IAM Product Owner

Barclays; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK seeks an Assistant Vice President to collaborate with product owners and technical teams to enact the vision defined in the product roadmap. The role involves supporting product strategy, monitoring performance, and ensuring optimisation in line with the bank's standards. Candidates should be adept at stakeholder engagement and data analysis, staying current with industry developments. This position offers a chance to impact product quality and performance significantly.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise to support collaboration between product owner and technical team.
• Support the development and implementation of product strategy and vision.
• Gather and prioritise product requirements based on business value.
• Monitor product performance and identify optimisation opportunities.
• Stay current with industry technology trends for product development.

Job description

Purpose of the role

To collaborate with product owners and other technical teams involved in the product development process and utilise their knowledge of the bank's technologies to enact the vision defined in the product roadmap.

Accountabilities

• Provision of subject matter expertise to support the collaboration between the product owner and the technical side of product development.
• Support the development and implementation of the product strategy and vision defined in the product roadmap and communicate them with the relevant stakeholders and the development team.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility, ensuring they are well‑defined, measurable and secure.
• Development and implementation of assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality and performance.
• Monitoring of product performance to identify opportunities for optimisation that meet the bank's performance standards.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improve product development and delivery.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness, collaborating closely with other business divisions.
• Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured projects, identify the need for cross‑specialised input, and chart new directions for projects using differentiated methodologies.
• Consult on complex issues; provide advice to People Leaders to resolve escalated issues.
• Identify risk mitigation strategies and develop new policies/procedures supporting control and governance.
• Take ownership for risk management and reinforcing controls related to the work performed.
• Engage in work closely tied to other areas, requiring a keen understanding of how functions coordinate to achieve organisational objectives.
• Collaborate with other functions to support business‑aligned support areas and stay current with business activity and strategy.
• Analyse data from multiple internal and external sources to creatively solve problems.
• Communicate complex information, including sensitive or difficult‑to‑deliver content, clearly and effectively.
• Influence or persuade stakeholders to attain desired outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right.