Product Owner

ClearCourse; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing technology company in the UK is seeking an experienced Product Owner for its payments platform. You will lead all aspects of the product roadmap, focusing on payment acceptance, reconciliation, and fee generation. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of card payments and API-based products, along with excellent stakeholder skills. This role offers a hybrid working model, extensive benefits, and the opportunity to make a significant impact from day one.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + birthday off

Volunteering days

Private medical cover

Enhanced company pension

Employee wellbeing perks

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of how card payments work.
• Experience owning API-based products in an agile environment.
• Ability to communicate detailed user stories and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Define product roadmaps based on business cases.
• Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders.
• Lead and participate in agile ceremonies.

Skills

Knowledge of card payments and gateways

Experience with API-based products

Strong stakeholder management

Proactive mindset and attention to detail

Tools

Azure DevOps

JIRA

Confluence

LaunchDarkly

Job description

Company description:

ClearCourse

Job description:

Product Owner - Payments

Location: Hybrid (London, Manchester, or Maidenhead)Role Type: Full-time, Permanent

ClearAccept - our in-house payments platform - powers seamless transactions across 30+ software businesses within the ClearCourse group. We're now looking for an experienced Product Owner to lead the next evolution of our payments product suite.

This is a hands-on role with broad scope, covering everything from payment acceptance through to reconciliation, funding, and fee generation. You'll work closely with internal teams and third-party partners to shape and deliver a roadmap that's both technically robust and commercially impactful.

What You'll Be Doing:

You'll take end-to-end ownership of the product roadmap, acting as the bridge between commercial ambition and technical delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining short, medium, and long-term product roadmaps, based on business cases and customer needs
  
• Collaborating with internal teams, ISV stakeholders, and partners to prioritise and refine features
  
• Writing clear, detailed epics and user stories for delivery by agile development teams
  
• Leading and participating in agile ceremonies (refinement, demos, scrum of scrums, etc.)
  
• Coordinating with technology and operational teams to gather non-functional and operational requirements
  
• Supporting go-to-market activity with documentation and value-based messaging for commercial teams
  
• Engaging directly with internal customers during initial adoption and integration
  
• Keeping competitor analysis and positioning documents up to date
  

What We're Looking For:

You're a technically savvy product owner with a strong understanding of payments - and the drive to build products that make a difference.

You'll need:

• Strong knowledge of how card payments work and the role of gateways/acquirers
  
• Experience owning API-based products in an agile software environment
  
• Ability to write and communicate detailed user stories, roadmaps, and business cases
  
• Strong stakeholder skills - across both technical and non-technical audiences
  
• A proactive, self-starting mindset with sharp attention to detail
  

Bonus points for:

• Experience working at a payments gateway, acquirer or payfac
  
• Familiarity with tools like Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence or LaunchDarkly
  
• Knowledge of feature flagging and product rollout strategies
  

Why ClearCourse?

We're a fast-growing group of software and payments companies, backed by private equity and united by a common tech framework and culture. At ClearAccept, you'll be part of a core product team building the infrastructure that underpins growth across our group.

You'll also get:

• Hybrid working model with UK office flexibility
  
• 25 days annual leave + your birthday off
  
• Volunteering days
  
• Private medical cover & cash plan
  
• Enhanced company pension
  
• Life Assurance & Group Income Protection
  
• Employee wellbeing perks (e.g. Calm app, gym discounts, cycle-to-work)
  
• Retail discounts & Employee Assistance Programme
  

Join us and help shape the future of integrated payments - in a role where you'll see real impact from day one.