Product Owner

Defaqto; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Defaqto is seeking a Product Owner to drive the conceptual design of our financial advice tech products using design thinking and user feedback. You will advocate for the product, pre-empt next requirements, and ensure alignment with the product vision and objectives.

You will empathise with users, define and prioritise customer needs, and manage the backlog to deliver innovative solutions within an Agile SDLC.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience working as a Product Owner (or in a closely related delivery role) in an agile environment.
• At least 12 months' experience working as a Business Analyst or Product Owner on Financial Advisor facing products.
• Strong backlog management skills, including writing clear user stories, acceptance criteria and managing priorities.
• Experience working closely with developers, QA and business analysts
• Experience delivering SaaS or digital products.

Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog for financial advice tech products, ensuring it is well-structured, prioritised and ready for delivery.
• Translate business insights and user feedback into actionable design features and ensuring successful product delivery within an Agile SDLC framework.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure a shared understanding of what is being built and why.
• Ensure acceptance criteria are clear, outcomes are understood and customer needs are correctly represented.
• Support planning, refinement and review activities, keeping delivery focused and unblocked.
• Champion good agile practices and continuous improvement within the team.

Skills

Backlog management

User stories & acceptance criteria

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Delivery focus

Job description

Role Overview

As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for driving the conceptual design of our products through the application of design thinking principles and incorporating user feedback.

Department: Product

Location: Remote - UK

Compensation: £60,000 - £65,000 / year

Description

We're growing our Product team!

Role Overview

As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for driving the conceptual design of our products through the application of design thinking principles and incorporating user feedback.

You will be an active advocate of the product, demonstrating the ability to pre-empt the next requirements and ensure that all requirements work within the product vision and objectives.

Your role will involve empathising with users, defining and prioritising customer and business needs, and managing the product backlog to ensure the development team delivers innovative and valuable solutions.

What you'll do

Serving as the primary liaison between stakeholders and the development team you will translate business insights and user feedback into actionable design features and ensuring successful product delivery within an Agile SDLC framework.

Own the delivery of product increments

• Own the product backlog for financial advice tech products, ensuring it is well-structured, prioritised and ready for delivery
• Drive the product design, collaborating closely with the Product Manager and/or Product Director to create customer-centric product features which meet user needs and business goals.
• Ensure that delivery is broken down into appropriately sized increments and releases, balancing speed, quality and risk.
• Act as the day-to-day decision-maker for scope, trade-offs and sequencing during delivery.

Work closely with engineering teams

• Partner with developers, QA and business analysts to ensure a shared understanding of what is being built and why.
• Ensure acceptance criteria are clear, outcomes are understood and customer needs are correctly represented.
• Support planning, refinement and review activities, keeping delivery focused and unblocked.
• Champion good agile practices and continuous improvement within the team.

Ensure customer and business needs are met

• Stay informed about customer needs and Jobs to be Done (JTBD), competitor offerings, and customer feedback to ensure the product remains competitive and relevant
• Represent customer needs in delivery discussions, ensuring solutions solve real problems rather than just delivering features.
• Validate that completed work meets agreed outcomes and quality standards before release.

Support effective collaboration

• Act as the key link between product, engineering and delivery-adjacent teams.
• Provide clear updates on delivery progress, risks and dependencies.
• Contribute to retrospectives and improvement initiatives to strengthen delivery effectiveness over time.

What you'll need to succeed:

We’re looking for Product Owners who are passionate about delivery excellence and who enjoy working closely with engineering teams to turn priorities into reality.

Essential requirements:

• 3+ years’ experience working as a Product Owner (or in a closely related delivery role) in an agile environment.
• At least 12 months' experience working as a Business Analyst or Product Owner on Financial Advisor facing products.
• Strong backlog management skills, including writing clear user stories, acceptance criteria and managing priorities.
• Experience working closely with developers, QA and business analysts
• Experience delivering SaaS or digital products.

Your approach to work:

• A pragmatic, outcome-focused mindset, with the ability to make day-to-day decisions that keep delivery moving.
• Strong communication skills, with the confidence to challenge, clarify and align across disciplines.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, Agile environment managing multiple tasks/projects simultaneously

Important to know:

Location: This is a remote role, UK based.

Right to Work: Applicants must already hold a legal right to work in the UK without time restrictions and without the need for future sponsorship. We are unable to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

Fintel plc and all the businesses within it adopt a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination on any of the protected grounds in the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.