Product Owner (Lending)

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Our client, a major UK retail bank, provides every day banking services to over 17 million retail customers. The banks expertise and services span across Business Services, Corporate banking, Wealth Management, Group Functions, Retail and Investment Banking.

On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Product Owner for a 6 month contract based in London (2 days per week) with remote work available (hybrid)

Purpose of the role:

We're looking for a Product Owner to join an agile product team with a focus on developing our back end 'in life' Lending services, ranging from loan servicing to arrears management.

What you'll do:

• Work closely with Product Managers and wider stakeholders in a cross collaborative manner to ensure that platform features are delivered on time, within budget, and meet customer expectations.
• Build knowledge and expertise in lending product servicing (term loans and Point of Sale finance) and be the go-to person for information and progress updates.
• Manage the product backlog and prioritise features based on client demand, impact and effort.
• Break Epics into detailed user stories and feature specifications in JIRA for the squad to pick up and build (story, acceptance criteria and scenarios)
• Create comprehensive collateral and documentation to ensure the product succeeds in the hands of clients developing it into their own propositions.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure all 'in life' processes are running as expected, including Architecture, Operations, Risk, Data & Analytics and third parties.

The skills you'll need:

• Proven experience as a product owner, product manager, or similar role in a software development environment where APIs are the product.
• Technical background with a fundamental understanding of financial service products, particularly lending.
• Experience in supplier management and collaborating with third parties.
• Strong stakeholder management.
• Experience in Core Banking platforms (beneficial)
• Experience in Retail lending, e.g unsecured loans, overdrafts, point of sale finance (beneficial)

Next steps

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

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