Healthcare Product Owner

About the role

You will own the end-to-end lifecycle of our healthcare product backlog, translating complex scientific strategy into actionable, build-ready work for a cross-functional team. This role places you at the intersection of medical science, software delivery, and regulatory compliance, where your decisions directly shape patient-facing products. You will refine, specify, and prioritise requirements so that engineering, lab, and science teams can execute with clarity and confidence. Because we build software as a medical device, you will maintain rigorous evidence and traceability to meet the safety standards required by regulatory classification. You will grow your expertise in regulatory frameworks such as IEC 62304 and ISO 13485 while collaborating closely with Medical, Regulatory, and Quality stakeholders. You will independently drive well-defined delivery items and proactively surface risks, constraints, and opportunities during refinement sessions. Over time, you will strengthen your ability to balance scientific insight, user needs, and compliance obligations to support our mission of better, earlier, and more predictive healthcare.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Keep the product backlog continuously refined, well-specified, and build-ready for a cross-functional delivery team.
• Write clear user stories and explicit acceptance criteria in collaboration with Engineering, Science, Lab, Medical, Regulatory, Quality, and Design.
• Maintain a requirements board that accurately reflects cross-functional and regulatory requirements with up-to-date traceability.
• Review delivered work against acceptance criteria and the definition of done, clarifying ambiguous calls with the right stakeholders.
• Act as a delivery voice during discovery, flagging build implications, regulatory considerations, and evidence needs early in the process.
• Identify and communicate risks during backlog refinement, routing them to the appropriate owner to prevent downstream issues.
• Support the delivery team in understanding scientific context, ensuring that product decisions are informed by real user and medical needs.
• Contribute to a transparent and traceable requirements pipeline that enables reliable and safe software delivery.
• Champion continuous improvement by suggesting process enhancements that increase clarity, quality, and compliance.
• Work iteratively with senior product and delivery colleagues to grow your understanding of scope, prioritisation, and regulatory impact.

Requirements

• Some experience in a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar delivery role that has involved regulated software within a medical environment.
• Direct experience in medical device, IVD, or SaMD environments is a significant advantage and demonstrates relevant context.
• Solid capability in writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria that are unambiguous and testable.
• Comfort gathering and reconciling requirements from both technical and non-technical colleagues across diverse functions.
• A scientific background or a strong understanding of technical scientific products and workflows.
• Reliable and organised, with sound judgement on when to make a call and when to escalate for input and review.
• Clear and consistent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex topics so others can act on them.
• Commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, traceability, and documentation required for regulated software.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of standards such as IEC 62304 and ISO 13485 and how they influence software development and delivery decisions.
• Familiarity with polygenic risk scores, genetic data workflows, or healthcare analytics that sit within our product domain.
• Experience working in a transatlantic or multi-regional environment where coordination across locations and time zones is required.
• Exposure to AI-enabled or data-driven analytics platforms in life sciences or healthcare settings.
• An understanding of how clinical or laboratory workflows can be supported and improved through software.

Practical notes

• Hybrid working model with flexibility between London and Oxford locations.
• Full-time engagement with standard working hours expected.
• This role operates within a framework that requires adherence to internal policies, regulatory standards, and compliance procedures.
• Applicants should be eligible to work in the United Kingdom without sponsorship for this role.
• No additional travel requirements beyond normal commuting between office locations.

Your Package

We are committed to providing a transparent, supportive, and rewarding work environment.

Compensation & Growth

• Competitive Reward: Salaries are externally benchmarked annually to ensure market-aligned compensation.
• Clear Career Path: A straightforward, open progression framework means you'll always know the path to promotion and how to achieve your next career goal.
• Continuous Learning: Including external courses and a wide library of L&D materials, because your growth is our success.

WELLBEING & TIME OFF

• Holiday: 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus an extra 3-day company-wide shutdown at year-end.
• Financial & Health Security: Robust benefits including a market-leading pension scheme, comprehensive private health insurance for you and your family with NO excess, critical illness, and life assurance.
• Enhanced Leave: Enhanced paid family leave to support all new parents.

WORK ENVIRONMENT & CULTURE

• Hybrid Working
• Truly Inclusive Time Off: Our 'Bank Your Bank Holiday' program allows you to exchange public holidays for dates that hold personal or cultural significance to you.
• Vibrant Social Culture: From regular Town Halls and team picnics to organised sports events, our social committee ensures frequent opportunities to connect and celebrate.
• Green Commute: Cycle-to-Work scheme and convenient office locations near major transport hubs.

Ready to Build the Future?

If this opportunity excites you, apply now!

We are dedicated to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, or disability.