Technical Product Owner Digital Tech Transformation

Salary: £140,000 - 140,000 per year

Requirements:

• We have 10+ years of experience in Project Management, Product Management, Program Delivery, Business Transformation, Digital Manufacturing, or related disciplines.
• We have strong experience within Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, or Manufacturing industries.
• We have demonstrated experience supporting Technology Transfer, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Process Development, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), or Manufacturing Operations.
• We have experience defining and executing complex digital transformation programs and multi-year roadmaps.
• We have proven ability to manage cross-functional initiatives involving multiple technology vendors and stakeholder groups.
• We have strong experience in program governance, dependency management, business case development, and value realization.
• We have working knowledge of enterprise architecture principles, digital manufacturing platforms, and integration-driven environments.
• We have a strong understanding of Agile delivery approaches, Product Operating Models, and scaled transformation programs.

Responsibilities:

• We partner with the Senior IT Business Partner and Enterprise Architect to define and evolve the Digital Tech Transfer vision, business objectives, and multi-year roadmap.
• We drive execution of the Digital Tech Transfer program across the product lifecycle from strategy through deployment and adoption.
• We translate business objectives into prioritized capabilities, features, and implementation plans.
• We facilitate alignment across Manufacturing, Quality, Process Development, Technology Transfer, Supply Chain, and IT stakeholders.
• We support the definition of governance models, operating models, and business adoption strategies.
• We drive prioritization decisions based on business value, risk reduction, regulatory impact, and implementation feasibility.
• We ensure alignment between business priorities and the architectural direction defined by the Enterprise Architecture team.
• We develop and maintain integrated delivery roadmaps spanning multiple platforms, vendors, and workstreams.
• We define releases, milestones, dependencies, deployment waves, and implementation sequencing.
• We ensure roadmap alignment with funding cycles, business priorities, site deployment strategies, and regulatory commitments.
• We identify program risks, delivery bottlenecks, and mitigation plans.
• We work closely with solution architects, business analysts, and platform providers to monitor progress against agreed outcomes.
• We establish planning frameworks that link business initiatives, capabilities, features, and deliverables to measurable value realization.
• We act as the primary business and delivery coordinator across technology platform providers supporting the Digital Tech Transfer ecosystem.
• We collaborate with vendors to understand platform capabilities, product roadmaps, implementation considerations, and business impacts.
• We manage dependencies and delivery coordination across multiple platforms and workstreams.
• We facilitate discussions between vendors, enterprise architects, business stakeholders, and delivery teams to resolve business and functional gaps.
• We ensure vendor activities remain aligned to the agreed roadmap, priorities, and business outcomes.
• We define and maintain program success metrics, KPI frameworks, and value realization plans.
• We establish benefits-tracking mechanisms linked to business objectives.
• We track business outcomes throughout the program lifecycle.
• We provide executive reporting, recommendations, and progress updates based on measurable value realization.
• We lead capability definition workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
• We translate business goals into epics, capabilities, features, user stories, and release plans.
• We own and prioritize the Digital Tech Transfer backlog.
• We ensure requirements remain aligned with strategic objectives and expected business benefits.
• We define MVPs and phased delivery approaches to maximize value and accelerate adoption.
• We partner with Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture teams to ensure requirements are supported by scalable and compliant technology solutions.
• We act as a trusted delivery advisor to senior business and technology stakeholders.
• We facilitate decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups with competing priorities.
• We communicate roadmap progress, risks, dependencies, business outcomes, and value realization to leadership teams.
• We build strong relationships across Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, R&D, Process Development, and Digital organizations.
• We drive stakeholder alignment on priorities, scope, release sequencing, and transformation objectives.
• We foster collaboration between business teams, Enterprise Architecture, platform vendors, and delivery organizations.

Technologies:

• Architect
• Support
• Product Owner

More:

We are seeking an experienced Technical Product Owner to help shape and drive our Digital Tech Transfer transformation program in Macclesfield, United Kingdom. This is a hybrid role, initially requiring 2 to 3 days a week onsite, with an immediate start and inside IR35 status. We are transforming technology transfer from a document-centric process into a digitally enabled, data-driven operating model that improves speed, consistency, compliance, and knowledge sharing across products and manufacturing sites. The role works closely with our Senior IT Business Partners, Enterprise Architect, vendors, and delivery teams across Clinical or Commercial Manufacturing, and offers an opportunity to help define the target-state operating model, roadmap, governance, and measurable business outcomes.

last updated 31 week of 2026