Vice President - POM Product Owner

BNY Mellon; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Senior Product Owner to join its Enterprise Onboarding Platform team in Manchester. The successful candidate will be responsible for product planning, managing backlogs, and bridging user experience with product development. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree and experience as a Product Owner in the financial sector. The role offers a competitive salary and is hybrid in nature.

Benefits

Flexible global resources

Generous paid leaves

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required.
• Experience as a Product Owner in the financial industry.
• Ability to negotiate implementations and assess release quality.

Responsibilities

• Manage product backlogs and mentor junior Product Owners.
• Write specs for features and contribute to product strategy.
• Translate user needs into actionable product features.

Skills

Product management

Negotiation skills

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in business management, technology or a related discipline

Job description

Senior Product Owner

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system, we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities, and people everywhere.

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Product Ownerto join our Enterprise Onboarding Platform team. This role is located in Manchester, UK and will be working in a hybrid capacity.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Responsible for forward-thinking product planning, managing multiple product backlogs, and mentoring junior Product Owners
• Product Execution: Able to write specs for minor features and contribute meaningfully to specs for major features
• Customer Insights: Formulates the right business questions to be asked and knows how to track down data to inform decisions
• Product Strategy: Understand business outcomes and how product decisions impact tradeoffs
• Bridge the gap between user experience (UX) and product development, translating user needs into actionable product features and ensuring a user-centred design throughout the product lifecycle
• Higher level of experience and expertise in product management
• Full ownership of the product backlog and near-term roadmap, ensuring that it is properly refined, prioritized, and groomed

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in business management, technology or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required
• Product Owner experience in the financial industry required
• Ability to negotiate the implementation of current work, make the right trade-off decisions to launch products in a high-quality manner
• Ability to efficiently assess the quality and readiness of a release

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.