Senior Product Owner (AI Innovation)

We're looking for an experienced Senior Product Owner to lead the delivery of an innovative AI-enabled proof of concept within a large and complex enterprise environment.

This is a hands-on role where you'll take a concept from discovery through to pilot deployment, working closely with business and technology teams to identify high-value use cases, validate outcomes, and establish a roadmap for wider adoption. You'll play a key role in shaping AI-driven solutions that improve operational efficiency, enhance data quality, accelerate automation, and deliver measurable business value.

• Identify, assess, and prioritise high-value AI use cases aligned to business objectives.
• Define and own the product vision, roadmap, and success measures.
• Lead discovery activities, stakeholder engagement, and requirements gathering.
• Validate business value through user research, experimentation, and iterative testing.
• Translate complex business needs into prioritised backlogs and actionable delivery plans.
• Work closely with engineers, architects, data specialists, and stakeholders to drive delivery.
• Manage product priorities, trade-offs, risks, and dependencies.
• Support governance activities and secure stakeholder buy-in at key decision points.
• Drive the transition from proof of concept to scalable product delivery.

Rate: £552.00 per day (Inside IR35)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: London
Clearance Required: BPSS

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or Senior Product Owner within complex public sector environments.
• Strong demonstrable experience delivering products and services in line with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and ways of working.
• Extensive experience working within UK Government departments or public sector organisations.
• Strong understanding of:
• GDS Service Standard
• Agile delivery
• User-centred design
• Product lifecycle management
• Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live phases
• Experience delivering AI, data, analytics, automation, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong product discovery, backlog management, prioritisation, and roadmap development skills.
• Experience taking products from concept through to pilot and live delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear product outcomes.
• Strong understanding of emerging technologies, AI solutions, and innovation delivery.

We're specifically seeking a Product Owner with a strong Government Digital Service (GDS) background who is comfortable operating within complex public sector environments. You'll have a proven track record of delivering products through GDS phases and applying GDS standards, user-centred design principles, and outcome-based delivery approaches to achieve measurable business value.

Candidates without demonstrable GDS Product Owner experience are unlikely to be suitable for this role.

· Translate business needs into prioritised product requirements and actionable delivery plans

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Salary: £500.00 - £550.00 per day