London-based Product Owner — Financial Exchange

London Metal Exchange; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

London Metal Exchange (LME) is seeking a Product Owner to drive the product vision and backlog for core trading and post-trade solutions. You will work with the business owner, service owner, and stakeholders to define objectives, prioritise the backlog, and guide delivery teams.

You will lead sprint planning, refine requirements, and ensure the delivery of value-aligned features. A financial/exchange background and strong Agile experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience as Product Owner/Manager in a financial or exchange environment.
• Strong knowledge of IT, management and Agile software development.
• Experience with Scrum, Kanban and Lean frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define the roadmap with business owner and stakeholders to deliver the solution.
• Maintain and refine a healthy product backlog aligned to goals.
• Provide vision and direction to delivery teams and ensure backlog health.
• Mitigate impediments impacting release/sprint goals.
• Clarify scope and help teams break down features.
• Scope product releases and set delivery expectations for new functionality.
• Evaluate work against acceptance criteria and outcomes.
• Collaborate with other Product Owners and manage stakeholders.
• Create user stories, epics, features and acceptance criteria.
• Gather requirements and draft high level specifications.
• Participate actively in Sprint Planning and content decisions.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile methodologies

Backlog management

Education

Agile Leadership Training

CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner)

PSPO (Professional Scrum Product Owner)

Job description

London Metal Exchange (LME) is seeking a Product Owner to drive the product vision and backlog for core trading and post-trade solutions. You will work with the business owner, service owner, and stakeholders to define objectives, prioritise the backlog, and guide delivery teams.

You will lead sprint planning, refine requirements, and ensure the delivery of value-aligned features. A financial/exchange background and strong Agile experience are essential.