Senior Product Owner - Transform Financial Platforms

St. James's Place; Cirencester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days' annual leave + bank holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Generous Pension Scheme

Enhanced Parental Leave

Protection Benefits

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Job summary

St. James's Place is seeking a Senior Product Owner to drive value across complex product areas within the Digital Product Team. You will bridge stakeholders and delivery teams, shaping requirements and prioritising backlogs to maximise business impact.

In a hybrid Cirencester-based role, you’ll own multiple products, guide teams and suppliers, and maintain a sharp focus on user experience and strategic outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering large-scale product initiatives in financial services.
• Ability to articulate product vision and strategy to stakeholders.
• Strong backlog management and requirement defininition skills.
• Experience collaborating with development teams and third-party suppliers.
• Experience with product roadmaps and supplier roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision and strategy aligned with value stream OKRs.
• Own and maintain product backlog and roadmap, delivering features.
• Manage multiple products ensuring coherence across the portfolio.
• Provide guidance to development teams and stakeholders.
• Ensure product quality and user experience throughout delivery.
• Conduct market and competitor analysis to inform strategy.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Scrum knowledge

Communication skills

Unblocking delivery

JIRA

Agile methods

Financial services experience

Education

Product Ownership certification / PRINCE2 / Agile qualifications

Tools

JIRA

Salesforce

Job description

St. James's Place is seeking a Senior Product Owner to drive value across complex product areas within the Digital Product Team. You will bridge stakeholders and delivery teams, shaping requirements and prioritising backlogs to maximise business impact.

In a hybrid Cirencester-based role, you’ll own multiple products, guide teams and suppliers, and maintain a sharp focus on user experience and strategic outcomes.