Product Owner - Financial Crime

Big Red Recruitment Midlands Limited; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software provider is seeking a Product Owner to leverage experience in financial crime and investigations in a role that bridges technology and public service. The ideal candidate will not only manage product development but also engage directly with clients and represent the company at industry events, driving product strategy to ensure customer satisfaction.

Benefits

Hybrid working: 2 days per week onsite

Permanent position

Qualifications

• Experience in financial investigations or law enforcement preferred.
• Background in using or owning software tools for investigation.
• Confident in engaging external audiences and presenting.

Responsibilities

• Engaging with customers to optimise product use.
• Representing the organisation at conferences and events.
• Advising on product capabilities.

Skills

Communication

Agile methodology

Commercial awareness

Investigative expertise

Tools

Investigation tools

Job description

Bring your Product Owner expertise into a role where technology and public service meet.

This is a unique opportunity for someone with a background in financial crime, investigations or law enforcement to utilise their technical skills to join a specialist software provider, delivering intelligence-led solutions to law enforcement and government agencies.

You will be owning a key product for the organisation so ideally you will have Product Owner experience or have knowledge of technical methodology involved in software delivery and can utilise this to drive forwards the product roadmap.

About the role
You ll be joining a cross-functional team with a shared mission to tackle complex financial and economic crime through smarter technology.

With client exposure, you will work closely with internal and external teams to shape how solutions are delivered, communicated, and improved.

This role combines investigative expertise with commercial awareness. You ll be hands-on, shaping product usage, contributing to client success, and speaking externally at conferences and forums to share best practice.

What you ll be doing

• Engaging with customers and internal stakeholders to optimise product use and real-world outcomes
• Representing the organisation at industry events, conferences, and customer forums
• Advising on product development and capability through your specialist knowledge
• Supporting clients with complex implementations
• Prioritising and pushing along work to strive for delivery and customer satisfaction

What we re looking for

• Ideally, you will have a background working in financial services, financial investigations, fraud teams, law enforcement within public sector, private sector, policing, or regulatory agencies
• First-hand experience using or owning software tools, ideally designed for investigation, case management, or intelligence analysis
• Knowledge of Agile methodology
• Confident communicator with experience engaging external audiences or presenting at events/conferences
• Commercial awareness, with the ability to translate operational needs into product discussions
• Hands-on approach and the desire to contribute across strategy, delivery, and frontline support

Why apply?
This is a role with real-world purpose. You ll work with a company known for developing cutting-edge software used by law enforcement and government bodies across the UK and internationally.
You'll also benefit from:

• A salary up to GBP55,000 - depending on experience
• Hybrid working: 2 days per week onsite
• Permanent position
• Nottingham based office

We are an equal opportunity recruitment company. This means we welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age.

We are particularly invested in Neurodiversity inclusion and offer reasonable adjustments in the interview process. Reasonable adjustments are changes that we can make in the interview process if your disability puts you at a disadvantage compared with others who are not disabled. If you would benefit from a reasonable adjustment in your interview process, please call or email one of our recruiters.