Product Owner - Financial Services - Up to £65k
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Job ref:
PR/011807_1575997628
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Location:
City of London, London
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Sector:
Project/Programme Manager, Project management, Project /Programme Management
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Job type:
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Salary:
£55000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits and Bonus
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Contact:
Sophie Prescott
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Email:
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Published:
10 months ago
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Start date:
ASAP
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Consultant:
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Salary (depending on experience): £55,000 - £65,000 basic salary, plus benefits, bonus
Location: Central London
An exciting FinTech organisation with a global reach are now seeking a Product Owner to join their growing team. You will be working towards developing new products and enhancing existing products to improve user experiences both internally and externally. We are seeking a creative candidate, who can work with both technical and business teams to drive change and transformation across their product suite.
Day-to-day responsibilities:
- Work closely with the IT Business Partner and Technical Manager to define the strategy and roadmap for product
- Drive the delivery of projects and product development
- Use client and internal feedback to continually improve products
- Identify trends and issues and find suitable solutions
- Monitor the competitive landscape to ensure that products are ahead of the competition where possible
- Continually monitor key metrics for live products and projects to assess the success
- Ensure senior management are consulted, and agree to priorities and roadmaps
- Prepare Release notes ahead of changes to their product area
- Fulfil Scrum Product Owner responsibilities for assigned development teams
- Maintain and prioritise product backlog
- Ensure interested stakeholders are invited to relevant demos
- Produce, maintain, and communicate the product roadmap
- Gather and document requirements for new projects/product enhancements
- Manage projects within product area ensuring projects are delivered on-time and on-budget
- Maintain Jira backlog
- Support Business Analysts when necessary in the requirement gathering and analysis phase
- Monitor and process requests from the business, approving or rejecting as appropriate
Role Requirements:
- Must have proven experience as a Product Owner within a Financial Services environment, ideally within Trading environment
- Strong understanding of business priorities and requirements
- Excellent communication and presentation skills required
- Any prior understanding or exposure to big data tools and technologies would be beneficial
- Sound understanding of application development process and technologies
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Degree level education, ideally in a STEM subject or similar
If you are interested in the above role, please reply with an up-to-date copy of your CV via the link below.
The JM Group is operating and advertising as an Employment Agency for permanent positions and as an Employment Business for interim / contract / temporary positions. The JM Group is an Equal Opportunities employer and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds.
