Product Owner

Objectway; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Objectway, a global fintech software provider, is seeking a Product Owner for its UK team (London or Birmingham). You will work with implementation consultants, translate business requirements into product specs, and manage backlogs and user stories across the full development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has a degree in Economics or IT, 5+ years in wealth/asset management, proven experience in digital solutions, and excellent English communication.

Qualifications

• Degree in (Business) Economics or IT, or equivalent through experience.
• Strong ability to abstract and to translate business requirements in IT.
• At least 5 years’ experience within the wealth/asset management sector with at least one of the following: creation of functional analyses based upon a high-level scope definition; application(s) with a 3-tier development structure.
• Experience in managing projects focused on digital solutions, processes and/or digital products.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with implementation consultants documenting, deploying and configuring the solution on customer sites.
• Fulfil the role of product consultant/SME to support customer implementations and internal engineering.
• Translate customer requirements into product specifications detailing enhancements.
• Gather requirements for new features to extend the core product.
• Monitor regulatory changes impacting the product and customers.
• Manage the backlog and define user stories.
• Participate in full development lifecycle from requirements to testing and documentation.
• Contribute to pre-sales activities including RFIs, demos and presentations.
• Collaborate with development and QA to deliver high-quality software on time and budget.
• Act as a key contact with customers and organize status meetings.
• Handle customer calls and incidents with involved parties.
• Monitor adoption and report satisfaction to management.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements translation

English communication

Project management

Digital product experience

Education

Degree in Economics or IT

Job description

Building on more than 30 years of business expertise, Objectway is an international wealth, banking and asset management software provider empowering clients to embrace their future challenges while providing great performance today. The Group is a future-proof technology player with a well-established track record in the financial services industry and over €100 million of consolidated revenue. The Group is a global Top 100 fintech provider (IDC ranking), whose clients include 200+ leading Wealth Managers, Banks, Asset Managers, Fund Managers, Insurers and Outsourcers in more than 15 countries. With over 800 professionals operating from Italy, UK, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Ireland, the Group serves clients in 4 continents, supporting approximately 100,000 investment professionals to manage more than €1 trillion in assets.

To strengthen our team in the UK (London or Birmingham) we are currently looking for a:

PRODUCT OWNER

Building on more than 30 years of business expertise, Objectway is an international wealth, banking and asset management software provider empowering clients to embrace their future challenges while providing great performance today. The Group is a future-proof technology player with a well-established track record in the financial services industry and over €100 million of consolidated revenue. The Group is a global Top 100 fintech provider (IDC ranking), whose clients include 200+ leading Wealth Managers, Banks, Asset Managers, Fund Managers, Insurers and Outsourcers in more than 15 countries. With over 800 professionals operating from Italy, UK, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Ireland, the Group serves clients in 4 continents, supporting approximately 100,000 investment professionals to manage more than €1 trillion in assets.

Main responsibilities

• Work closely together with our implementation consultants in documenting, deploying and configuring our solution both internally and on customer sites. This may be for both green field implementations or upgrades.
• Fulfil the role of product consultant/SME in order to support customer implementations and to support the internal engineering team.
• Translate customer business requirements into product specifications detailing enhancements and extensions to our product.
• Conduct analysis and gather requirements for new product features/functionality in order to extend the core product.
• Monitor and be aware of regulatory changes which may impact our product and customers.
• Manage the backlog and define user stories.
• Be responsible for and participate in the full development process from requirements gathering, analysis and development to testing and documentation.
• Participate in pre-sales activities including responding to RFIs, conducting pre-sales demos and presentations.
• Work together with our development and quality assurance team members in order to deliver high quality software, on time and within budget.
• Represent the company being a key point of contact in relation with customers.
• Organize and participate in regular customer status meetings.
• Handle customer calls and incidents in collaboration with involved parties.
• Monitor customer adoption and satisfaction and report on it to the management.

Requirements

• Degree in (Business) Economics or IT, or equivalent through experience.
• Strong ability to abstract and to translate business requirements in IT.
• At least 5 years’ experience within the wealth/asset management sector with at least one of the following: creation of functional analyses based upon a high-level scope definition; application(s) with a 3-tier development structure.
• Experience in managing projects focused on digital solutions, processes and/or digital products.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

The candidate should have strong knowledge or experience in at least 6 of the following back-office areas:

• Client Management & Portfolio Accounts.
• Costs and Charges.
• UK & Overseas Settlements.
• Custody & Reconciliations.
• Cash Management & Reconciliations.
• Corporate Actions.
• Dividends.
• Stock Transfers.
• Finance / Accounting.
• Client Reporting.
• Service Fees.
• UK Regulatory Reporting.
• UK Tax Reporting.

Personal Profile

Passion for quality, you use high standards and you aim to achieve them

• Team player, flexible, accurate, hands-on mentality
• Leadership skills, enthusiasm, pride and a "can-do" attitude
• Excellent time management and organization, deadline focused
• Strong communication & collaboration skills
• Open to travel both within the UK and on occasion, outside your home country when required.

What we offer

• Permanent Employment
• A challenging and progressive position within an international work environment

Equality Policy

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.