Technology Owner
Graphcore is a SoftBank-owned AI-compute company developing AI processors, systems, and software for machine-learning workloads.
Funding history
About Graphcore
Graphcore develops Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) and the Poplar SDK for building and running machine-learning applications. It continues operating under the Graphcore name as a wholly owned SoftBank Group subsidiary.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will help component-based software teams deliver clear, prioritised outcomes. You will own and maintain component backlogs, build roadmaps, refine epics and stories, support sprint and PI planning, surface dependencies and risks early, coordinate with QA, performance and product teams, and define acceptance criteria while acting as a servant leader.
Requirements
- Experience working as a Product Owner or in a similar agile role
- Strong backlog management, refinement and roadmap development skills
- Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Confidence working with technical teams, complex systems and cross-team dependencies
- Strong facilitation skills
- Strategic mindset
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain team roadmaps for the Program Increment and long-term plan
- Translate feature-level intent into actionable component-level work
- Maintain a prioritised backlog of Epics and Stories
- Link all work to higher-level product outcomes
- Support sprint planning, reviews and demos with visual outputs
- Prepare the backlog for PI planning, identifying dependencies and risks early
- Ensure team work aligns with PI objectives
- Manage cross-team dependencies with Technical Product Owners, Product Managers and Technical Leads
- Coordinate with QA and Performance teams to support integrated delivery
- Define component-level acceptance criteria and support integration and release readiness
- Contribute to a community of practice on ways of working
- Act as a servant leader removing obstacles and protecting team focus
Benefits
- Unlimited annual leave
- Up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity
- Flexibility in how and where you work
- Free food and on-site barista
- Health cash plan
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- Choice of other benefits (private medical insurance, dental plan)
