Product Owner - FTC

BMW M Motorsport / BMW Group; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

BMW Group is seeking a Product Owner at their Farnborough campus. The role involves overseeing product development, aligning with strategic goals for UK and Ireland, and ensuring deliverables meet user expectations. Candidates should have a degree and proven experience in change management and project leadership.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Hybrid model combining remote and office work

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading change initiatives.
• Ability to manage and influence across organizational levels.
• Exposure to the automotive Finance Industry is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee development and enhancements of products.
• Collaborate with Domain and Process Owners on product backlogs.
• Create and maintain a product roadmap supporting local domains.

Skills

Change management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Networking

Education

Bachelors Degree or equivalent

Job description

BMW Group Financial Services UK is looking for a Product Owner, on a FTC basisuntil December 2026. This role is based at the Summit ONE Campus in Farnborough.

What awaits you?

· Oversee the development and ongoing enhancements of relevant products, ensuring alignment with local domain vision and strategy.

· Collaborate with Domain and Process Owners to identify, define, analyse, prioritize, and refine product backlogs, effectively communicating requirements to the development team.

· Develop a product strategy that aligns with the local domain vision and the overall strategy for the UK and Republic of Ireland.

· Create and maintain a product roadmap that supports the local domain roadmap and vision, ensuring it reflects prioritized change activities.

· Act as the single point of contact for the development team, empowered to make decisions that drive prioritized changes for maximum customer value.

· Ensure that deliverables meet end-user and customer expectations, and manage necessary change activities, including training and communications.

· Engage with Process Owners to maximize value and customer benefits from change activities, while continuously refining system functionality and business architecture.

· Estimate and secure business resources needed to deliver the product roadmap, ensuring the right skills and capabilities are present within the product feature team.

What should you bring along?

· Bachelors Degree or equivalent.

· Proven experience in leading and implementing change initiatives effectively.

· Ability to manage and influence teams and individuals at all organisational levels.

· Demonstrated experience in leading projects within a cross-functional environment.

· Exposure to the automotive Finance Industry is desirable.

· A strong passion for understanding current and potential future customers in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

· Understanding of the business and IT landscape in the UK and Ireland.

· Creativity and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to look beyond conventional boundaries.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of simplifying topics for diverse audiences.

· Excellent networking skills with a demonstrated ability to influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.

Closing Date: 31st July 2025

At BMW Group, we are committed to offering our employees the right balance between work and personal life.We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and for most roles, it could be possible to agree flexible hours, job share, compressed hours or part-time working hours and so please discuss your individual requirements as part of the application process so we can try to agree a suitable arrangement. [For this role, we also support a hybrid model which combines remote and office working.] #LI-Hybrid.

We also have several employee resource groups. If you’d like to speak confidentially to any of these groups before applying for a role, please email us directly at [e-mail] and we can arrange an informal discussion.

In 2025 BMW Group Financial Services UK was recognised as a Top Employer. We invest in our employees and embrace a culture of flexible working as well as promoting a positive, supportive culture and working environment. We are based in prestigious offices in Farnborough that provide a great place to work with good people and an exciting, engaging, industry leading brand.

Successful candidates will be required to complete background screening checks and the offer of employment will be subject to results which we consider are satisfactory.Checks will include references, right to work, IT system Compliance Integrity Check (COIN), CV and relevant qualifications. Checks may also include criminal records, adverse financial (credit), directorships, address, internet research and/or driving licence. If you have any queries on any of these checks, please discuss with us and we will be happy to go through with you in more detail.

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