Lead discovery, influence direction, and shape RiskProof for global growth. Shield Safety | Manchester (Hybrid) | Permanent, Full time
Why this role exists We’re looking for a Senior Product Owner to join a high performing Product team. This is an opportunity for someone who brings depth, confidence, and a genuine growth mindset to help drive product excellence across a complex and fast moving portfolio.
You’ll play a central role in shaping our software for global growth, including evolving Safe to Trade into RiskProof and scaling RiskProof internationally, while contributing to the company’s long term growth strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end to end product discovery, from rapid assessments through to deeper, structured investigations
Facilitate and run effective workshops, ensuring clarity, direction, and meaningful outcomes
Work closely with a wide range of stakeholders, building trust through transparent decision making, clear communication, and collaboration with Engineering and Software teams
Demonstrate proactive ownership through concise updates, solution led thinking, and confident leadership, maintaining agility and independent problem solving throughout
Champion strong product behaviours within a collaborative team of established Product Owners
Motivate your peers and cross functional partners, helping the wider organisation deliver value efficiently and consistently
Encourage and contribute to a culture that avoids blame, stays proactive, and maintains constructive communication with customers even in challenging situations
Work with your own development team, taking ownership and responsibility for the modules you own
You’ll likely be a great match if you can demonstrate Product direction and outcomes You can explain vision and goals, make trade offs, and connect delivery to outcomes and metrics
Strong discovery craft You run discovery, reduce risk, and convert insights into a roadmap teams can execute
User and customer understanding You speak with real empathy, use research and insights, and can articulate users and jobs to be done
Collaborative product leadership You work effectively with peers, contribute to shared ways of working, and take pride in strong product behaviours across the team
Practical use of AI You use AI tools as part of your day to day product work to support discovery, decision making, and delivery
Requirements
Proven experience as a Product Owner or Senior Product Owner in a structured delivery environment, with a demonstrable record of achievement
Strong facilitation, communication, and leadership skills
Confidence owning complex problem spaces and driving forward clear, actionable solutions
Collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively with Engineering teams
Commitment to personal and team growth, continuous learning, and reflective practice
Hands on approach, comfortable using AI tools and strategies in daily work
Resilience, professionalism, and the ability to operate in a fast paced environment
Ability to balance structured processes with independent thinking and creative problem solving
About Shield Safety (RiskProof) Shield Safety is a UK leading Environmental Health Consultancy trusted for over 20 years to help businesses stay compliant, operate efficiently, and keep people safe. As a software enabled services business, we combine expert consultancy with our award winning platform RiskProof to help thousands of businesses stay compliant and keep people safe, from independents to major brands.
We work with thousands of businesses across Hospitality, Retail, and Leisure, from independent cafés to household names such as Tesco, ASDA, YO! Sushi, Radisson Hotels, and KFC. With a 90 percent client retention rate, customers rely on us to remove the stress, cost, and complexity from safety management.
Our Values We combine ambition with a relaxed, supportive culture that is fast paced, collaborative, and focused on helping people grow.
5 weeks’ holiday plus bank holidays with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
Flexible working including flexi time and remote options
Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing app
Generous Maternity and Paternity Leave
Enhanced Pension
Health Cash Plan
Clear progression and training and development support
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