Associate, Product Owner

Burford Capital LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Burford Capital is seeking an Associate Product Owner to lead development and operation of Burford’s investment modelling platform. You will own product requirements and the development plan, working with developers and business analysts to deliver critical modelling infrastructure.

The role requires 2–4 years in product ownership, STEM degree, and practical Python experience, within an Agile environment. A strong analytical mindset and excellent communication are essential for cross-team

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience as a Product Owner or in a similar software-delivery role.
• Experience collaborating with development teams in an Agile setting.
• Development experience with Python is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the requirements for multiple workstreams within the investment modelling platform.
• Draft functional and technical specifications for new features and platform improvements.
• Coordinate with Tech, BI, and business analysts to ensure accurate requirements.
• Lead user acceptance testing and validate numerical outputs.
• Engage stakeholders to translate needs into clear, actionable requirements.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile delivery

Python

Software development

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in STEM

Job description

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Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore, and Dubai.

Burford Capital is the largest and most experienced provider of commercial finance to the legal sector in the world, with a core expertise in identifying and optimizing the value of legal assets for companies and law firms. Since its founding in 2009, Burford has worked with hundreds of law firms and corporations, including 94 of the AmLaw 100 and 92 of the Global 100 largest law firms. Our team has grown from five people at the end of 2009 to over 170 people today, including over 55 lawyers.

Burford possesses the resources and expertise of a large company while retaining the flexibility and creativity of a startup. Team members are smart, creative, collaborative, curious, and confident. Everyone rolls up their sleeves to perform and engage collectively for the overall success of the business. Burford values rigorous thinking, clear communication, and efficient execution. Burford is an “always on” environment in which everyone needs to be accessible by email when outside the office, including during evenings and weekends.

Burford pays base salaries consistent with the financial services industry and favors incentive compensation to reward performance. Burford Capital is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, whether or not they have a disability.

Responsibilities

The Strategy and Quantitative Analytics team at Burford Capital is seeking an Associate Product Owner to lead the ongoing development and operation of workstreams within Burford’s investment modelling platform. Acting as a link between the Strategy and Quantitative Analytics team, the Technology Team, and the platform’s users, the Associate Product Owner will own the product requirements, the specifications, and the development plan. Working closely with developers and business analysts, the Associate Product Owner will be responsible for delivering some of the most crucial pieces of Burford’s modelling infrastructure.

• Owning the requirements and analytical direction for multiple workstreams for the development and refinement of Burford’s proprietary investment modelling platform.
• Understanding technical modelling requirements, analysing proposed solutions, and troubleshooting potential edge cases or conflicts with existing modelling logic.
• Act as a representative of the Strategy and Quantitative Analytics team to developers and business analysts, directing function requirements.
• Engaging with users and stakeholders across the business to understand their needs and translate them into clear requirements.
• Drafting functional and technical specifications for new features, platform improvements, and analytical tools, defining analytical logic, calculations and modelling methodology they must implement.
• Managing test packets and validation materials to confirm that functionality performs as intended with calculations and outputs that are numerically correct.
• Defining and overseeing user acceptance testing to confirm that delivered functionality meets requirements and performs as intended.
• Coordinating with Project Management, Business Architecture, and Technology teams to support effective delivery of software changes.
• Identifying opportunities to improve Burford’s models and the systems that run them and communicating recommendations to the wider Strategy and Quantitative Analytics team.

Professional Development

The Associate Product Owner will benefit from the following opportunities:

• Formal training introducing litigation finance, financial modelling, and analysis.
• Hands‑on exposure to quantitative investment processes, model development, and the software development lifecycle for analytical platforms.
• Personalized mentorship from senior members of the Strategy and Quantitative Analytics team.
• Opportunities to contribute meaningfully to platform development, model analysis, and high‑impact projects supporting Burford’s investment decision‑making processes.

SKILLS DESIRED

Qualifications & Experience

• Outstanding academic record.
• 2‑4 years of experience as a Product Owner, or in a comparable role responsible for delivering software products.
• Recently completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a STEM field.
• Development experience with Python through projects or as a software developer is strongly preferable.
• Experience working alongside development teams, ideally within an Agile delivery environment.

Core Competencies & Skills

• Detail‑oriented with strong organizational, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Practical experience using AI tools to improve productivity and work quality, with a proactive mindset toward identifying new ways to use AI responsibly and effectively.
• Collaborative working style that enables interaction with team members at all levels of the company.
• High energy, self‑starter with an ability to comprehend and quickly learn new concepts.
• Strong Excel skills are required; capability to review, troubleshoot, and validate spreadsheet‑based analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.