Product Owner

Brightwater Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightwater Recruitment represents a major international bank in Dublin seeking an AI Business Analyst / Product Owner to shape, define and support AI-enabled automation across the full lifecycle. You’ll coordinate with business users, architects and software engineers to keep AI agents aligned with business goals.

The role focuses on delivering automated processes in a regulated financial environment, balancing business value with technical constraints, and driving measurable outcomes and KPIs.

Qualifications

• Proven BA/PO experience in technology delivery with Agile.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders.
• Experience facilitating workshops and discovery sessions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience using data to support analysis and decision making.
• Ability to define measurable outcomes and KPIs.
• Experience translating requirements into scope and acceptance criteria.
• Experience supporting software development lifecycles within Agile environments.
• Strong testing and QA mindset.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery activities with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for AI-enabled automation.
• Define clear problem statements, measurable business objectives and success criteria.
• Perform feasibility assessments with architects, software engineers and stakeholders.
• Translate requirements into defined scope and acceptance criteria.
• Act as Product Owner through the delivery lifecycle.
• Collaborate with architects and engineers to align requirements with designs.
• Review solution designs and artefacts for business alignment.
• Maintain and prioritise delivery backlogs.
• Lead stakeholder workshops and solution reviews.
• Coordinate user acceptance and production readiness activities.
• Define test scenarios and acceptance criteria for AI solutions.
• Conduct hands-on functional and quality testing.
• Support automated testing and evaluation approaches.
• Monitor performance and business outcomes post-deployment.

Skills

Business Analysis

Product Ownership

Stakeholder communication

Agile delivery

Data analytics

Workshop facilitation

Requirements gathering

Problem solving

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Power Platform

SQL

Job description

My client is one of the largest and most successful banks in the world with offices in Dublin. They are a leader in the Fintech industry, working on cutting edge technology that’s shaping the future of finance and investments. They have a number of exciting projects and new developments underway and they are looking to add to the growing teams in multiple divisions.

About the Position

My client is looking for a talented AI Business Analyst / Product Owner to join the Enterprise Risk & Finance Technology team. The successful candidate will be responsible for shaping, defining and supporting delivery of AI-enabled automation solutions throughout their full lifecycle, from initial feasibility assessment through to production deployment and continuous improvement.

This role acts as the primary interface between business stakeholders and engineering teams, ensuring that AI agents remain aligned to clearly defined business objectives, measurable success criteria and high quality standards. Working closely with business users, architects and software engineers, the Product Owner will help shape innovative solutions that automate complex business processes within a highly regulated enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery activities with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for AI-enabled automation and process improvement.
• Define clear problem statements, measurable business objectives and success criteria for proposed solutions.
• Perform feasibility assessments in partnership with architects, software engineers and business stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into clearly defined scope, acceptance criteria and delivery objectives.
• Act as Product Owner throughout the delivery lifecycle, ensuring solutions remain aligned to business objectives and measurable outcomes.
• Work closely with architects and software engineers to ensure functional requirements are aligned to technical designs and implementation approaches.
• Review and validate solution designs, agent instructions, system prompts, workflow definitions and supporting solution artefacts to ensure alignment with business intent.
• Maintain and prioritise delivery backlogs, balancing business value, technical constraints and delivery priorities.
• Lead stakeholder workshops, requirement discussions, demonstrations and solution reviews.
• Coordinate and support user acceptance activities and production readiness reviews.
• Define test scenarios, quality standards and acceptance criteria for AI-enabled solutions.
• Perform hands-on functional, behavioural and quality testing of delivered solutions.
• Support development and execution of automated testing and evaluation approaches.
• Monitor solution performance, user feedback and business outcomes following production deployment.

Experience

• Strong experience working as a Business Analyst, Product Owner or related role within technology delivery organisations.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proven ability to communicate confidently with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Experience facilitating workshops, discovery sessions, requirement gathering activities and solution discussions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with data to support business analysis, solution validation and decision making.
• Ability to define measurable business outcomes, success criteria and KPIs.
• Experience translating business requirements into deliverable scope and acceptance criteria.
• Experience supporting software development lifecycles within Agile delivery environments.
• Strong testing and quality assurance mindset.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business language.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience operating as a Product Owner within Agile delivery teams.
• Experience supporting AI, analytics or technology-enabled business solutions.
• Experience reviewing, refining or designing prompts, agent instructions and conversational workflows.
• Good understanding of Financial Services, Corporate Finance or other regulated business environments.
• Experience working with SQL, reporting platforms or business analytics tools.
• Experience defining and executing testing strategies and quality assurance activities.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform technologies.
• Experience working with AI agents, Generative AI or related technologies.
• Experience using Agile delivery tooling including JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience supporting enterprise software delivery within large organisations.

Remuneration Package

Strong rate on offer as well as high likelihood of extension.