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.
Senior Product Owner