Product Owner

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations.

With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life.

Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.

The Role:

The Product Owner is a key role within various ICON departments, holding responsibility for leadership and oversight of budget, design, development prioritization and deployment of new, industry leading, Technology products and operational interfaces in order to support the business, create new strategic business streams, induce operational efficiencies and create commercial differentiation.

Responsibilities:

• Keeping up to date with the innovation roadmap and other products under development and to timelines.
• Acting as the interface between the Product team and business stakeholders ensuring they are made aware of the implications of frontend products realised through innovative product design and delivery to production.
• Creation of software tickets in Jira for prioritisation on the relevant development teams backlog and ownership of the tickets during the software lifecycle, from creation to release.
• The Product Owner will be required to update the relevant requirement and release documentation.
• Linking with operational teams to help define margin focused costing models, maximise market penetration, product adoption and contribution to ROI.
• Liaising with stakeholders to gather requirements for implementation into product releases.
• Influence strong cross-divisional collaboration in order to ensure that the new products are fully integrated with, and complimentary to, other products and services within their department and ICON.
• The Product Owner will ensure seamless communication flow to department managers and staff regarding deliverables, features, roadmaps and other related items.
• Partner with other teams to ensure strong team spirit and commitment to delivery of a common goal.
• It is the responsibility of the Product Owner to ensure that the new products, features and enhancements are developed within the scope of the approved product roadmap.
• A level of project management is also required to track and communicate deliverables & roadmaps.

To succeed you will need:

• Degree / Master's Degree qualified
• Technical background (Science / Engineering)
• 5+ years' experience within a product role
• Experience working with Scrum / Agile methodologies
• Experience working with Jira and Confluence
• Experience working within a regulated environment would be nice to have
• Proven team member with a great communication style both written and verbally
• Superior organisational skills and comfortable leading projects to delivery dates

Benefits of Working in ICON:

Our success depends on the knowledge, capabilities and quality of our people. That's why we are committed to developing our employees in a continuous learning culture - one where we challenge you with engaging work and where every experience adds to your professional development.

At ICON, our focus is to provide you with a comprehensive and competitive total reward package that comprises, not only an excellent level of base pay, but also a wide range of variable pay and recognition programs. In addition, our best in class employee benefits, supportive policies and wellbeing initiatives are tailored to support you and your family at all stages of your career - both now, and into the future.

ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.