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Our teams are based in the UK, Europe, and India, working on products that are used on a global scale. We have a clear and defined road map to deliver over the next 3 years, which is centred around a large-scale digital transformation as well as continuing our growth and expansion.\nWe embrace diversity and equality and want our employees to be comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. Creating a culture of Equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it improves every aspect of our business.\nPurpose\nThe Product Specialist is responsible for translating product strategy into high-quality, deliverable outcomes through effective backlog management and close collaboration with cross-functional teams.\nCombining strong product delivery capability with deep industry expertise, this role ensures that solutions are both technically robust and aligned to real-world customer needs. The Product Specialist plays a critical role in enabling efficient delivery while acting as a subject matter expert within their domain.\nKey Responsibilities\nBacklog Ownership & Refinement\nOwn, manage, and continuously refine the product backlog to ensure it is clear, prioritised, and actionable\n\nTranslate product strategy and discovery insights into well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria\n\nEnsure backlog items meet Definition of Ready (DoR) and align with delivery goals\n\nDelivery Planning & Execution\nLead backlog refinement and sprint planning, ensuring clarity of priorities and scope\n\nSupport the team in delivering high-quality increments aligned to defined outcomes\n\nContribute to release planning and ensure readiness for deployment\n\nTeam Enablement & Collaboration\nAct as the primary point of contact for the development team for requirements clarification\n\nWork closely with Engineering, QA, and Design to ensure smooth and efficient delivery\n\nRemove ambiguity and unblock teams to maintain delivery momentum\n\nQuality & Acceptance\nValidate delivered work against acceptance criteria and Definition of Done (DoD)\n\nEnsure quality standards are met in collaboration with QA and stakeholders\n\nSupport user acceptance testing (UAT) and release sign-off processes\n\nStakeholder & Feedback Management\nCollaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and feedback\n\nEnsure stakeholder needs are reflected in backlog prioritisation\n\nCommunicate delivery progress, risks, and changes effectively\n\nPerformance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement\nMonitor product performance and delivery metrics to identify improvement opportunities\n\nFeed insights into backlog prioritisation and future iterations\n\nContribute to continuous improvement of agile processes and team effectiveness\n\nDomain & Industry Expertise\nAct as a subject matter expert (SME) within your product domain, maintaining deep knowledge of industry practices, customer workflows, and trends\n\nApply industry expertise to shape requirements, challenge assumptions, and improve solution design\n\nEnsure delivered features reflect real-world customer use and industry best practice\n\nPartner with customers and stakeholders as a trusted advisor for domain-specific insight\n\nCarry out specialist domain specific tasks relevant to your product\n\nKey Skills, Experience and Qualifications\nProduct Delivery & Agile Expertise\nExperience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in an agile environment\n\nStrong understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and product development practices\n\nAbility to translate product strategy into clear, actionable user stories and deliverables\n\nExperience managing and prioritising a product backlog\n\nIndustry & Domain Expertise\nExperience working closely with customers or within the industry\n\nAbility to apply domain expertise to shape requirements and improve solutions\n\nUnderstanding of relevant regulatory, commercial, or operational considerations (where applicable)\n\nRecognised as a trusted source of domain knowledge by stakeholders\n\nAnalytical Thinking & Problem Solving\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail\n\nAbility to use data and feedback to inform decisions and improvements\n\nCollaboration & Communication\nStrong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear requirements\n\nProven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams\n\nConfidence engaging with stakeholders and customers\n\nQuality & Delivery Focus\nExperience working closely with engineering and QA to ensure high-quality delivery\n\nStrong understanding of DoR and DoD\n\nAbility to balance delivery pace with quality\n\nTools & Technical Familiarity\nFamiliarity with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence or similar\n\nComfortable working with technical teams and understanding dependencies and constraints\n\nWhat you get from us:\nIf you're looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. We believe everyone at Causeway has a vital role to play in our success. Causeway is fuelled by curiosity and is a place for people who beam with positivity and burn with ambition.\nOur team is everything, so we’ll take good care of you. In fact, we give well-being the same priority as our other business goals. We’re strong advocates of work-life balance, offering hybrid working alongside the opportunity to work from modern, collaborative offices.\nOur Values\nWe areUnited. As part of a team, we’re better together.\nWe areAgile. Be the change, we’re on a journey.\nWe areTrusted. Do the right thing, we own this.\nWe areDriven. Get stuck in, we make it happen.\nBenefits\nAs a leader in employee engagement and people management, there are fantastic benefits and rewards at Causeway. We strive, year on year, to achieve recognition as an award-winning workplace that our employees love. We’ve selected just a few of the many benefits available below to show you how we take care of our Causeway stars.\n25 days annual leave + public holidays, increasing with length of service.\n\n4% matched pension.\n\nIncome protection and life assurance.\n\nAccess to our award-winning benefits platform.\n\nWe take mental health seriously and have a dedicated EAP available 24/7.\n\n£100 allowance towards a fitness club.\n\nDell discounts.\n\nPrivate Medical Insurance.\n\nPaid study leave + volunteering days.\n\nCar Scheme.\n\nLike all responsible companies Causeway is aware of the need to recognise the importance of protecting our environment and addressing the climate emergency. Causeway is a carbon neutral company and we offset our calculated carbon footprint. 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