Product Owner jobs in United Kingdom

About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 12

As a Product Manager, you will define and lead the strategic direction, roadmap, and evolution of a key product area within S&P Global Ratings. You'll operate at the Agile Release Train (ART) level, managing cross-functional delivery with a design flow orientation that aligns with enterprise strategy and delivers measurable value to our global users.

The Ratings division is dedicated to delivering high-quality insights and solutions that drive informed decision-making in the financial services industry. Our team thrives on collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to excellence, valuing diverse perspectives and continuous improvement. We foster a dynamic environment where creativity meets operational efficiency, ensuring that our products meet the evolving needs of our clients.

This role is crucial in shaping the product landscape that directly influences our clients' success and the overall market. By driving the platform strategy and ensuring alignment across teams, you will enhance the user experience and deliver significant value to our clients, ultimately supporting S&P Global Ratings' mission to provide trusted insights.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Exposure to key decision-makers and market leaders within the financial services sector.
• The chance to work on innovative projects that have a global impact.
• A collaborative culture that encourages sharing ideas and continuous learning.

• Define, evolve, and communicate the product vision and strategy aligned with end-to-end workflows, future-state architecture, and business objectives.
• Manage and develop a team of talented Product Owners, supporting both their ability to execute and grow.
• Lead the roadmap for the ART, partnering with Value Stream leaders and stakeholders across regions to ensure scalable, unified outcomes.
• Guide platform evolution with a holistic understanding of user journeys, process efficiencies, data flows, and customer experience.
• Own and manage the program backlog: define Features, prioritize using WSJF, and ensure MVPs are scoped and aligned to Definition of Ready (DoR).
• Validate feature development against acceptance criteria and non-functional requirements; approve for release and support post-launch feedback loops.
• Participate in System Demos, continuously gather user input, and feed insights into future releases and roadmap updates.
• Drive ART readiness for PI Planning by coordinating across Product Owners, Architects, and Business Owners to align scope and objectives.
• Ensure visibility through tools and forums such as program dashboards, PI tracking, and demos to communicate status, risks, and value delivered.
• Lead trade-off decisions that balance customer needs, architectural integrity, and business value.
• Ensure alignment across teams on product goals and roadmap; promote understanding of the full user journey and platform context.
• Coordinate cross-team and cross-stream dependencies; escalate blockers and misalignments as needed.
• Partner with Product Enablement to support go-to-market and adoption strategies through training, communication, and change management.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Technology, or related discipline.
• An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 7+ years of relevant professional experience in product management, program management, or business analysis.
• An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 3+ years experience leading large-scale agile programs, platform strategy, or multi-team product delivery (SAFe experience a plus).
• Proven success managing complex backlogs and roadmaps across cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of agile principles, MVP scoping, backlog grooming, and Definition of Ready/Done.
• Experience prioritizing technical and business features using data-driven decision-making (e.g., WSJF).
• Strong facilitation, communication, and storytelling skills to influence stakeholders and articulate product strategy.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, drive alignment, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

• Prior experience working in the financial services or credit ratings industry.
• Familiarity with end-to-end processes across analytics, risk, operations, and methodology within Ratings or similar domains.
• Exposure to technology platforms, architecture principles, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience with value stream mapping, process improvement, and user journey design.
• Strong analytical mindset with a focus on KPIs, NPS, adoption rates, and time-to-value.
• Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Aha!, and agile reporting dashboards.

At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

Our Purpose: Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology—the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our People: We’re more than 35,000 strong worldwide—driving curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership. We focus on Powering Global Markets, starting with a foundation of integrity, a spirit of discovery, and close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. Our benefits include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Competitive pay, retirement planning, continuing education, company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: Perks for partners and children, including best-in-class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: Discounts, referral incentives, and other perks.

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