Product Owner – Card Payments 12 month Contract in Hanger Hill

Octopus Computer Associates; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading payments company in the UK is seeking an experienced Product Owner for a 12-month contract. The role involves managing the product backlog and collaborating with multiple teams on key initiatives. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in the payments industry, strong user story writing skills, and a background in Agile/Scrum environments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Strong skills in user story writing and backlog management.
• Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management ability.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the product backlog; write clear and actionable user stories.
• Work closely with Scrum teams across multiple sprint cycles.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across compliance and product groups.

Skills

Payments / card industry experience

User story writing

Backlog management

JIRA

SQL skills

Job description

Product Owner – Card Payments 12 month Contract

Hampshire (Hybrid: 3 days remote / 2 days on-site)

Up to £400 per day MAX | Inside IR35

Immediate Start

The Opportunity

Our client, a major player in the payments industry, is urgently seeking an experienced Product Owner to join their team. You’ll be driving key regulatory, compliance, and product enhancement initiatives, with a focus on applications and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR).

This is a fast-moving contract role where you’ll collaborate with onshore and offshore teams across Front-End and Back-End applications, and play a key part in a large-scale migration project (WebSphere to OCP).

What You’ll Do

• Own and prioritise the product backlog; write clear and actionable user stories.
• Work closely with Scrum teams across multiple sprint cycles (2-week PIs).
• Collaborate with stakeholders across compliance, regulatory, and product groups.
• Support validation and testing to ensure quality delivery.
• Engage with distributed development teams in Asia.

What We’re Looking For

• Payments / card industry experience (settlement, authorization, clearing).
• Proven experience as a Product Owner in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Strong skills in user story writing, backlog management, and JIRA.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and basic coding concepts.
• SQL skills (able to write simple queries).
• Background managing Front-End and Back-End applications.
• Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management ability.

Nice to Have:

• Agile Certification (e.g., CSPO).
• QA / validation exposure.