Lab Technical Product Owner – DevOps

JOB TITLE: Technical Product Owner - DevOps Services

SALARY: £104,992 - £123,520 outside of London, or £124,653 - £146,650 in London

LOCATION(S): Halifax, Manchester or London

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: At least two days per week (or 40% of your time) at one of our offices listed above.

About this opportunity

We're the UK’s leading Digital Bank and the largest mobile bank, serving nearly 14 million active online customers. As we embark on building the bank of the future, we're investing £3bn to enhance our platforms, people, and data capabilities, reinforcing our position as the best bank for customers!

Our Engineering Platform is driving a transformation to modernise, accelerate, and standardise engineering practices across Lloyds Banking Group. As Technical Product Owner for the DevOps Services Lab, you will be the visionary and strategic leader driving the evolution of our DevOps product portfolio. You will shape and deliver innovative, scalable, and compliant DevOps solutions that empower engineering teams to accelerate software development and delivery, while meeting the demands of regulated environments. 

Key Responsibilities

Vision & Strategy 

• Define and execute the strategic roadmap for the DevOps Services Lab, ensuring alignment with the Lab’s product portfolio and the broader engineering platform vision. 

• Champion the transformation of DevOps tooling into modular, “as-a-Service” offerings, fully integrated with our Internal Developer Platform. 

• Anticipate industry trends and regulatory changes, ensuring our solutions remain at the forefront of technology and compliance. 

Product Ownership & Delivery 

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of DevOps products and services, from ideation and requirements gathering to roadmap definition, delivery, and continuous improvement. 

• Lead the adoption of AI-powered automation, infrastructure as code, and self-service enablement to optimise software development and delivery. 

• Ensure all solutions are robust, scalable, secure, and aligned with regulatory requirements.

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership 

• Build strong partnerships with engineering, product, and business partners to understand requirements, drive adoption, and evangelise standard processes. 

• Motivate, mentor, and guide multi-functional teams to provide impactful solutions that empower developers and improve product quality.

• Communicate complex technical concepts and product progress to both technical and non-technical audiences. 

Regulatory & Quality Focus 

• Leverage deep expertise in DevOps, software development, and delivery within regulated environments to ensure best-in-class solutions. 

• Define and track key performance indicators for DevOps effectiveness, quality, and compliance, using data insights to inform strategy and drive improvements. 

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What you’ll need

• Extensive experience in DevOps, software development, and platform engineering, with a consistent track record in regulated environments. 

• Demonstrated capability in defining product visions, requirements, and roadmaps for technical solutions, prioritizing work to improve strategic impact.

• Hands-on expertise in automation, CI/CD, IaC, compliance automation, and cloud platforms (Harness.io, Terraform, Github, Sonaytpe Platform, SonarQube, GCP, Azure) 

• Strong understanding of current trends and best practices in software engineering, including AI-powered software delivery and self-service enablement. 

• Displayed successful teamwork, cooperation, and leadership skills in various technical environments.

• Excellent communication skills, able to engage both technical and non-technical audiences. 

Any experience of these would be really useful

• Experience in financial services or other regulated industries. 

• Contributions to open-source projects related to DevOps or Platform Engineering. 

• Experience with advanced automation protocols and compliance frameworks. 

• Data-driven decision-making and strategic planning skills. 

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!