Product Owner, Digital Solutions (IoT)

Location: Slough, England, United Kingdom

Company

John Crane, part of Smiths Group, develops mission-critical flow control products and predictive digital monitoring technologies for energy and process industries. Smiths operates across security and defence, space and aerospace, energy, and general industrial markets.

What you will do

• Own quarterly roadmap commitments for the John Crane Sense portfolio, including Sense Monitor and Sense Turbo.
• Translate product priorities into user stories, sprint plans, delivery activities, and backlog priorities.
• Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, delivery reviews, and sprint-level prioritisation with software development teams.
• Coordinate offshore software teams and external technology partners, including Tribosonics and Sensoteq, while monitoring deliverables and supplier performance.
• Communicate delivery status, risks, dependencies, and timelines across Product Management, Product Operations, Engineering, Compliance, and Digital leadership.
• Improve release quality, stability, reliability, testing, defect prevention, certification support, and delivery processes.

Requirements

• Experience as a Product Owner, Delivery Lead, Business Analyst, Project Manager, or in a similar role.
• Proven experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Strong backlog management expertise using Jira.
• Experience coordinating offshore software development teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and supplier engagement skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Proactive, delivery-focused mindset with strong problem-solving capability.

Nice to have

• Experience with connected products, IoT solutions, industrial software, or condition monitoring technologies.
• Understanding of hardware and software integration.
• Experience supporting certification and compliance activities.
• Knowledge of rotating equipment, reliability engineering, or industrial analytics.
• Product Owner certification such as PSPO, CSPO, or an equivalent Agile qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with competitive compensation and benefits.
• Inclusive culture supported by employee resource groups covering Veterans, Pride, Black employees, Women@Work, and Neurodiversity.
• Recognition through the annual Smiths Excellence Awards and Smiths Day celebration.
• Equal consideration for qualified applicants regardless of legally protected characteristics.
• Smiths Group and its recruitment partners never request payment during the hiring process.

Hiring process

• Apply directly through the Smiths Group careers website; do not make payments for interviews or testing.