Product Owner - Banking at Fractal Systems Ltd, Central London, £Contract Rate
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- Central London, London WC2N 5DU, UK
- Jun 29, 2026
Contract Description
The Role : We are looking for an experienced Product Owner with a strong background in banking or financial services to join a high-growth digital platform team. You will own end-to-end product delivery across one or more cross-functional squads, working on customer-facing features and core financial platform capabilities in a fast-paced, outcome-driven environment. This is a hands-on, accountable role. You bring deep domain knowledge from day one, operate independently without hand-holding, and are equally comfortable in a sprint ceremony as you are presenting to senior stakeholders.
What You Will Do
Delivery
- Own and continuously refine a prioritised, DoR-compliant product backlog aligned to roadmap OKRs
- Author high-quality user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint artefacts that enable engineering teams to deliver without further clarification
- Participate actively in sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and PI Planning as the accountable Product Owner
- Drive sprint velocity and Definition of Done adherence; report delivery metrics to stakeholders
- Act as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, technology, and the delivery squad
- Make and communicate fast, evidence-based prioritisation decisions without requiring senior direction on every trade-off
- Present progress and metrics to senior leadership in a format that drives decisions
- Ensure product decisions remain within the firm’s regulatory obligations, including Consumer Duty where applicable
- Maintain audit-ready artefacts for all in-flight regulatory and change-driven product activity
Essential
- Proven Product Owner experience within a regulated banking or financial services environment
- Track record at a UK bank, challenger bank, building society, insurer, or equivalent regulated firm
- Strong command of Agile delivery – Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe – with consistently high backlog quality
- Ability to manage senior stakeholders and translate ambiguous business needs into clear delivery requirements
- Comfortable owning prioritisation decisions independently, without requiring management sign-off on individual trade-offs
- Proficient in Jira, Confluence, and GitHub as daily working tools
- Eligible to work in the UK; able to satisfy client onboarding and background screening requirements
Highly Desirable
- PSPO I/II or SAFe POPM certification
- Retail lending, mortgages, payments, or savings product domain knowledge
- Experience with AI-assisted product development in a regulated context
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