Product Owner Apprentice

About Us:
Retail Trust offer professional development and growth opportunities to help you advance your career. 

Overview:
Join us and be part of a team pushing the boundaries of technology to deliver real-world impact and make the retail industry a happy and healthy workplace. 

You will receive guidance and mentorship from senior data engineers and team members, ensuring you have the support needed to grow and succeed. 
Most importantly, make a real impact with your work by improving the wellbeing of retail colleagues.

The Product Manager apprentice is responsible for supporting on delivering top-tier digital products underpinned by the deployment and performance of the Retail Trust Business Apps. 
This role involves conducting user and market research, managing product roadmaps, and collaborating across teams to ensure successful product development and performance.

Salary: 
£19,000 per annum. 

Duties:  

• Work with the Product Manager to execute the strategic vision for digital products.
• Support and conduct user and market research to identify new opportunities.
• Partner with the Product Team and business Champions to manage product roadmaps, backlogs, business systems projects and coordinate suppliers.
• Support the Product Manager on requirements discovery and user story writing.
• Support with product user testing and compilation of sprint release notes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team for feature development.
• Monitor and improve product performance continuously.
• Support on the deployment of Retail Trust Business Apps.

Desirable skills: 

• Strong communication skills
• Happy to work in a team 
• Can use own initiative with work projects
• Can take directions but also take the lead on projects

Entry requirements for this programme are as follows: 

• Level 3 Qualification (Apprenticeship/1 x A Level in any subject/BTEC etc.)?
• OR equivalent work experience (typically 2 years in a relevant role)?
  PLUS?
• 5 x GCSE’s including English & Maths at Grade 4 (C) or above

Perks / Benefits: 
Market-leading wellbeing and perks package which includes:

• Life assurance of four times your salary.
• A health cash plan, allowing you to claim back on the cost of a number of services such as optical, dental, medical.
• Access to a free counselling a support phoneline and a second medical advice service.
• The day off to celebrate your birthday.
• Enhanced family friendly benefits including up to ten days compassionate leave per year, three months full maternity pay, and two weeks full paternity pay.
• A pension scheme of up to 9% employer contributions.

Future prospects:  
90% of QA Apprentices secure permanent employment after finishing their apprenticeship. 
Additionally, there may be opportunities to undertake further apprenticeship training as many of our programs offer on-going development tracks. 

Important information: 
Our apprenticeships are the perfect way to gain new skills, earn while you learn, and launch yourself into an exciting future. With over 30,000 successful apprenticeship graduates, we're a top 50 training provider, dedicated to helping you succeed. 
Apply now!