Description
We are seeking a Product Owner to join our Unsecured Lending business at Barclays. As a Product Owner, you will play a key role in defining and prioritising the product backlog, ensuring that the product meets customer needs and delivers optimal value.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create, own and manage a prioritised product backlog aligned to agreed product outcomes and roadmap priorities
- Develop clear user stories and acceptance criteria to support high-quality delivery
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams to clarify requirements and support execution
- Maintain alignment with UK-based Product teams ensuring delivery reflects customer, commercial and regulatory priorities
- Contribute to delivery of Loans team’s broader goals and roadmap objectives
Requirements:
- Strong communicator across business and technology teams
- Collaborative and outcome-focused, with the ability to make trade-offs for optimal prioritisation
- High ownership and accountability
- Curious and analytical with interest in product performance and optimization
- Experience working in an Agile delivery environment (Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar)
- Strong backlog management, requirements definition, and user story development
- Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, and analytics platforms
- Experience working with cross-functional or distributed teams
Nice to Have:
- Experience in Retail Banking, Loans, or Unsecured Lending
- Understanding of regulated financial services environments and customer outcome considerations
- Experience in a Product Owner or product-aligned role
- Comfortable working with engineering teams and understanding technical considerations, with desirable knowledge of platforms such as Loans Management systems or risk decisioning systems
- Experience using SQL or similar tools to interrogate data and support decision-making
- Exposure to digital delivery, Behavior-Driven Development, and Agile delivery practices