Product Owner - AI

Manchester Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Senior Product Owner to enhance digital capabilities and operational efficiency. This role, based in Cheadle, involves managing the Product Backlog, driving product vision, and leveraging AI technologies like Power Platform. Candidates should have strong Agile experience and familiarity with financial services. A commitment to diversity and inclusion is emphasized in the hiring process.

Qualifications

• Experience writing AI-specific user stories.
• Proven ability to drive product vision and strategy.
• Background in process streamlining or improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the Product Roadmap and Backlog.
• Conduct market/user research.
• Collaborate with Scrum Masters and Business Analysts.

Skills

Understanding of Gen AI

Experience with Power Platform

Strong experience in Agile methodologies

Proficiency in tools like Azure DevOps

Education

Certified Product Owner accreditation

Lean or Six Sigma accreditation

Tools

Power BI

Jira

Trello

Job description

Job Description

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.

We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 800 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £7.8 billion loan book.

This role is based 5 days at our Cheadle office in South Manchester.

Do you thrive in driving successful delivery in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have the skills to maximise business value from AI solutions? Then join us at Together as a Senior Product Owner where you\'ll lead initiatives that enhance our digital capabilities and operational efficiency.

You\'ll harness cutting-edge AI technologies including Power Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot to revolutionise our digital offerings and streamline business processes.

Together is building a world-class change capability to support its transformation and ambitious growth plans. As a Product Owner, you will play a pivotal role within an Agile Scrum Team, managing and refining the Product Backlog to deliver high-value solutions. You’ll shape the product vision, build roadmaps, and ensure alignment with business objectives, working closely with stakeholders across the organisation.

This is a dynamic and strategic role that blends product management, stakeholder engagement, and agile delivery. You’ll be instrumental in driving innovation and ensuring the successful delivery of digital solutions that meet customer and business needs.

As an AI Product Owner, you will lead the discovery, design, and delivery of transformative AI products that align with business goals, enhance user experiences, and support our mission to drive business value. The ideal candidate will excel in navigating complex and uncertain environments, leveraging framework-driven approaches to mitigate risks, and adopting an experimental mindset to drive continuous improvement.

Typical duties include (not limited to)

• Develop and manage the Product Roadmap and Backlog aligned with business goals.
• Conduct market/user research and horizon scanning to identify opportunities.
• Own product data and ensure compliance with Data Governance standards.
• Collaborate on portfolio strategy and manage dependencies.
• Track benefits and ROI through effective prioritisation.
• Work with Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, and Solution Architects to plan and deliver features.
• Ensure operational readiness and manage change impacts.
• Monitor product performance and resolve incidents.

Qualifications

• Understanding of Gen AI, LLMs, and prompt engineering fundamentals
• Lean or Six Sigma accreditation (highly regarded)
• Experience writing AI-specific user stories, managing AI experiments, and tracking prompt/system performance
• Experience with Power Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Background in process streamlining or improvement initiatives
• Proven ability to drive product vision, strategy, and backlog prioritisation.
• Strong experience in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and sprint-based delivery.
• Understanding of software development, API integrations, and third-party platforms.
• Experience in Financial Services, particularly mortgages and loans (regarded, but not essential)
• Proficiency in tools like Azure DevOps, Jira, Miro, Trello, Power BI, and MS 365 Suite.
• Certified Product Owner accreditation or working towards it

Additional information

• If you feel you have some of the skills mentioned above, but not all, please do still apply and we would be happy to have a further discussion with you in regards to your suitability for the role.
• Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.
• If you feel you\'d benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.