Job Description

Job Title: Salesforce Product Owner

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Introduction

Dentsu is the network designed for what\xe2\x80\x99s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity.

Part of dentsu, dentsu International is a global leader that specialises in Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, and Retention to enable clients to keep \xe2\x80\x9cwinning\xe2\x80\x9d whilst ensuring customer growth and experience is at the very forefront for their businesses.

We\xe2\x80\x99re hiring a Salesforce Product Owner as part of our Global Technology team in Manchester or London.

Purpose of the Role

An exciting opportunity for a Product Owner has arisen to assist us in improving our Sales & Client Management platforms within dentsu.

Working within dentsu Service Lines and Primary Markets, the key focus will be to handle the business needs and demand management of the Global Stakeholders.

In this role, you will assist in the planning and management of the implementation of various sales solutions within the portfolio. You will be working with a team of other Product Owners and Architects to develop Proof of Concepts and implement & understand what functionality is available \xe2\x80\x98Out of the Box\xe2\x80\x99 and via other sources.

You will be responsible for defining an effective design, propose alternative approaches to tackling stated business problems and maintain effective levels of communication with all business Stakeholders.

You need to be a talented, passionate, efficient Product Owner with strong analytic skills and an inventive storyteller.

You must be able to collaborate well with colleagues and bring cross-functional teams together around a common vision.

You welcome feedback from a wide variety of Stakeholders and tap your intuition to make the right decision in the absence of definitive facts.

You deftly balance business needs with simple, engaging, user-centred solutions.

You are adept at working in an Agile/Scrum product development environment that is cross-functional and highly collaborative.

Key Responsibilities

Define, create, and communicate product roadmaps aligned with business objectives and supported by business cases.

Work cross-functionally with all areas of the business, partnerships, and with Senior Stakeholders in Sales; Process Owners, Architects, and team members

Manage backlog prioritisation of work.

Be accountable for delivering incremental value.

Work with Scrum Master and delivery team daily, answering questions, addressing ambiguities, being available to solve issues.

Inspire the team and bring a unique vision and perspective for the Product for what is possible.

Agree timelines and deadlines for development; help define features development prioritisation.

Help define capabilities direction, own the design, execution, and measure ongoing improvements against short and long-term goals.

Design simple solutions for complex workflows including all design deliverables.

Qualifications + Skills

Must have previous working experience as a Product Owner for a minimum of 1 year.

Must have minimum 3 years Salesforce (Sales Cloud) experience.

Experience across the entire commercial ecosystem: Sales Cloud, MarTech, CLM

Project management experience

Professional demeanour with strong written and presentation skills

Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively with Senior-Level Stakeholders

In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles

Candidate must possess strong MS Excel proficiency.

Outstanding leadership and sharp analytical, problem-solving skills

Self-motivated and capable of both self-management and working with a team to achieve project objectives.

Able to work under tight deadlines, balancing and prioritising multiple responsibilities.

Critical thinking skills with competence to analyse data to make informed decisions and recommendations.

Proficiency in searching for meaningful patterns, trends, and relationships in data and articulating findings for simplified business understanding.

Excellent organisational and time management skills.

Experience working remotely and asynchronously with team members across different countries and time zones.

What we offer

This is a permanent role. The team is based in our London & Manchester offices, but operates under flexible working arrangements and as such you can be based anywhere in the U.K. As well as a competitive salary, you\xe2\x80\x99ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs which includes:

Competitive Salary

Company-provided Medical Healthcare

Generous Pension provisions

Health and Wellness benefits

Volunteering days

Life Assurance

Working in diverse teams where you can make a real impact.

Exciting and rewarding environment.

Varied work across industries

Inclusion and Diversity

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles \xe2\x80\x93 we can\xe2\x80\x99t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

About dentsu

Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc. we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and our 65,000 employee-base of dedicated professionals work across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion sits at the heart of our Social Impact strategy \xe2\x80\x93 our fully integrated sustainability strategy which includes our ambition to build a fair and more equal society, where everyone is equipped to thrive.

Location: Manchester - Bonded Warehouse

Brand: Global Technology

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Dentsu International