Product Manager / Product Owner (Back Office) – Contract – Remote – Outside IR35 - £500 per day We’re hiring a Product Manager / Owner to support one of our highest-priority platform initiatives. This is a central commercial platform, not a front-end user experience role. You’ll be working in a data-heavy, API-led environment, shaping requirements that impact multiple internal teams and upstream/downstream systems. This is a hands-on execution role, supporting a product team that is approaching a key release. You’ll help turn business needs into clear, actionable delivery items and ensure the engineering team has everything required to move efficiently. What You’ll Do Translate commercial and operational needs into structured product requirements Map data flows, upstream/downstream impacts, and system interactions Work closely with architects and senior engineers to clarify trade-offs and constraints Support backlog refinement, sprint readiness, and prioritisation Facilitate discovery and alignment sessions with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, and Commercial teams Document workflows and platform behaviours with clarity and consistency Challenge assumptions and highlight dependencies early to avoid delivery blockers Support testing and validation alongside Product and QA teams This role sits between Product, Engineering, and Commercial, ensuring clarity, alignment, and momentum. Must-Have Experience Product Business Analyst or Product Owner experience in platform / internal tooling environments Strong experience working in API / data integration projects Ability to work with architects and discuss data models, system interactions, and work decomposition Excellent backlog writing, user stories, acceptance criteria, and refinement skills Comfortable navigating multi-system complexity Confident communicator who can work with senior stakeholders, including director/C-suite Nice-to-Have Affiliate / iGaming / gaming industry experience, or similar performance-driven commercial platforms (The domain experience helps when working with commercial models, partner structures, and bonus/offer logic.) Experience supporting the launch or scaling of internal commercial platforms Familiarity with Jira, Miro, Confluence, and other collaborative tools The Environment Fast-paced, delivery-focused, highly cross-functional Expectation to act with initiative, clarity, and autonomy You’ll be stepping into a platform that is mid-launch, where precision and alignment are key