We are looking for a Business Product Owner to develop and maintain a detailed product backlog based on the OUPE Digital Strategy for products and platforms serving the Spanish market. Main responsibilities: * Contribute to OUP’s digital product strategy and roadmaps, translating agreed priorities into delivery plans that support OUPE and divisional goals. * Own product and platform backlogs and support release planning, translating agreed outcomes into clear epics, features, user stories and acceptance criteria. * Work with OUPE, ELT, Digital Product and delivery colleagues to assess value, customer impact, effort, risk and dependencies, and agree priorities. * Represent customer and user needs throughout delivery, providing evidence and context and validating proposed solutions with relevant OUPE colleagues. * Work with Market Research colleagues to identify, understand and validate customer needs, define appropriate measures, and use research findings to inform priorities, solution design and evaluation of outcomes. * Monitor delivery progress, quality and dependencies against agreed objectives. Support testing and acceptance, elevate risks and blockers promptly, and help stakeholders make informed trade-offs when plans need to change. * Provide product and platform expertise to OUPE and ELT colleagues, explaining capabilities, planned changes, constraints and customer or operational implications. Requirements: * Proven experience in a Product Owner or comparable digital delivery role,



working with cross-functional teams to translate business and user needs into deliverable product requirements. * Practical experience of agile product development methods and tools, including backlog management, refinement, iteration planning and acceptance criteria. * Resourceful with the ability to identify and agree solutions. * Sufficient technical understanding to work effectively with engineers and suppliers, evaluate delivery implications and explain technical constraints to non-technical stakeholders. This includes a working awareness of software architecture, standards and development practices. * Experience of planning and delivering continuous change and improvement in a digital product environment, including maintaining release plans. * Communication, networking and influencing within a matrix structure. * Awareness of how AI-enabled tools and capabilities can be used responsibly within digital product discovery, delivery and continuous improvement. This is an office-based role in San Fernando de Henares (Madrid). Work-life balance is important to us; therefore, we offer 22 days’ holiday and Christmas closure. OUP’s hybrid working model requires that all staff worldwide who have an office-based role work a minimum of 2 days from their OUP office. We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all. #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Business Product Owner (Madrid)
🏢 Oxford University Press
📍 Madrid