Equity Front‑Office Product Owner | Global Asset Platform

CFA Institute; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity International in London is seeking a Product Owner for Equity to join the Asset Management Platforms team. You will translate business strategy into a prioritized backlog and collaborate with Portfolio Managers, Investment Directors and technology teams across global locations.

You will own backlog refinement, acceptance criteria, and ensure delivery of high-value, front-office investment capabilities while aligning with the firm’s target operating model.

Qualifications

• Ideally upwards of 8 years experience working within investment management technology, front-office change or product delivery roles.
• Proven experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst or equivalent role within an Agile delivery environment.
• Deep domain knowledge of Equity investment strategies, products and portfolio management processes.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end investment lifecycle and supporting technology ecosystem.
• Experience working directly with Portfolio Managers and investment teams to deliver technology solutions.
• Demonstrated experience managing and prioritising backlogs in Agile delivery environments.
• Experience delivering complex technology implementations from concept through deployment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across business and technology functions.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the squad backlog, ensuring it remains prioritised, refined and aligned to strategic objectives.
• Translate Value Stream and ART-level epics into well-defined user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Make active prioritisation decisions, balancing business value, technical dependencies, risk and capacity constraints.
• Participate in Quarterly Planning and other Agile planning events to ensure commitments are realistic and understood.
• Accept or reject completed work against agreed acceptance criteria and business outcomes.
• Work closely with Scrum Masters and engineering teams to maximise squad effectiveness.
• Act as the primary interface between the squad and stakeholders across Fidelity's global Equity investment business.
• Build strong relationships with Portfolio Managers, Investment Directors, Risk teams and Asset Management Operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve investment processes, decision-making workflows and operational efficiency.
• Gather, challenge and refine requirements to ensure solutions address underlying business needs rather than current-state processes.
• Drive adoption of new capabilities through stakeholder engagement, communication and training.
• Support strategic initiatives across portfolio construction, investment analytics, portfolio monitoring, order generation, execution workflows and investment risk management.
• Collaborate with architects and business architecture teams to ensure solutions align with Fidelity's target operating model and technology strategy.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable front-office platforms supporting global investment teams.
• Support delivery of both tactical enhancements and long-term strategic transformation programmes.
• Produce high-quality requirements, process maps, user stories and business analysis artefacts where required.
• Lead workshops and discovery sessions with business stakeholders.
• Prepare presentations, business cases and updates for senior leadership.
• Support project governance, delivery reporting and value tracking.
• Champion continuous improvement across business processes and technology platforms.

Skills

Backlog management

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Excellent communication

Analytical / problem solving

Education

Degree educated or equivalent

CFA, FRM, CIPM desirable

Job description

Fidelity International in London is seeking a Product Owner for Equity to join the Asset Management Platforms team. You will translate business strategy into a prioritized backlog and collaborate with Portfolio Managers, Investment Directors and technology teams across global locations.

You will own backlog refinement, acceptance criteria, and ensure delivery of high-value, front-office investment capabilities while aligning with the firm’s target operating model.