We are PXC, the UK’s largest provider of wholesale connectivity. Our vision is to be the UK’s #1 wholesale platform, a one-stop shop provider of connectivity, voice, cloud and security underpinned by the UK’s most robust, secure, resilient and reliable network.
Born from the combination of Virtual1 and TalkTalk’s wholesale services and national network business, we operate across our 3 core sites (Salford, London and Skopje, North Macedonia).
Our mission is clear, to be the UK’s best company to work for and best to work with. We believe this success is driven by the power of our employees. We empower our people to become true experts in their field who embody our values every day: we care; we challenge; we commit.
About the Role
The Product Owner role will see you take ownership of strengthening relationships with key stakeholders. You will be working closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts and Senior Stakeholders to understand the business needs to assist you in prioritising product backlogs.
You will own the Common Services product roadmap and manage the work for multiple squads made up of Developers and Quality Assurance Analysts to ensuring they are working to the business priorities.
Strong organisational skills are essential combined with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, in order to manage expectations and issues effectively and establish/maintain a high level of trust and confidence.
What you will be working on
Defining the Vision
You will communicate with business stakeholders to understand business objectives
Create and update the automation product roadmap
Managing the product backlog
Work closely with Product Management and Senior Stakeholders to create and maintain a product backlog according to business values
Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of “ready for development” items to work on
Prioritising needs
Plan and prioritise the backlog and futures sprints in line with the business
Consider the needs of various stakeholders
Overseeing developmental stages
Be available during working hours to answer any questions from the team regarding the customers view of how they are implementing the solution
Contribute to planning, execution and review of each sprint
Primary liaison between stakeholders and teams
Regular reviews on current and future projects with the Product Managers and Senior Stakeholders across the business
Evaluating Product Progress
Inspects and evaluates product progress through each iteration
Defines if the final project is acceptable
What will make you successful in your role?
Experience within a telco environment either in a product related role or similar
Strong communication and influencing skills to a senior stakeholder level
Structured approach to working including roadmap creation
Relationship management experience, managing multiple projects and people including outsourced providers
You must have intellectual curiosity and the ability to solutionise across a broad set of projects and products
How we look after our employees
Our brand new “PXC Flex” benefit launched in January 2025, which includes Flex30, an additional 30 hours* of leave every year for you to use how you wish
Our hybrid working policy offers you flexibility to work from home 60% of the time, with the other 40% connecting with your colleagues in one of our accessible and collaborative office spaces
A starting holiday allowance of 25 days* holiday and up to 10 extra days* leave via our holiday purchase scheme
Free private healthcare for all employees, competitive pension scheme and the opportunity to earn bonus
Free broadband for all employees plus gifts for major life events such as marriages and births
Flexible salary sacrifice scheme including dental, gym, electric car scheme and much more, plus a huge range of shopping and leisure discounts so you can save even more cash
A range of inclusive employee networks to help integrate employees into life at PXC
(* Days and hours are based on a full-time employee’s working pattern and leave is pro-rated for part-time employee)
At PXC, we know that diversity means success and innovation. We want our workplace to reflect the communities and customer we serve. Being inclusive is part of our DNA; we are all 100% human, and we create a culture where you can truly be yourself.
We’re also not your usual 9-5. We are a dynamic workplace and we want to talk to you about how you like to work.