Finance Product Owner

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial services provider is looking for a proactive Product Owner in Leeds. This role involves shaping product vision, prioritizing delivery, and managing change in a fast-paced role. Successful candidates will have experience in product ownership, stakeholder management, and familiarity with agile methodologies. The position offers a competitive salary and a benefits package including a generous pension contribution, annual bonus, and 30 days' holiday.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

30 days' holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in a change or technology delivery environment.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into clear deliverables.
• Line management experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the flow of work through Kanban system.
• Collaborate with teams to define requirements and translate them into user stories.
• Lead prioritization of initiatives and support delivery of change initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Proactive approach

Adaptability

Python-based solutions

Job description

Overview

We're looking for a pro-active and purpose-driven Product Owner to join our Retail Finance Change team on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract. This is your chance to shape high-impact change - owning the product vision, prioritising delivery, and ensuring that what we deliver truly meets the needs of our customers. Retail Change is a fast-paced, delivery focused environment where change is real, complex and business critical. We're looking for someone who brings experience, structure, and best practice to the table - someone who can help shape the future of how we manage change in Retail Finance and make a lasting impact. Are you excited by the idea of leading change that transforms how we work with data, systems, and strategy? Do you love turning bold ideas into real outcomes that delivery value across the business? If so, we want your vision, energy and product mindset in our team!

Why Lloyds Banking Group - Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the flow of work through Kanban system, ensuring priorities are clear and aligned with business value.
• Collaborate with people across Retail Finance and the wider Group to understand needs, define requirements and translate them into actionable user stories.
• Lead prioritisation of initiatives, balancing strategic goals with operational demands.
• Support the delivery of both change initiatives and Python-based solutions, ensuring readiness for development and deployment.
• Facilitate regular engagement with colleagues to gather feedback, manage expectations, and ensure successful adoption of delivered expectations.
• Monitor delivery metrics (e.g. cycle time, throughput) to spot potential for continuous improvement.
• Champion a culture of transparency, collaboration, and outcome-focused delivery.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in a change or technology delivery environment.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, capable of influencing and aligning diverse groups.
• Experience working on both business change and technology delivery projects - ideally including data or Python-based solutions.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into clear, prioritised deliverables.
• A proactive, adaptable approach with a focus on delivering value and driving continuous improvement.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes in a fast-paced workplace.
• Line management experience.

Inclusion and Benefits

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.