Product Owner Consultant

Broadridge; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. seeks a Product Owner Consultant to translate strategic visions into actionable plans for our agile development team in Wealth Management applications. The role bridges Product and Business teams, turning insights into system requirements used by development, QA, and client services.

It is a 12-month consultancy with potential extension. Prior finance domain expertise is strongly preferred, and attendance aligns with partial overlap with North America.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years’ experience building SaaS products in an agile environment.
• Finance/fintech or lending sector experience preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to present to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements walkthroughs with Development and QA.
• Identify risks and define mitigation strategies.
• Prioritize and break down features into user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Review finished product with customers to confirm business requirements met.
• Drive backlog management aligned with product vision and business priorities.
• Lead agile ceremonies (planning, reviews, demos, retrospectives).
• Document user guides and system requirements; communicate progress to leadership.

Skills

Stakeholder comms

Agile

Backlog mgmt

Requirements gathering

SaaS product

Education

Bachelor’s degree

System integration training

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Flowchart tools

Job description

At Broadridge, we've built a culture where the highest goal is to empower others to accomplish more. If you’re passionate about developing your career, while helping others along the way, come join the Broadridge team. We are looking for an innovative and proactive Product Owner Consultant to enhance our Wealth Management applications. Prior domain expertise in finance, lending or banking applications is strongly preferred. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Product Management, this role is key in turning high-level strategic visions into actionable plans for our agile development team. As the bridge between our Product and Business teams, you will convert intricate insights into comprehensive system requirements, facilitating smooth development and QA processes. These requirements will also serve as essential resources for our clients as they test and implement new or enhanced features. You will regularly engage with clients, and collaborate directly with development, QA, and client services teams, leading projects with a focus on innovation and excellence. This is a 12-month consultancy contract with the possibility of an extension.

Responsabilities Key Job Functions

• Manage the requirements walk-through with Development prior to commencement of coding
• Manage the requirements walk-through with QA prior to commencement of testing
• Identify potential risks to project deliverables and suggest and manage risk mitigation strategy
• Analyze conflicting requirements from different users, prioritize them, and develop business-oriented software requirements
• Resolve any oversights or ambiguities in the original specification
• Review the finished product with customers and confirm that all business requirements have been met

• Backlog Management: Develop and manage a comprehensive product backlog, ensuring it reflects the product vision and priorities.
• Break down complex projects and features into smaller, manageable components, with clear and concise user stories.
• Prioritize the backlog based on business value, dependencies, and stakeholder needs, maintaining alignment with strategic objectives.
• Ensure that development teams always have an adequate amount of clear and actionable tasks, facilitating efficient workflow.

• Product Development: Lead agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, review, demo, and retrospectives. Define acceptance criteria and ensure they're met during testing phases, refining user stories and backlog items as needed.

• QA & Performance Monitoring: Work with the QA department testing projects as required including documentation of Test Strategies, Test Cases and Test Results Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) and user feedback to determine feature success and areas for improvement. Adjust product strategies based on insights derived from real-time user data.

• Documentation & Communication: Prepare and maintain clear and concise product documentation, including user guides and system requirements. Act as the primary point of contact for all aspects of your product, including updates and changes. Effectively communicate progress to senior leadership

Requirements

• 3-5 years’ experience in building SaaS products with similar role in an agile environment
• Experience in the finance, fintech or lending sector is highly preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, business writing, developing and delivering presentations.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to grasp new concepts quickly and adapt to situations.
• Strong time management skills, ability to work under pressure and ability/willingness to learn.
• Proven track record in gathering definition and specification of requirements and excellent documentation skills producing Business Requirements, Functional Requirement or User Stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Sound understanding of the software development lifecycle models and methodologies.
• Flexible to work in shift that has partial overlap with North America.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g., business, computer science, engineering)
• Training in system integration life cycle methodologies
• Skills/Tools: Expertise in following a SDLC process and a continuous improvement advocate during a Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as well as project methodologies, including waterfall and Agile.
• Testing skills including creating business test cases and building test plans Seasoned at daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, backlog prioritization, user story preparation and demos.
• Interpersonal skills including building consensus, negotiation and facilitation with leadership
• Proficiency in MS Office suite of applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, flowchart applications.

Hybrid Flexible at Broadridge

We are made up of high-performing teams that meet in person to learn and collaborate as needed. This role is considered hybrid. #LI-Hybrid #LI-LM1

We are dedicated to fostering a collaborative, engaging, and inclusive environment and are committed to providing a workplace that empowers associates to be authentic and bring their best to work. We believe that associates do their best when they feel safe, understood, and valued, and we work diligently and collaboratively to ensure Broadridge is a company—and ultimately a community—that recognizes and celebrates everyone’s unique perspective.

Use of AI in Hiring

As part of the recruiting process, Broadridge may use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools, to help review and evaluate applications. These tools are used only to support our recruiters and hiring managers, and all employment decisions include human review to ensure fairness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable laws. Please note that honesty and transparency are critical to our hiring process. Any attempt to falsify, misrepresent, or disguise information in an application, resume, assessment, or interview will result in disqualification from consideration.

Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR) is a global technology leader with trusted expertise and transformative technology, helping clients and the financial services industry operate, innovate, and grow. We power investing, governance, and communications for our clients – driving operational resiliency, elevating business performance, and transforming investor experiences. Our technology and operations platforms process and generate over 7 billion communications annually and underpin the daily average trading of over $15 trillion in equities, fixed income, and other securities globally. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over 15,000 associates in 21 countries. LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Glassdoor The Muse Broadridge is committed to creating an engaging workplace for the most talented associates in our industry.