Product Owner- Clio Operate

Product Owner- Clio Operate– Hybrid (2 days a week in the office)- £70-75k- Manchester, London

My client, a legal firm, is currently recruiting for an experienced Product Owner to lead the development and rollout of Clio Operate. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the product backlog, driving delivery priorities, and ensuring successful implementation across multiple legal businesses.

This role combines product ownership, stakeholder engagement, agile delivery, and project management, offering the opportunity to play a key role in a major legal technology transformation programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the Clio Operate product backlog, translating business requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, developers, testers, and migration specialists to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Lead agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, the development team, and programme governance.
• Manage delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and release schedules.
• Oversee testing, release sign-off, and go-live readiness.
• Support implementation, go-live, and hypercare activities across multiple locations.
• Provide regular updates on progress, risks, and key decisions to programme leadership and governance boards.
• Product Owner certification such as CSPO or PSPO.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working with legal case management systems in a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role.
• Demonstrable project management experience, ideally supported by qualifications such as PRINCE2, APM, or PMP.
• Experience managing product backlogs and delivering within agile environments.
• Strong knowledge of agile tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Monday.com.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working across multiple business units, sites, or locations.
• Willingness to travel regularly to offices across the UK.
• Experience with Clio Operate and/or ShareDo.
• Previous involvement in legal technology migration or consolidation programmes.
• Knowledge of workflow configuration and data migration processes.
• Experience within legal services or professional services organisations.

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