Technical Product Owner

Our client is looking for a Technical Product Owner Software Engineering Platforms, Developer Productivity & AI to shape and lead their enterprise software engineering ecosystem. This is a high-impact opportunity focused on creating a modern, scalable and measurable engineering environment that improves developer productivity, accelerates software delivery and enables responsible adoption of AI across software engineering teams. Key Responsibilities: - Own the vision, roadmap and backlog for engineering platforms, developer productivity and AI engineering capabilities. - Shape the strategy for engineering platforms, tooling and developer enablement across the organisation. - Drive adoption of DORA metrics, engineering KPIs and value measurement frameworks. - Establish productivity baselines and measurable improvement targets. - Lead engineering toolchain strategy, optimisation and rationalisation. - Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions and develop business cases for platform investments. - Drive adoption and governance of AI-assisted software engineering capabilities. - Define how AI engineering utilisation, productivity and ROI are measured. - Partner with Software Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud, Infrastructure and Security teams. - Promote platform-as-a-product thinking and improve adoption of engineering standards and capabilities. - Support strategic technology investment, vendor and platform decisions. Minimum Requirements: - 8+ years experience across Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Technology Management or related disciplines. - Proven experience leading engineering platforms, developer tooling or enterprise technology capabilities. - Experience operating as a Product Owner, Product Manager or Platform Owner. - Strong understanding of the software engineering lifecycle and modern engineering delivery practices. - Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code and engineering automation. - Understanding of DORA metrics, engineering performance and developer productivity measurement. - Experience defining technology strategies, roadmaps and investment priorities. - Ability to work effectively across Engineering, Architecture, Cloud and Platform teams. - Strong product ownership skills with a focus on measurable outcomes and value realisation. Nice to Have: - Experience with AI-assisted software development and AI coding platforms. - Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud or AI certifications. - Product Owner certification such as SAFe POPM, PSPO or CSPO. - Experience with API management, engineering observability, repository strategies and value stream management. How You Work: - Strategic and technically credible. - Outcome- and value-driven. - Comfortable operating across both executive and engineering audiences. - Strong stakeholder influencer who can align multiple technology teams. - Commercially aware and confident making investment and prioritisation decisions. - Evidence-led, curious and focused on continuous improvement. - Passionate about improving the developer experience and engineering excellence. Please note: If you do not hear back from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.