Product Owner
Location
Edinburgh (2 Days Onsite)
Contract
18-24 Months
Rate
620 per day (Umbrella) or a PAYE salary of 82,000 per annum + 5% annual bonus
Role Purpose
As a Product Owner, you will report directly to the Team Product Owner. Your primary responsibility will be to design, launch, and enhance platform functionality, ensuring it meets both client and business needs. Collaborating with our Platform and Engineering teams, you will take initiatives from concept through to scalable, compliant delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Delivering Change
* Collaborate closely with our delivery teams throughout analysis, delivery, and release activities.
* Sign off on user stories and test cases, triage defects, and support business readiness activities while communicating updates effectively.
* Manage third-party providers, measure progress against plans, and ensure the quality of output.
Backlog Refinement
* Work alongside the Team Product Owner to manage the product backlog efficiently.
* Define and own user stories, outcomes, and acceptance criteria for all small to medium-scale change initiatives.
Product Management & Support
* Continuously monitor product performance, delivering measurable business value with each release. Use data-driven insights to inform product decisions.
* Represent the platform team during production incidents, define tactical and strategic solutions, and support their delivery.
Key Skills & Capabilities
Core Skills
* A strong user-centric mindset with the ability to represent the customer in complex delivery environments.
* Experience working in a technical delivery team, collaborating with suppliers, data, and engineering teams on technical aspects of the platform.
* Excellent ability to analyse and synthesize insights from data, research, and stakeholder input.
* Outstanding stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple disciplines.
Delivery & Ways of Working
* Proven experience in agile, product, or change delivery teams.
* Ability to support prioritization and decision-making using customer impact and evidence.
* A knack for encouraging and motivating teams to deliver high-quality output.
* Comfortable facilitating workshops, ceremonies, and alignment sessions.
Bonus Skills
* Familiarity with FNZ, financial services, Jira, and Confluence is a plus!
* Knowledge of pensions and investments is advantageous, but we are also open to candidates with robust technical experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
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