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Job Title: Product Owner

Company: Evolution Money

Location: Manchester City Centre

Job Type: Full-time

Basic Salary: up to £70,000 pa

About Us

Evolution Money is a Certified B Corp with a social purpose. At Evolution Money, our mission is to redefine financial inclusion by

providing bespoke lending solutions to UK homeowners. We are committed to empowering individuals and fostering long-term financial

well-being. Through innovative and purpose-driven approaches, we aim to challenge traditional norms and create a pathway for those

who might be overlooked by conventional financial institutions.

The Role

The Product Owner will be responsibility for some of the key business products. They will oversee the development of their

products from start to finish, ensuring they meet the business needs and preferences. They will be the primary contact between

business stakeholders and development teams and will drive forward the development of their products using agile methodologies.

They will gather business objectives and document these and will plan the product roadmap to deliver those objectives. They will

gather and document requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborating with users and stakeholders to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product

requirements.

Defining the vision for their products and maintaining a cohesive vision.
Creating a product road map based on this vision.
Manage the product backlog and continuously prioritise backlog items due to changing requirements.
Oversee all stages of product creation, including design and development.
Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the development process.
Working with the product team, end-users and stakeholders to deliver updates and status reports, and gain feedback.
Leading and participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints, acting as voice of the business throughout the SDLC.
Developing and documenting user stories and acceptance criteria.
Lead design workshops to solutionise business requirements.
Clearly define product requirements and work closely with UI/UX team to ensure the product UI/UX is aligned to the product

goals.

Understand product domains and explain complex issues in clear terms to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Lead the UAT process, manage feedback from the business customers/users until the feature is confirmed to meet the acceptance

criteria.

Write thorough UAT scripts to validate product features against business/customer requirements.
Manage expectations of senior management, demonstrating product progress and incremental features on a regular basis.
Support the implementation of the product and it’s features for clients and business users.
Effectively communicate the value/ benefit of new product features to business users and clients.
Oversee the delivery of new product features and ensure any feedback is considered, reviewed and a decision made on whether it

should be added to the product backlog.

Researching competition and products in the marketplace.
Support senior management in evaluating existing products and forming strategies to select/develop new or update existing

products.

To undertake other duties of an appropriate nature in consultation with line manager.

Qualifications (minimum)

3+ years’ experience in a previous Product Owner role or taking a leading role in software development projects, including an

integrated customer communication platform.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to talk to and present to a range of audiences, sometimes acting as a

translator between technical and non-technical parties.

Experience working with agile methodologies.

Qualifications (additional)

Excellent analytical skills and an informed, evidence based approach.
The ability to work under pressure on multiple projects/ products within your project timeframes.
The ability to motivate others and lead change.
A passion for creating solutions with a positive attitude to change.
A strong interest in business and business development.
A good understanding and grasp of information technology.
Experience dealing with senior stakeholders.
Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the role of a Product Owner.
Excellent at documenting requirement specifications/ development sprint tickets and producing timelines and supporting

documentation to senior business leaders.

Leading daily standups, 3 Amigo sessions and Scrums
Excellent competency in using Microsoft products i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, MS Projects.

Desirable

Certified Product Owner certification.
Experience working in an Agile environment.
Financial (Mortgage/Loans) sector experience.
Qualified Scrum Master
Experience using tools such as JIRA, DEVOPS, Bizagi/MS Visio, SLACK, and Google Apps.
Experience using tools such as Balsamiq, Figma, Miro to draft UX/UI and mock ups .
Educated to degree level (high grade).

Here’s What You’ll Get Back

Up to 25 days’

About the Company

Evolution Money Limited is the preferred service provider for Evolution Lending Limited who are a multi-award winning secured lender providing finance to homeowners across the UK. With extensive experience in the secured and unsecured sectors Evolution Lending provide a market leading portfolio of secured loan products designed specifically for consumers who are either unable or choose not to access mainstream finance. Launched in 2011 Evolution Lending is the market leader in it's niche space and is seeing continued stron... Know more