Product Owner

We are looking for a finance-focused Product Owner (PO), this is a role that blends product ownership and financial expertise to guide the development of financial products. They will act as the "voice of the customer" by managing the product backlog, prioritizing features, and ensuring the product aligns with business goals and market needs, while also maintaining a strong understanding of financial services and compliance.

Your impact in the role (Key responsibilities)

· Manage the product backlog: The PO owns and prioritizes the product backlog, to ensure that the development squad works on the most valuable items first. This may involve working with Business Analysts or will involve directly gathering requirements and turning them into user stories, with appropriate Acceptance criteria

· Bridge the gap between business and technical teams: They represent the needs of both customers and the business to the development squad, ensuring the final product is user-friendly, meets identified business needs and is commercially viable / compliant with financial and business regulations.

· Ensure financial compliance and security: The PO ensures that the product adheres to financial regulations and security requirements, which is critical.

· Collaborate with stakeholders: They work closely with various departments, including engineering, finance, transformation and compliance, and manage communication between them.

· Champion the product vision: The PO focuses on the tactical aspects of getting the product built, focusing on delivering value to the customer. The product owner will work with programme and project managers as required.

· Agile methodologies: A strong understanding of Agile and Scrum frameworks is necessary, as the PO is a key role in these development processes.

· Financial acumen: Knowledge of finance, market trends, and the fintech industry is crucial to building successful financial products.

· Customer empathy: The ability to understand and represent the needs of the end-user is a core function of the PO role.

· Analytical skills: The role requires the ability to use data for decision-making and to analyse market insights to inform product strategy.

· Communication: Strong communication skills are essential for managing relationships with diverse stakeholders and clearly defining product requirements.

Product Knowledge: Experience of working with a corporate Finance Management System, ideally Unit 4 is desirable

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

A Recruitment Advocate will join this recruitment process as a panel member. This is part of an internal scheme supporting our recruitment process to be fair, transparent and consistent. About L&Q: We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life. 250,000 people call our properties 'home', and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England. People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q. At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger - and they're at the heart of everything we do. When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We're proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We're a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we've introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It's all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Fine out more here. Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.