Location: Remote but UK based
Rate: £320 - £340 per day (OUTSIDE IR35)
Duration: 12 months
About the Role:
Are you a Product Owner with a background in consultancy for or direct experience within banking, investment, or asset management? Our client, a prominent global fintech company, seeks a dynamic individual to support their Digital Experience Team. This role is ideal for someone with a solid understanding of banking or investment systems and a proven record in delivering digital innovation projects specifically within the financial sector. You will play a critical role in refining and executing the product roadmap, engaging with stakeholders, and contributing to meaningful digital transformation in banking and finance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Backlog Ownership: Oversee and refine the product backlog to ensure alignment with strategic goals, specifically within the context of banking or investment systems.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with stakeholders from consultancy or financial institutions to analyze requirements, document user stories, and shape the product roadmap.
- Agile Scrum Management: Lead and manage Agile Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring smooth delivery cycles.
- Digital Product Demos: Conduct live demos and presentations of digital financial products for stakeholders at various technical levels.
- Full Product Lifecycle Management: Take ownership of features from initial analysis to post-launch, focusing on products that enhance banking, investment, or asset management services.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- 3+ years as a Product Owner, ideally within consultancy firms, banks, or investment management institutions.
- Experience in Banking & Investment: Proven background in digital innovation projects in the banking, investment, or asset management sectors.
- Strong expertise in managing digital products across web and mobile platforms, focused on financial services.
- Proficiency with Agile tools like JIRA and Confluence and a solid understanding of the full product lifecycle.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, adept at engaging stakeholders in consultancy or financial environments.
- Analytical, detail-oriented mindset with problem-solving abilities relevant to financial and investment systems.
What’s in it for You?
Join a pioneering team within an organisation that’s driving digital transformation across the financial services sector. This role offers exposure to high-impact projects that serve some of the most valuable brands in banking and investment. You’ll be part of an international, collaborative culture where your expertise in consultancy, banking, or investment services will be instrumental in shaping industry-leading products.