Product Owner

Join Our Team as a Product Owner!

Location: Edinburgh (2 Days Onsite)
Contract: 18-24 Months
Rate: £620 per day (Umbrella) or a PAYE salary of £82,000 per annum + 5% annual bonus

Are you ready to make a significant impact in the world of financial services? We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Product Owner to join our dynamic team. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the Scottish Widows Platform, a cutting-edge solution designed to meet the evolving needs of today's financial advisers. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and have a passion for delivering exceptional products, we want to hear from you!

Role Purpose:
As a Product Owner, you will report directly to the Team Product Owner. Your primary responsibility will be to design, launch, and enhance platform functionality, ensuring it meets both client and business needs. Collaborating with our Platform and Engineering teams, you will take initiatives from concept through to scalable, compliant delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

Delivering Change:

• Collaborate closely with our delivery teams throughout analysis, delivery, and release activities.
• Sign off on user stories and test cases, triage defects, and support business readiness activities while communicating updates effectively.
• Manage third-party providers, measure progress against plans, and ensure the quality of output.

Backlog Refinement:

• Work alongside the Team Product Owner to manage the product backlog efficiently.
• Define and own user stories, outcomes, and acceptance criteria for all small to medium-scale change initiatives.

Product Management & Support:

• Continuously monitor product performance, delivering measurable business value with each release. Use data-driven insights to inform product decisions.
• Represent the platform team during production incidents, define tactical and strategic solutions, and support their delivery.

Key Skills & Capabilities:

Core Skills:

• A strong user-centric mindset with the ability to represent the customer in complex delivery environments.
• Experience working in a technical delivery team, collaborating with suppliers, data, and engineering teams on technical aspects of the platform.
• Excellent ability to analyse and synthesize insights from data, research, and stakeholder input.
• Outstanding stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple disciplines.

Delivery & Ways of Working:

• Proven experience in agile, product, or change delivery teams.
• Ability to support prioritization and decision-making using customer impact and evidence.
• A knack for encouraging and motivating teams to deliver high-quality output.
• Comfortable facilitating workshops, ceremonies, and alignment sessions.

Bonus Skills:

• Familiarity with FNZ, financial services, Jira, and Confluence is a plus!
• Knowledge of pensions and investments is advantageous, but we are also open to candidates with robust technical experience.

If you are excited about the opportunity to drive change and enhance a vital platform in the financial services sector, apply today! Join us in creating innovative solutions that empower financial advisers and their clients.

We can't wait to meet you!

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