will own and drive data and AI technical products and services from inception to completion, including management and prioritisation of features backlog and constant iteration. Ensure product delivery runs smoothly on time and within budget and meeting commercial targets
  • Lead a cross functional virtual technical team to deliver new propositions to the market
  • Work closely with the wider IT Team to identify relevant resources, skills and training to develop and integrate data technical products
  • Also work closely with IT service management to provide 3rd level specialist data support
  • Engage with, guide and support senior stakeholders - IT Senior Leadership team and BoM - to ensure understanding and buy-in on data technology products, data strategy and data operating models, including monetary investment
  • Collaborate with other Technical Product Owners, Data Product Owners, Product Owners on new product requirements
  • You will own the gathering and analysis of requirements, identify solution options and assessment of business and technical feasibility within the enterprise data and AI domain to support business demand for richer data
  • Represent IT as a key member of the Data & AI Strategy Working Group
  • Fully own backlog prioritisation to maintain specific data technical product roadmap including prioritisation between new functional capabilities and addressing technical debt and lead on the estimating, validating and evaluating of data & AI products
  • Work closely with HQ to understand and influence the VWFS data and AI technology product roadmaps to ensure technical capabilities required by the UK market are available in a timely manner
  • Act as the SPOC (Single Point of Contact) for the UK adoption of data & AI technology products within the data product specialism
  • Support the Enterprise Data, BI, data product teams and, the HQ Data & Analytics teams in preparing, modelling, and visualising data
  • Work with the rest of the Enterprise Data capability for Data & AI Architecture, Data Governance, Data Platforms, Data Operations, Data SMEs, Data Engineering and BI Development to understand technical feasibility of solution options - inception to delivery
  • Ensure knowledge transfer to Enterprise Data, Data Product teams, AMS Support and other stakeholders
  • Manage, support and coach the Data Engineers, Data Analysts, Data Platform Engineers and BI Developers and work closely with other key Data SMEs within our business
  • Support the development and implementation of data operating models, data technology strategy, master data management, data technology proof of concepts and data technology product innovation

About Volkswagen Financial Services

Our mission is straight forward, we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. What does that mean? To make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers.

Volkswagen Financial Services is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Diversity and Inclusion is not just a statement for us and we are nurturing an environment where everyone can be their 100% self. If there is anything we can do to support you being your 100% self during our recruitment process, please let us know and we will support you as best we can

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