Product Owner

ThinkMarkets Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ThinkMarkets Group is seeking an experienced Product Owner to shape and deliver innovative digital products with a focus on AI-assisted solutions. You will own the backlog, define roadmaps and drive products from concept through delivery, ensuring alignment with business goals, user needs, and technical feasibility.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, developers and QA to translate requirements, prioritise work, and optimise the client experience across web and mobile platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in PO/BA or similar tech role.
• Experience owning product backlogs and supporting SDLC.
• Hands-on Agile/Scrum experience.
• Solid understanding of web/mobile apps, APIs and databases.

Responsibilities

• Own product vision, roadmap and priorities aligned with business goals.
• Leverage AI tools to support discovery, requirements and documentation.
• Manage and prioritise the product backlog for delivery.
• Lead backlog refinement and sprint planning for engineering readiness.
• Collaborate with tech teams to evaluate usability, performance and security trade-offs.
• Own requirements and documentation through concept to go-live with strong user focus.
• Use data and feedback to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Manage multiple initiatives ensuring alignment with roadmaps.
• Serve as bridge between business and tech teams.
• Stay informed on AI/LLM tech opportunities for product innovation.

Skills

Backlog ownership

User stories

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Roadmaps

AI-enabled products

Data-driven decisions

Requirements translation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

Job description

ThinkMarkets is a global financial technology company specializing in multi-asset trading solutions. Through our flagshipThinkTraderplatform, we empower clients worldwide to trade 24/7 across global markets. Our mission is to bridge the gap between traders, investors, and platforms, providing seamless access to thousands of financial instruments. Utilizingcutting-edgetechnology, we ensure a superior trading experience.

We are looking for a Product Owner to join our team and play a key role in shaping and delivering innovative digital products, with a particular focus on AI-assisted solutions. In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, developers, QA teams and subject matter experts to translate business needs into clear product requirements and deliver high-quality solutions. You will own and prioritise the product backlog, define product roadmaps, and drive products from concept through to delivery, ensuring development remains aligned with business objectives, user needs, technical feasibility and emerging AI capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and communicate the product vision, roadmap and priorities in line with business and technology objectives.
• Leverage AI tools such as Claude or Claude Code to support product discovery, requirements and documentation, ensuring accurate and validated outputs.
• Manage and prioritise the product backlog, balancing business value, customer needs, technical feasibility and delivery priorities.
• Lead backlog refinement and contribute to sprint planning, ensuring requirements are clear and development-ready.
• Partner with technical teams to evaluate solutions and trade-offs across usability, performance, scalability, security and maintainability.
• Own product requirements and documentation across the full product lifecycle, from initial concept through development, testing and go-live, with a consistent focus on client experience and usability at each stage.
• Use data, user feedback and performance insights to identify and prioritise opportunities for product improvement.
• Manage multiple product initiatives in parallel, ensuring alignment with wider business priorities and product roadmaps.
• Act as the bridge between business and technology teams, ensuring stakeholders have clear visibility of priorities, progress and upcoming releases.
• Stay informed on emerging technologies, including AI and LLM capabilities, and identify relevant opportunities for product innovation.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Technical Business Analyst, Business Analyst or similar product-focused technology role.
• Strong experience owning product backlogs, writing user stories and requirements, and supporting products through the full SDLC.
• Hands-on experience working within Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Solid technical understanding of web and mobile applications, APIs, microservices, system integrations and relational databases.
• Sound grasp of data architecture, system dependencies and key technical considerations including security, scalability, performance and maintainability.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear, actionable requirements for engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across business, product and engineering teams.
• Comfortable using data and product performance metrics to support prioritisation and decision-making.
• Experience with product and project management tools such as JIRA.
• Experience within trading, fintech or financial services would be highly advantageous.
• Experience working with or exposure to AI-enabled products would be an advantage.