Job Details
Job Ref: 214666322
Date: 2021-09-15 14:42:08
Are you an experienced Product Owner with a sound knowledge of the Financial Services industry? If so, we want to hear from you.
Our Head Office is based in Preston, but this is a remote position, so the ideal candidate can be based anywhere in the UK.
As a Product Owner you will be the owner of a specified area of our Equity Release advice product and responsible for prioritising and maintaining its backlog. You will be a key member of the team, owning the delivery of a high-quality customer-led digital product. You will ensure focus on the items that will deliver the most significant business and market value. Working closely with the extended product teams to interpret and ensure alignment with strategy, roadmap and business goals.
Your duties and responsibilities:
Responsible for defining, prioritising and developing high-quality products and features that deliver demonstrable customer and business value
Fully responsible for the product backlog and refining it to reflect priorities, balancing benefit with effort, risk and technical complexity
Work collaboratively to elaborate user stories and ensure the team understands requirements, goals and how success will be measured
Work collaboratively across the business to align priorities and identify and manage dependencies with other Squads and technology teams
Represent the customer and provide feedback to the Team on the performance of the product in the market and against targets
Collaborate with the Product Manager and business to support the definition and development of the product roadmap and strategy
Create detailed user stories that breakdown the epic into end-to-end functionality
Wholly responsible for defining a buffer of refined user stories for upcoming sprints
Define and deliver acceptance criteria and the 'Definition of Ready' and 'Definition of Done' working collaboratively with the rest of the Team
Act as an ambassador for Agile best practices, lead sprint reviews and engage in daily stand-ups and sprint retrospectivesKeywords: SCRUM | Product Owner | Products | Agile Analysis | Equity Release | User Stories | Product Roadmap | Strategic | Communication | Financial Services | Sprint Reviews | Remote | Home Based
Benefits
23 days annual leave, plus Bank holidays / Car allowance / Pension / Healthcare Scheme
Additional Information
This role is home based, but may include some travel, so a car allowance is provided.
Essential Skills
Understand customer, commercial and business value of new product features
Apply agile analysis techniques for creating user stories and acceptance criteria
Understand the technology landscape of the product area they are working in
Good knowledge of agile Scrum methodology and practices
Produce high-quality artefacts to assist the team in the development of the feature
Make sound prioritisation decisions based on value and effort/risk to deliver
Demonstrable ability to take ownership and make effective decisions
Delivery focused with excellent attention to detail and drive to resolve issues
Experience of applying data and insight to inform decision-making
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skillsDesirable Skills
3+ years' experience of working as a PO/PM with Agile development teams
Experience and knowledge of Financial Services industry, with knowledge of the Equity Release market
Experience working with remote development team and third parties
Certified Scrum Product Owner qualification desirable About Company
Our purpose is to help people finance a better retirement. Our mission is to be the UK's leading later life lending company. Our connected portfolio of brands comprises of Key, Key Partnerships, more2life, The Equity Release Experts and Air Group
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