Technical Product Owner (Trading)

Trade Nation; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading trading platform provider in London seeks an experienced Product Owner to optimize the product development lifecycle for CFD and spread betting traders. You will lead the delivery of the trading platform roadmap, collaborate closely with engineering, and manage the technical product backlog. The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of experience in product ownership, excellent interpersonal skills, and is proficient in tools like JIRA and Confluence. This role offers a competitive salary and various benefits including private healthcare and an active lifestyle allowance.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private healthcare

Life Insurance

Active Lifestyle allowance

Annual leave above minimum entitlement

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Owner.
• Proficient in discussions about APIs and microservices.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the trading platform roadmap.
• Collaborate with engineering on scalability and architecture.
• Manage the technical product backlog and prioritize tasks.

Skills

Product Ownership

Technical Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Agile Methodologies

Interpersonal Skills

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Figma

Miro

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced Product Owner to deliver an unparalleled trading experience for global CFD and spread betting traders, focusing on performance, scalability, and robust trading execution systems. In this high‑impact role, reporting to the Chief Product Officer, you’ll optimize our product development lifecycle through close collaboration with product and development teams.

Who we are

We are Trade Nation. We help our customers power up their trading through killer insights, transparent costs, and fairer ways to trade. We’re innovators, and proud of it. And we’ve grown a lot in our decade as a market‑leading low‑cost trading powerhouse. Our reach is global through our teams in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Seychelles and The Bahamas.

Founded on transparency, forged in trust and powered by people, we’re committed to empowering our customers to outperform the markets. How? By minimising expenses and harnessing technology to prioritise the lowest trading costs.

But enough about us. Let’s hear about you.

Who you are

You’re something special. You pride yourself on being unique and bringing your own history to the table – finding solutions to daily challenges in a way that can’t be done by anyone else. Maybe you talk a big game, maybe you don’t. The important thing is that you do what you say and follow through to see every customer thrive.

You don’t play with the bumpers up. That means breaking out of your lane when needed to help others – or forging your own completely. Every problem is our problem and that’s how you see it too. Because Trade Nation’s people have a shared vision, and you want to be part of making it a reality.

You know when to take the right sort of risks, the ones that push you to be better. You’re not afraid to try, fail, and then try harder. But don’t worry, you’ll have all the support you need to thrive with us at Trade Nation, and we can’t wait to enable you to learn and grow.

Ready to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in?

Our commitments to each other

• We have each other’s backs – There when we need each other the most.
• We challenge each other – Be more creative, more curious, more bold.
• We thrive together – Taking our work to the next level.
• We form strong bonds – Through team building and social events.
• We don’t judge – Instead, we teach and are open to learning.
• We step up – Taking ownership and supporting each other to do the same.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of our trading platform roadmap, enhancing the experience for global CFD and spread betting traders.
• Translate complex business requirements into clear product specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and architecture to understand the technology stack, influence architectural decisions, and ensure scalability.
• Manage the technical product backlog, prioritising tasks, guiding estimation, identifying dependencies, and addressing technical debt.
• Lead Agile ceremonies and foster a collaborative culture within development teams and engagement with the wider business community and strategy.
• Oversee release management with your QA, SRE and engineering team to ensure smooth and predictable deployments.
• Act as the primary point of contact for development squads and communicate effectively with all stakeholders on roadmap delivery and technical concepts.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of proven success as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner or Technical Business Analyst.
• Experience working in JIRA, Confluence, Figma, Miro (or similar tools) in a masterful way.
• Experience building delightful trading experiences and understanding the underlying trading execution platform.
• Experience with trading products such as CFD, spread betting, sports betting, direct trading and investment products.
• Proficiency in discussing and understanding APIs, microservices, databases, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of common architectural patterns and trade‑offs – including scalability, reliability, security, performance.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills to clearly communicate delivery progress and timelines in different ways.
• Strong project and cross‑functional stakeholder management skills.
• Experience cooperating with Engineering Leads to get the most out of development teams.
• Strong technical writing ability with experience co‑creating and reviewing technical specifications and tasks.
• Experience managing and communicating releases to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Experience implementing agile processes and being able to adapt to the needs and capabilities of the business.

Preferred requirements

• Direct experience in the CFD, spread betting.
• Experience with API design (e.g. Swagger) and championing well‑defined and documented APIs.
• Experience working with hybrid, remote, in‑house, outsourced, and mixed‑capability development teams.
• Experience working with tech stacks – such as C#, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, and discretionary annual bonus.
• Private healthcare.
• Life Insurance, Critical Illness & Income Protection cover.
• Active Lifestyle allowance.
• Annual leave above minimum entitlement.
• Up to 3 weeks allowance to work in any location.
• Fresh fruit weekly.