Design System Product Owner

We are seeking a Design System Product Owner to play a pivotal role in shaping the Blueprint design system that powers customer and colleague experiences across the bank.

The successful candidate will collaborate with product owners and other technical teams involved in the product development process and utilise their knowledge of the bank's technologies to enact the vision defined in the product roadmap.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provision of subject matter expertise to support the collaboration between the product owner and the technical side of product development.
• Support the development and implementation of the product strategy and vision defined in the product roadmap and communicate them with the relevant stakeholders and the development team.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility that are well defined, measurable and secure.
• Development and implementation of assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality and performance.
• Monitoring of product performance to identify opportunities for optimisation that meets the bank's performance standards.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improve product development and delivery.

As an Assistant Vice President, you will be expected to:

• Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.
• Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience defining product strategy, roadmaps and priorities for complex digital products.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across a diverse organisation.
• Experience using data, customer insight and business outcomes to inform product decisions.
• Deep understanding of enterprise design systems, accessibility standards and design-to-code workflows.
• Ability to translate demand into clear, actionable backlog items that deliver measurable value.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience operating and evolving design systems as products within large organisations.
• Expertise in governance models, contribution frameworks and operating principles at scale.
• Knowledge of product analytics, adoption measurement and value realisation techniques.
• Experience leading strategic initiatives that drive organisational change and product adoption.
• Understanding of release, versioning and change management practices across web and native platforms.

The successful candidate can be based in Manchester (Piccadilly Place), Knutsford (Radbroke Hall), or Northampton (Pavilion Drive).