SAP Lead Product Owner

Job Description

Salary £60k - £70k, salary depending on skills and experience

Permanent

Full time, 37 hours a week

Hybrid working & Lincoln, Huntingdon or Peterborough Office

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role provides you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your base location will either be in our Lincoln, Huntingdon or Peterborough office.

Ready to lead at the intersection of strategy and delivery?

We're looking for a SAP Lead Product Owner to play a pivotal role in shaping and driving our product vision across SAP and beyond. Acting as the vital link between strategic ambition and hands-on execution, you'll work alongside the Head of Product to translate high-level capability goals into clear, actionable roadmaps—empowering our Product Owners to deliver at pace and scale.

This isn’t just a coordination role—it’s a leadership opportunity. You’ll coach and support senior Product Owners, align diverse product strategies with enterprise-wide goals, and foster deep collaboration across engineering, architecture, data, and digital teams. From strategic planning to cross-functional execution, you’ll be central to how we design, build, and evolve technology that powers Anglian Water’s future.

What You’ll Be Doing

Product Management Guidance & Coaching at Scale

• Lead the development of a strong, scalable Product Management capability.

• Create and implement a coaching strategy to grow Product Owners.

• Act as mentor and coach, promoting continuous learning and professional development.

• Define and embed guardrails and best practices to standardise product management.

• Set and monitor performance metrics for the product team.

• Ensure alignment, collaboration, and consistent ways of working across the team.

Organisational Product Portfolio Management & Planning

• Oversee product portfolio alignment across value streams to maximise business impact.

• Partner with Architecture to ensure sound technology and product decisions.

• Translate strategic goals into actionable plans and roadmaps.

• Lead cross-functional planning, prioritisation, and budgeting activities.

• Support ROI evaluation, total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, and risk mitigation.

• Drive delivery of user and business value across the product lifecycle.

Stakeholder Engagement, Market & Product Research

• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders to embed business insight into product strategy.

• Conduct market, competitor, and trend analysis to inform product decisions.

• Establish feedback loops at scale to ensure products reflect user and business needs.

• Champion external and internal insights to keep the product portfolio relevant and competitive.

• (Optional: Develop clear communication strategies for sharing product vision and updates across the business.)

Strategic Leadership

• Play a leading role in shaping and delivering the digital and product strategy.

• Promote continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation across the business.

• Role model Anglian Water values and leadership behaviours.

• Manage, develop, and empower a high-performing team.

• Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, and wellbeing.

• Bring external thinking in, staying curious and open to new ways of working.

What does it take to be a SAP Lead Product Owner?

You’ll be a natural leader and strategic thinker, capable of working across teams, portfolios, and business units to drive impactful change. You’ll bring a powerful mix of product strategy expertise, technical insight, and people leadership, alongside a passion for continuous improvement and user value.

We’re looking for someone who can:

• Engage and influence stakeholders at all levels, communicating clearly and confidently.

• Lead strategic change, helping teams and the wider organisation adapt and thrive.

• Coach and develop product teams, identifying skill gaps and building capability over time.

• Collaborate across disciplines – from engineering to UX to architecture – to ensure cohesive product delivery.

• Drive product strategy at scale, aligning multiple products and teams to deliver joined-up value.

• Prioritise with purpose, managing complex backlogs and trade-offs with a strong business focus.

• Champion Agile ways of working, with solid knowledge of Scrum, iterative delivery, and cross-functional teamwork.

• Visualise the future, bringing a clear product vision and user focus to everything you do.

• Bring technical awareness, enabling meaningful conversations with developers and understanding technology constraints.

• Make data-informed decisions, using insights, research, and analytics to guide direction.

• Design with empathy, ensuring products are intuitive, inclusive, and rooted in real customer needs.

• Lead with influence, inspiring teams without formal authority and keeping everyone aligned to shared goals.

• Continuously learn, staying ahead of trends in product, tech, and leadership to keep evolving our practice.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Educational Background: Degree or equivalent demonstrable experience in role

• Certifications: Certifications like Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO1) PSPO2 or similar are often beneficial, Scrum at Scale

• Scaled agile & product Management: Scaled Agile experience of working across multiple Agile teams.

• Relevant Experience: Prior experience in product management, Agile, Scrum, DevOps modes of operation, business analysis, or a related role in software development.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Full private healthcare with no excess

• 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

• A flexible working culture

• Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 6%

• Life Assurance at eight times your salary

• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary

• Bonus Scheme

• Lots of great discounts

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

• Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell

Why Anglian Water?

This is a rare opportunity to step into a high-impact leadership role at the heart of Anglian Water’s digital transformation. As Lead Product Owner, you won’t just influence individual products—you’ll shape how product thinking is embedded across our organisation.

You'll join a forward-thinking business that genuinely values innovation, sustainability, and putting people first. You’ll help deliver critical digital solutions that support our mission to safeguard the environment, serve our customers better, and future-proof our services for generations to come.

If you’re excited by challenge, driven by purpose, and ready to lead with vision and integrity—this is your next big step.

Closing date: 12th October 2025

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