Technical Product Owner

About the job

Turn product intent into the technical work that moves AI compute forward.

As a Technical Product Owner, you will help component-based software teams deliver clear, prioritised and meaningful outcomes. You will connect product intent, engineering delivery and cross-team coordination.

Your work will support software that spans bare metal silicon through to the machine learning tools stack. You will make complex systems easier to plan, explain and deliver.

You will own component backlogs, shape roadmaps, refine epics and stories, and support sprint and PI planning. You will also surface dependencies, risks and trade-offs early.

This role suits someone who brings calm, clarity and momentum to technical teams. You will help engineers focus on the work that matters most.

The team and culture

You will work with component-based software teams across Graphcore’s engineering organisation. These teams build across the full AI compute stack, from silicon-level software to ML tools.

Work happens through clear planning, practical discussion and fast feedback. You will help teams visualise progress, involve the right people and make delivery risks visible early.

Decisions are shaped by product outcomes, technical evidence and team insight. You will encourage open challenge, protect focus and enable empowered decision-making.

Responsibilities and Duties 

Own and Shape the Component Backlog 

• Create and maintain team roadmaps for the Program Increment (PI) and long term plan to help visualise the current backlog and communicate status and progress to all stakeholders. 

• Translate feature-level intent into actionable component-level work and feedback team intent and challenges to help shape the features with the Technical Product Manager. 

• Maintain a clear, prioritised backlog of Epics and Stories for your component team. 

• Ensure all work is clearly linked to higher-level product outcomes. 

Support Delivery Across Sprints and Planning Increments 

• Actively support sprint planning, reviews, demos, providing visual outputs that demonstrate progress against the plan, learnings and changes. 

• Involve the team in the right discussions to ensure desired outcomes are realistic, and the team’s ability to deliver them are clearly communicated. 

• Ensure the backlog is sufficiently maintained to prepare for PI planning, identifying dependencies and risks early and aligning with other teams on the scope taken into planning. 

• Ensure your team’s work aligns with agreed PI objectives. 

Coordinate Across Teams 

• Work closely with other Technical Product Owners, Technical Product Managers, and Technical Leads to manage cross-team dependencies. 

• Coordinate early with QA and Performance teams to support integrated delivery. 

• Help ensure integration and system behaviour are planned. 

Champion Quality, Collaboration, and Trust 

• Define clear component-level acceptance criteria and support readiness for integration and release. 

• Contributing to a growing community of practise developing ways of working to find the best way to deliver 

• Encourage open discussion, early risk-sharing, and constructive challenge. 
• Act as a servant leader: removing obstacles, protecting team focus, and enabling empowered decision-making. 

What we’re looking for

· 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, with the ability to guide discussions to clear outcomes.
· Strategic mindset, with empathy and the ability to bring calm, clarity and support.

While we have outlined a set of requirements, we value transferable skills and diverse experiences. If you meet most of our essential criteria, we encourage you to submit an application and showcase how your background makes you a strong candidate.

Benefits

· Unlimited annual leave
· Up to 5% matched pension
· Phantom equity – share in Graphcore’s success
· True flexibility in how and where you work
· Office spaces designed for collaboration
· Free food and an on-site barista
· Health cash plan
· Income protection
· Life assurance
· Along with other benefits you can choose from (private medical insurance, dental plan etc)

We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and recognise that everyone brings different strengths and perspectives. If you need any adjustments during the interview process, just let us know - we’re happy to support you.

Join the Team at Graphcore

Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.

As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.

Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore brings together deep expertise to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful progress in AI compute.

If you want to bring clarity and momentum to the teams building Graphcore’s AI compute stack, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to be part of the journey.