Digital Proposition Specialist

Quilter plc; Southampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday 26 days

Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance 4x salary

Income Protection

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

Quilter plc in Southampton is seeking a Digital Proposition Product Owner to drive the definition, development and delivery of a new digital offering for customers and advisers. You will lead the product team, balance quality with timelines, and collaborate with stakeholders across business and tech areas.

You will have a proven track record in delivering digital products, strong Agile experience, and excellent communication and leadership skills within a financial services context.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering and owning high-quality digital products.
• Experience with Agile methods (Agile, Scrum, DevOps) and tooling.
• Strong communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in a financial services organisation and regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Own definition, development and delivery of a new digital proposition.
• Lead the product team and ensure high-quality delivery on time.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders, tech teams and third parties.
• Ensure solutions align with Quilter policies and standards.

Skills

Digital product owner

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Tools

JIRA

Git

Job description

About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation. Quilter oversees £141.9 billion in customer investments (as at end March 2026). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth. Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business. High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning - offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands. At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues. Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!

About the Role

Level: 4 - Department: Change - Location: Southampton - Contract type: Permanent

We are seeking a highly skilled, forward thinking, Digital Proposition specialist with experience as a digital product owner to join our Digital team. The successful candidate should be enthusiastic, collaborative, and able to work in a dynamic environment; being able to work closely with stakeholders, internal and third-party delivery teams and lead the product team to ensure successful delivery of high-quality digital products and services. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic, ambitious, and fun team that have a reputation for delivering genuine business value through creating high-quality digital products at pace. In this role you will be the Product owner for key digital initiatives, owning the definition, development and delivery of a new digital proposition for part of the Quilter group aimed at customers and advisers. You will be able to hold in tension of a relentless drive for quality and the realism of internal deadlines, discerning what is sacred and what can be compromise. You will build strong relationships with key stakeholders, across the business, technical teams and 3rd parties, to ensure desired outcomes are clearly understood and delivered in line with expectation and risk appetite. You will have responsibility for ensuring input from all the relevant areas are inputting into the proposition development, including the actual users, and that the solutions are aligned to Quilter's policies and standards. You will want to be part of a team who prize high collaboration and foster a culture of trust, transparency and continuous improvement. You may have line management responsibility for a small team of other highly motivated digital delivery colleagues.

About You

Our ideal candidate will have a proven track record of delivering and owning high-quality digital products which are proven to bring benefit to customers and meet the business objectives of the product. Our Digital software development and business change environment relies heavily on agile methodologies (eg Agile, Scrum, Devops) and tools (JIRA, Git) and we want you to demonstrate your experience and understanding of these. You will have excellent communication, leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work at all levels in the organisation, driving innovation and challenging the status quo. You will need to show how you manage stakeholders with high expectations particularly where these conflict with what's achievable. You will have worked in a financial services organisation previously and understand the highly regulated environment we operate in.

#LI-PM1 Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.

Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we're one step ahead of our clients' needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognizing that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.

Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.

Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.

Core Benefits

• Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)
• Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.
• Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.
• Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard with options to increase cover to include your partner or children.
• Life Assurance: 4x your salary.
• Income Protection: 75% of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.
• Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only

In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.

We create brighter financial futures for every generation. We do this by guiding our customers and their families through the complexity of planning for their financial future, responding to their rapidly evolving needs and giving them peace of mind. And, with all that’s happening in the world today, our role in society has never been more meaningful. Our impressive talents and capabilities set us apart, but our unwavering commitment to our customers is what defines us. We truly believe that we have all the ingredients to be the very best in our industry, and we want great people with the care and creativity that we need, to help us get there. We are passionate about building an inclusive culture where everyone’s contribution is valued, and our people can thrive. No matter what your role is or where you sit, your voice will matter.

Please contact the talent acquisition team if you need any reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, require information in an alternative format or have any questions around accessibility, we will try our very best to accommodate.