Description
Senior Product Owner – Financial Services - £450 pd Inside IR35
We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Owner to join a leading financial services organisation undergoing significant digital and product-led transformation.
This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded, strategic Product Owner who can take full ownership of product vision, roadmaps, backlogs and business outcomes within a complex, highly regulated environment.
We are looking for a genuine Product Owner, not a Project Manager or delivery-focused Scrum Master.
You must be confident making product decisions, challenging stakeholders and driving measurable business value.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and drive the product vision, strategy and roadmap, aligned to business objectives.
- Manage and prioritise an enduring product backlog across multiple feature and technology teams.
- Lead product discovery, using customer insights, data and research to shape solutions.
- Define epics, features, user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Work closely with engineering, architecture, UX, data and business stakeholders.
- Make strategic decisions around prioritisation, capacity, commercial value and technical feasibility.
- Drive product performance, adoption and continuous improvement.
- Manage dependencies, risks and governance within a regulated financial services environment.
- Influence senior stakeholders and take accountability for product outcomes.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong experience as a Senior Product Owner / Product Manager, ideally with 5+ years in product ownership.
- Proven experience within banking or financial services.
- Experience owning complex product roadmaps and backlogs across multiple Agile teams.
- Strong product discovery, prioritisation and customer journey experience.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills at senior levels.
- Experience delivering technology-enabled change within large, regulated organisations.
- Strong commercial awareness and data-driven decision-making capabilities.
- Experience working with Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira, Confluence or Azure DevOps.
- Ability to work independently, manage ambiguity and deliver measurable outcomes.
Desirable Experience
- Retail or commercial banking, payments, lending, mortgages, digital banking or customer onboarding.
- Digital transformation, cloud modernisation, automation or data products.
- CSPO, PSPO or SAFe POPM certification.
Location: London – Hybrid (2 days per week onsite)
Contract
3–6 months rolling
Rate: £450 per day Inside IR35