Senior Product Owner - Infrastructure Platforms

SD Worx is a leading European provider of Payroll & HR services with global reach. We have offices in Europe and Mauritius. Our goal? We bring people solutions to life and turn HR into a value source for our clients and their people.

Our people solutions span the entire employee journey, from salary payment to attracting, rewarding, and developing talent. Are you ready to join us?

We are seeking a Senior Product Owner for Infrastructure Platforms to join our large international products team. This role can be based from any of our offices in the UK; Glasgow, Manchester or London.

About the role:

We are seeking a Senior Product Owner – Infrastructure Platforms to lead and drive the strategic evolution of our Database (primarily SQL estate) and Server (WinTel / Hypervisor) platforms , including VMware and future compute models, within our SaaS organisation.

This role combines deep infrastructure domain ownership with strong Product Ownership leadership. Infrastructure is treated as a product , serving internal customers such as Product Tribes, Product Owners, and Product Managers.

You will be accountable for platform vision, roadmap, modernization, Agile delivery maturity, risk reduction, and internal customer satisfaction — ensuring that our infrastructure enables scalable, secure, resilient SaaS services while migrating progressively toward cloud-native architectures.

What do we have to offer?

• A dynamic environment: flexible working hours and working from home

• 25 days holiday + 8 days public holiday

• Flexible benefits scheme (including ability to buy additional 5 days holiday)

• Pension up to 6% matched

• Car allowance

• Private medical Insurance

• Variable pay bonus

• Workation: possibility to work from any SD Worx location (4 weeks per year, EU only)

• Referral program

• Learning opportunities: through an individual development plan and professional training

• Career growth: whether you want to become more of an expert in your field or want to expand your knowledge more horizontally, there is always room to grow within SD Worx!

Which tasks can you expect?

Platform Product Ownership

• Act as the Product Owner for Database and Server (Wintel) platforms

• Define and own the vision, roadmap, and lifecycle of SQL and WinTel/Hypervisor platforms.

• Ensure platform stability, performance, scalability, and cost optimisation.

• Manage technical debt and drive long-term modernization (cloud migration, automation-first operations).

• Clearly articulate platform value and maturity expectations to internal customers.

Database Platform Ownership (SQL Focus)

• Lead full SQL estate lifecycle across on‑prem and cloud.

• Develop and execute cloud migration strategy (PaaS/IaaS/hybrid).

• Govern versioning, HA/DR, backup/restore, patching, and security compliance.

• Improve performance, scalability, observability, and automation maturity.

Server (WinTel/Hypervisor) Platform Ownership

• Own strategy for Windows Server, VMware, and compute platforms.

• Modernize compute, improve automation, and reduce manual provisioning.

• Improve provisioning lead times and cost transparency (FinOps).

• Guide hypervisor rationalisation and cloud-first design.

Stakeholder & Internal Customer Management

• Act as primary liaison between infrastructure squads and product tribes.

• Translate business needs into clear backlog items and priorities.

• Align platform roadmap with product roadmaps and communicate strategy clearly.

• Manage expectations, risks, and internal customer satisfaction.

Backlog Ownership & Value Prioritisation

• Maintain structured, prioritised backlogs with clear epics and user stories.

• Balance stability, modernization, optimisation, risk, and technical debt.

• Ensure backlog items are sprint‑ready and aligned to outcomes.

Agile Maturity & Delivery Excellence

• Partner with Technical Lead and Scrum Master to ensure strong Agile practice.

• Lead or support ceremonies: planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives.

• Clarify priorities during sprints and accept completed work.

• Drive squad maturity and meaningful, outcome‑focused delivery.

Governance, Risk & Operational Maturity

• Maintain risk visibility, DR and resilience standards, and compliance readiness.

• Prepare for audits and track key platform KPIs (availability, provisioning time, automation, cost efficiency, technical debt).

• Ensure platforms continually improve in operational effectiveness.

What do you have to offer?

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in infrastructure, platform, or SaaS environments

• Strong domain knowledge in:

  • SQL Server platforms

  • Windows Server environments

  • VMware / Hypervisors

  • Cloud migration strategies

• Experience operating in Agile delivery models

• Demonstrated backlog ownership and prioritisation capability

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Experience balancing operational stability with modernization

Preferred Experience

• Azure, AWS or GCP exposure

• FinOps principles

• DR and resilience architecture

• Platform engineering transformation programs

From many places, we work as one, moving from better to best together.

SD Worx embraces diversity in the workplace. Diversity brings inspiration and innovation to our company. We particularly welcome applications from qualified talent, regardless of origin, nationality, gender, skin color, ethnic and social background, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or stage of life.