Digital Product Owner - Level 4 Digital Product Manager Higher Apprenticeship

Turn your curiosity into a career.

If you’re passionate about delivering digital solutions, eager to learn, and looking for an apprenticeship that blends academic study with hands-on experience, we’d love to hear from you…

Benefits of the programme:

• Earn a salary while studying for your apprenticeship
• Gain hands-on experience in a real working environment
• Receive job-specific training and development
• Achieve a recognised qualification
• Secure a permanent role from the start of your apprenticeship
• Tuition fees for the approved training providers are fully covered

About the Role:

As a Digital Product Owner Apprentice, you will develop the product knowledge, practical skills and professional behaviours needed to define, prioritise and deliver valuable products and improvements.

Working as part of our product and delivery community, you will contribute to live projects by collaborating with engineering, design, data, systems and domain specialists to turn user and business needs into clear outcomes, well-prioritised work and measurable delivery.

What You Will Learn

Your responsibilities may include:

• Working with experienced product owners, AIDMs and teams on live initiatives to learn effective product practices
• Shadowing Product Owners and AIDMs to understand customer and stakeholder needs, translating them into clear product goals and requirements
• Contributing to product discovery, including defining user problems, assumptions and success metrics
• Supporting backlog refinement by collecting input, flagging risks, and proposing reworded requirements for clarity
• Supporting validation through demos, feedback loops and continuous improvement of product outcomes
• Conducting straight forward stakeholder and user research (e.g., interviews, surveys, feedback review) and summarising findings
• Supporting product discovery activities by helping write drafts of problem statements, hypotheses and success measures
• Producing lightweight documentation (e.g., user story notes, FAQs, release notes drafts, decision records)
• Supporting change management activities such as training materials, rollout checklists and escalation paths

Apprenticeship Programme

This is a 24-month programme aligned to the Level 4 Digital Product Manager Apprenticeship standard. Delivered in partnership with a digital specialist provider, the programme is delivered via a virtual model including:

• Live virtual lectures
• Online learning resources
• Self-directed learning activities

The programme will conclude with an End Point Assessment, followed by roll-off into your permanent role within the Thales UK business.

Entry Requirements:

To apply, you will need:

• 1 A Level in any subject or BTEC equivalent or Level 3 Apprenticeship
• 5 GCSEs grade 9-4 (A-C) including English and Maths (or equivalent)

Benefits

• Competitive salary of £24,000 per annum
• Performance-related pay uplifts
• Holiday entitlement of 201 hours a year (plus a company day and bank holidays)
• Contributory Company Pension
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Hybrid/flexible working options
• Employee assistance programme
• Learning and development support
• Employee discounts and wellbeing initiatives
• Life Cover
• 80 Hours Volunteering per year (first two years)

About the Company

Because of the work we do at Thales, all roles are subject to security requirements.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity, and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

Thales Apprentice Recruitment Process

• Apply Online - submit your application online to register your interest. You only need to register for one role as you will have the opportunity to apply for additional roles at the full application stage.
• Upload Your CV
• Check your emails for the invitation to apply – this will come from recruiting@jobalerts.thalesgroup.com
• Complete Your Application – follow the link provided in the email to complete your application. You can apply for one primary role and up to 3 additional roles.
• Complete Online Tests - undertake the online assessments designed to evaluate your suitability for the role.
• Virtual Assessment Centre - candidates who progress from the online assessment stage will attend a virtual assessment centre, which will include group exercises, and competency-based interviews.
• Job Offer – successful candidates who perform well throughout the recruitment process will receive a job offer from Thales.

For further information about our Future Talent recruitment process, including hints and tips, or to connect with a member of the Future Talent Team, a Graduate, or an Apprentice, please visit Thales Future Talent - Connectr.

Please note, assessment centres for shortlisted candidates will be held between February - May 2027. Induction week for all Graduate and Apprentices will take place from Monday 6 September - Friday 10 September 2027.

Closing date: Our applications will close at 11.59pm on Wednesday 17 February 2027, this is the only time we will be accepting applications this year. Please note, we will be in contact by the end of February 2027 with details of next steps.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ROLES MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE ADVERTISED DEADLINE IF WE RECEIVE A HIGH NUMER OF APPLICATIONS. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID MISSING OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY.

To be considered for this position, you must have the permanent right to work in the UK and be able to successfully complete and maintain UK Government security checks, including Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) screening and Security Clearance (SC), which is a government background check, before starting employment.

To be eligible for SC clearance, you will typically need to have lived in the UK continuously for the last five years. As part of the vetting process, you will be asked to provide evidence of your identity, right to work in the UK, any time spent overseas during the last five years, and your employment and/or education history.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button. Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.