Senior Product Owner - Cardiff, United Kingdom - LDMS
Description
Salary:
Up to £65,000 depending on experience + up to 20% annual bonus + benefits
About Us:
Founded in 2018 LDMS is part of the LC Financial Holdings group, a 4 pillar organisation that has over 2,000 employees across Europe.
We are a Fintech company focused on digital lending software, a market growing around 18% per year and set to be worth $27 billion by 2028.
Given our expertise within the company and across the group we aim to be the leader in the space, and in order to do that we need a team of people who can not just write quality code but can think, create and challenge others to come up with the best solutions for our customers.
We are an ambitious team with a pretty big 'to do list' including improving existing products, building new ones and delivering to new markets.
As a Product Owner you will be a senior member of the Product team at LDMS, you will be responsible for organising, prioritising and refining work for our agile engineering teams.
You will assist in creating, defining and delivering the product strategy, gather feature requests and coordinate the team's sprint cycles, ensuring quality and clarity of items and stories.
To be successful in this role you will be able to identify and understand customer needs and communicate these clearly to the cross-functional teams to ensure smooth product releases.
Ultimately you will be pivotal in rolling out products that deliver on our company vision.You'll be responsible for clearly communicating this vision and gathering requirements to and from a variety of stakeholders ensuring that they are aligned with the business objectives and the product Roadmap.
Support other members of the Product team and contribute to an effective product function. In this role you'll be expected to display, and gain commitment to LDMS' values and behaviours.Key Responsibilities
From time to time the key responsibilities may change or be adapted to the needs of the business, however the below gives an overview of the key areas of focus
Day to Day
- Incorporate feature requests into the Product backlog and Roadmap
- Constantly groom and prioritise the product backlog in line with company objectives
- Develop clear, understandable user stories and define easily understandable acceptance criteria
- Work with our inhouse UX designer to construct high fidelity prototypes and present to stakeholders for feedback.
- Gain agreement and understanding from the team and set sprint goals
- Plan releases and upgrades in collaboration with the Release Manager
- Analyse requirements and the needs of the end users
- Keep track of industry developments and trends
Requirements:
Essential
- Intimate knowledge of the administration/servicing of a Loan agreement.
- Previous experience as a Product Owner, or similar role in software delivery with handson experience of managing aspects of the product lifecycle. (i.e. Business Analyst, Scrum Master)
- Natural problem solver, with ability to define a MVP and strike a balance between strategic and tactical delivery and route a path between day 1 functionality to later sophistication.
- Proven experience in effectively communicating stories, epics and initiatives to engineering teams under a scrum methodology and use of supporting platforms (JIRA, Azure DevOps)
- Positive team player with strong written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Be able to compare and contrast existing and competitor solutions to maximise relevant outcomes.
- Experience in analysing data and customer issues to draw businessrelevant conclusions
- Technical background/understanding with experience of software such as Postman, Database IDEs (Dbeaver, SQL Server, sql developer)
What's important to us?
It's safe to say our passion is tech but we recognise that it's the people that we hire and bring together who are at the heart of the organisation.
- Teamwork
- Merit
- Develop
- Honest
- Impactful
- Integrity
They may just look like corporate jargon but they mean something to us, and if you can relate to the above, get in touch as it there's a good chance that you'd be a great addition to the team.
Benefits
- Discretionary Bonus (Upto 20%)
- 25 days Annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- 1 day Birthday Leave
- 1 day Charity Leave
- Death In Service
- Private Health Insurance
- AXA VIP comprehensive cover optional
- EAP
- Pension (Salary Sacrifice 3%/5% contribution)
- Salary sacrifice bike and electric car scheme
- Monthly Socials
- Charity Events
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