It Innovation Adviser

• Help drive innovation – both mindset and practical delivery – throughout BDO’s 8,000 employees and at all levels
• Help the business areas create and define new opportunities, innovations and assess whether digital products can help deliver benefits for these areas
• Help the business define the benefits of the change, short and long term, tangible and intangible and assess priority
• Help to administer the internal innovation platform for all users, including helping people set innovation challenges and managing the ideas generated
• Assist the Product Owner where required in our Agile/SCRUM development process, and interface into our internal and external development teams
• Ensure the product is complete – i.e. the business strategy, the product specification, the business case and the technical requirements match the delivered solution, both commercially and technically
• Liaise with the Business Relationship Managers to help manage the pipeline of incoming products, PoCs/prototypes and technology requests. Support them with captivating content to extend the reach of innovation within business units
• Help manage the firm’s innovation community to communicate our product roadmap, and help develop new ideas and possible products
• Help arrange and deliver learning and training across a range of skills and levels, in order to increase uptake of delivered innovation, and to improve our Digital Mindset and client experience

• A passion for innovation and product development, from concept to delivery to ownership, with a demonstrable track record of successful products
• The ability to champion ideas, innovation, digital, mobile and AI in a professional services environment
• The ability to contribute to all aspects of digital product development, incl. business planning, costs/revenue projections, marketing/comms, operational planning, product requirements (including writing epics/features/stories and managing the product backlog), liaising with development teams and solution architects, change control, project timescales and costs, UX/UI and digital design, customer feedback and co-creation
• Excellent knowledge of digital and mobile product creation, with attention to detail and the desire for products to look fantastic and delight customers
• The ability to work with both internal delivery teams and external suppliers (including scouting, selection, managing commercial terms as well as actual delivery)
• The ability to manage challenging ideas full lifecycle, i.e. from idea to product
• Product Management and Product Owner experience and qualifications
• Knowledge of innovation and product development lifecycles, product design and delivery methodology
• The ability to organise product portfolio and manage backlog of change
• General agile delivery and management skills

Knowledge of the professional services sector, specifically accountancy areas of tax, audit and advisory, and the associated trends and products

• Agile working
• Programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development
• Informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching
• State-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices
• A range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources