Senior Product Owner

Digital Waffle; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Waffle is assisting a UK financial services client in recruiting an experienced Product Owner to bridge operations and in-house engineering. You will translate business strategy into a clear product plan, shape the roadmap, and own the backlog to deliver customer-centric software.

You will partner with senior stakeholders, lead agile ceremonies, and enable delivery with a focus on measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Owner in an agile software environment.
• Experience with decision-engine or analytics-driven products.
• Strong backlog management and ability to write clear user stories.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership to turn strategy into a product plan.
• Shape the product vision, roadmap, and maintain an up-to-date backlog.
• Act as decision-maker on technology change and set priorities.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder management

Backlog management

User story writing

Team leadership

Analytics/tools awareness

Tools

APIs

Middleware

Hotjar

Google Tag Manager

Job description

Our client, a well-established UK financial services business, is looking for an experienced Product Owner to join its product function. Reporting into the Head of Product, you'll sit at the heart of the organisation, connecting the operational side of the business with an in-house engineering team so that every piece of software delivered solves a real problem for customers.

What you'll be doing

• Partnering with senior leadership across product, operations and technology to turn business strategy into a clear, achievable product plan
• Shaping and communicating the product vision and roadmap, and helping keep the technology platform modern and fit for the future
• Acting as the decision-maker on technology change, setting priorities and managing the backlog
• Gathering and refining requirements with stakeholders and writing well-defined user stories and backlog items
• Collaborating with engineers on test planning and delivery
• Strengthening day-to-day collaboration and trust between business and technical teams
• Leading and developing your team, encouraging an environment where people feel safe to experiment, test ideas and learn fast
• Helping the wider business shift its focus from discussion to action and delivery
• Taking part in, and facilitating where needed, all Scrum ceremonies

How success will be measured

• Delivered work addresses the intended problem and has measurable outcomes
• Results of change are tracked and shared with the wider team
• Stakeholders feel involved in, and ownership of, the solutions being built
• The business sees ongoing, improving value from its investment in product development

What you'll bring

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in an agile software environment, ideally within financial services
• Specific experience with decision-engine products.
• A solid grasp of the software development lifecycle and modern technology stacks
• Good working knowledge of APIs and middleware
• Strong analytical and documentation skills
• Familiarity with analytics and user-behaviour tools (such as Hotjar or Google Tag Manager) is a plus
• An understanding of good UX/UI practice and how to build it into requirements from the start
• A track record of seeing projects, preferably software, through to successful delivery
• Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills
• A people-focused leadership style and a genuine commitment to continuous improvement
• Experience working alongside in-house engineering teams using agile methods
• An agile certification such as CSPO would be advantageous