Senior Product Owner

Senior Product Owner

Our trusted partner, a financial services corporation that is currently embarking on a digital transformation campaign is recruiting a Senior / Lead Product Owner who has demonstrable product experience in one or all of the following - payments, accounts, financial crime prevention, and savings. This is an exciting position, where the chosen candidate will have autonomy, regularly engaging with C-Suite members of staff and senior stakeholders to deliver digital technology change during a pivotal period in our client's history.

Our client is looking to pay a basic salary of £70,000 to £90,000 + 25% bonus + 30 days holiday + excellent corporate benefits to be based in Wolverhampton or Chatham x 3 PW.

Core responsibilities:

• Understand customer and market needs and translate them into actionable product requirements.
• Define, prioritise, and ensure clear communication of requirements to deliver product features using EPICS and user stories
• Work closely with the organisation and SMEs to develop and execute the company’s desired product technology outcomes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including technology, design, customer service and 2nd Line of Defence to ensure successful delivery of products and features
• Stay current on new technologies and trends and evaluate their potential impact on the company's products.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and coaching to the supporting teams to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Develop a deep understanding of customer needs and market trends to inform the development of new products and the enhancement of existing ones.

Experience requirements

• Recent product experience in payments, accounts, financial crime prevention and savings is essential.
• Strong experience leading/overseeing a product function comprised of cross-functional engineers, Scrum Masters, and Business Analysts is must have
• Recent experience with digital product environments preferably within Azure is a must-have
• Strong capabilities in stakeholder management / managing third-party suppliers is a must-have
• Must have a strong understanding of Agile / SAFe Agile is a must
• Domain industry experience within financial services or regulated environments is nice to have
• Any experience of lending or savings system procedures would be fantastic.