Company Description
Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. During life’s big moments — from buying a home or a car to sending a child to college to growing a business by connecting with new customers — we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organizations to prevent identity fraud and crime.
We have 17,800 people operating across 44 countries, and every day we’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation to help all our clients maximize every opportunity. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and are a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Learn more at www.experianplc.com or visit our global content hub at our global news blog for the latest news and insights from the Group
Job Description
We are looking for an enthusiastic Product Owner to work within our Collections & Tracing domain
This is a hybrid role requiring travelling to Hyderabad office on occasions as and when required.
Background:
This is an incredibly exciting time for the Experian UKI Region, as we look to build our presence in the UK and Hyderabad and work on a technology transformation to meet our aspiration to significantly scale our business over the next five years. This an opportunity to join Credit & Verification Services on this journey and be part of a collaborative team that uses Agile DevSecOps principles to deliver business value.
Credit and Verification Services currently comprises nearly 100 engineering teams who deliver over 200 products achieving significant revenue per annum for our UK Business. Our unique culture and agile ways of working offer a great opportunity to those seeking to join a talented set of diverse problem solvers to design, build and maintain our products. We pride ourselves in excellence, adopting best practices and holding ourselves to the highest standards.
The Domian:
As a member of the Collections & Tracing domain, you will be an integral part of the product and engineering team working on the development of new and redevelopment of existing online products that deliver amazing user experiences for a wide range of clients across several sectors. The domain is home to market leading products and capability that currently generate in the region of $12m annual revenue, with an ambition to double in the next 5 years. We also power the largest UK baed Debt Collectiion Agencies and provide several batch data products to support core business strategies built on top of Experian’s Credit Reference data, These solutions provide clients with the opportunity to Trace consumers, reunite with them with lost assets, and help clients to recover arrears from their portfolio.
Online products (API and screens) are central to the forward looking architectural strategy, leveraging cloud where possible coupled with the latest best practice principles of design to optimise customer experiences,
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the agile team to develop quality solutions that deliver the business value
- Collaborating effectively to support and enhance the full product lifecycle, working closely with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders such as GSO, GSA, CIAM and Service & Billing
- Collaborate with the Product Manager to create Epics and break them down into User Stories for engineering teams, leading to incremental value release to product with target Cycle times
- Agree the Definition of Done, drive quality acceptance criteria and ensure the team meets both on completed epics/stories
- Leading refinement and pointing sessions
- Backlog prioritisation, refinement and management
- Lead/actively participate in agile ceremonies including big room planning, sprint planning, sprint review etc
We are looking for an enthusiastic Product Owner to work within our Collections & Tracing domain
This is a hybrid role requiring travelling to Hyderabad office on occasions as and when required.
Background:
This is an incredibly exciting time for the Experian UKI Region, as we look to build our presence in the UK and Hyderabad and work on a technology transformation to meet our aspiration to significantly scale our business over the next five years. This an opportunity to join Credit & Verification Services on this journey and be part of a collaborative team that uses Agile DevSecOps principles to deliver business value.
Credit and Verification Services currently comprises nearly 100 engineering teams who deliver over 200 products achieving significant revenue per annum for our UK Business. Our unique culture and agile ways of working offer a great opportunity to those seeking to join a talented set of diverse problem solvers to design, build and maintain our products. We pride ourselves in excellence, adopting best practices and holding ourselves to the highest standards.
The Domian:
As a member of the Collections & Tracing domain, you will be an integral part of the product and engineering team working on the development of new and redevelopment of existing online products that deliver amazing user experiences for a wide range of clients across several sectors. The domain is home to market leading products and capability that currently generate in the region of $12m annual revenue, with an ambition to double in the next 5 years. We also power the largest UK baed Debt Collectiion Agencies and provide several batch data products to support core business strategies built on top of Experian’s Credit Reference data, These solutions provide clients with the opportunity to Trace consumers, reunite with them with lost assets, and help clients to recover arrears from their portfolio.
Online products (API and screens) are central to the forward looking architectural strategy, leveraging cloud where possible coupled with the latest best practice principles of design to optimise customer experiences,
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the agile team to develop quality solutions that deliver the business value
- Collaborating effectively to support and enhance the full product lifecycle, working closely with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders such as GSO, GSA, CIAM and Service & Billing
- Collaborate with the Product Manager to create Epics and break them down into User Stories for engineering teams, leading to incremental value release to product with target Cycle times
- Agree the Definition of Done, drive quality acceptance criteria and ensure the team meets both on completed epics/stories
- Leading refinement and pointing sessions
- Backlog prioritisation, refinement and management
- Lead/actively participate in agile ceremonies including big room planning, sprint planning, sprint review etc
Qualifications
Experience/Skills:
- Experience of the full development lifecycle and Agile ceremonies
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain solutions to technical and non-technical audiences
- The ability to work with teams from different cultures and background
- The ability to write clear Epics / User Stories with appropriate acceptance criteria, managing clear, up to date and effective roadmap control through AHA
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to analyse problems and requirements
Required Technical Skills/Knowledge:
- 5+ years working as a Product Owner or equivalent experience
- Working knowledge of JIRA, Confluence and Aha
- Stakeholder Management
- Experienced user of Microsoft Office products
- Excellent Epic and story writing experience and documentation skills
- Good understanding of application security principles in web applications
Useful skills:
- Good understanding of various development languages and the ability to understand code
Additional Information
Who are Experian?
We unlock the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. At life’s big moments – from buying a home or car, to sending a child to university, to growing a business exponentially by connecting it with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence so they can maximize every opportunity.
For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish – and we’re not done. Our 17,000 people in 37 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow.
Could this be the role for you? Apply now to start your journey with Experian.
To learn more about our culture and what it’s really like to work here, check out our LinkedIn and social media channels using the hashtags #ExperianLife and #ExperianWay.
Why choose us?
Our colleagues’ health and wellbeing are a top priority for us, that’s why our reward, benefits and wellbeing programmes are designed so you can come to work feeling your very best self. Our benefits focus on health, money and lifestyle so you can tailor your benefits to your own personal needs. Whether it’s your physical and mental wellness, getting to work or planning for the future, we have a range of flexible options to have you covered!
We are committed to building an inclusive culture and to creating an environment where people can balance successful careers with their commitments and interests outside of work. Our flexible working practices support our belief that this balance brings long-lasting benefits for our business as well as our people. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, and if this is important to you, we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process
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What We Do
Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society.
During life’s big moments – from buying a home or car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business exponentially by connecting it with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage data with confidence so they can maximize every opportunity.
We gather, analyse and process data in ways others can’t. We help individuals take financial control and access financial services, businesses make smarter decision and thrive, lenders lend more responsibly, and organizations prevent identity fraud and crime.
For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish – and we’re not done.
Our 20,600 people in 43 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow.
About Experian:
Bringing data to life requires creativity, passion, flexibility and expertise.
We want you to share in our success. That's why we offer rewards that recognise great performance.
Working in a culture of collaboration, achievement and respect we will give you the support and encouragement you need to develop your skills and talents and progress your career.
Everyday our people bring enthusiasm, innovation and inspiration to work and if this sounds like you connect with us at Experian.
