Product Owner Brighton, England
Job description
MPB is looking for an experienced, resourceful Product Owner to join our growing team. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of our products, helping to deliver an exciting roadmap of innovative initiatives. Working with the rest of the product & engineering team, you will be responsible for driving and defining the launch of new features, services and products for our customers and internal users. You should have a solid grasp of strategy, sprint management, release planning, Agile methodologies and analytics in order to deliver high-quality product features to meet customer needs and deliver business value.
This position is based in our Brighton office for 2 days per week, with the rest of the time spent working remotely.
About You
We're searching for a skilled Product Owner to join our team and lead the development of the global ecommerce payments and tax infrastructure, driving the future growth of the company.
The ideal candidate will have a background working in fintech or a demonstrable understanding of Finance business processes.
You'll be responsible for driving the product vision and strategy, and ensuring that our payments and tax infrastructure meets the needs of our global customers and stakeholders.
You'll be a key member of the team, working closely with cross-functional teams to define and prioritise product features, and leading the product development process from ideation to launch.
You will bring a wealth of industry knowledge and experience to the table, and be able to communicate complex requirements effectively with the team.
With your strategic thinking and leadership skills, you'll be able to guide the team to build a robust and scalable infrastructure that will enable MPB to expand its reach and impact in the global market.
We are seeking people with a positive attitude, a strong work ethic and thirst to learn. You will be somebody who is seeking ownership of your work, who wants to see your ideas put into action as part of a growth-stage company with a progressive culture. You should be a creative thinker, driven to solve the needs of our users and deliver the best possible experience for our customers.
You will be somebody who is an active listener, able to gather and interpret user needs into requirements. You are able to balance the priorities of many different voices and opinions in an unbiased way to ensure business value is always paramount.
We foster a culture of quality and openness within the team. You will be a team player who enjoys collaboration and is happy implementing improvements on an iterative basis, building upon and elevating our projects. You will provide vision and leadership to your scrum team, ensuring the team is working together to deliver a shared goal.
Skills you'll need
- Ability to work very closely with key stakeholders to manage and shape their product needs
- Ability to translate high-level requirements into epics and user stories with appropriate level of acceptance criteria and test scenarios
- Demonstrate a passion for understanding and championing the business, customer and user needs.
- Very comfortable working closely with developers and test automation engineers, being available to answer questions and provide clarity whenever necessary
- Management and maintenance of the product backlog
- Confidence in leading sprint review meetings, demonstrating features and taking feedback from stakeholders
- A strong advocate for customers, internal users and the business for the development team
- Ability to produce and maintain any relevant product definition documentation
- You will possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to communicate with accuracy and clarity.
- Ability to collaborate with marketing, design and UX to design solutions.
Additional useful skills:
- Good knowledge of the Atlassian toolset including JIRA
- Experience working as a Product Owner within financial services / operations
- Familiarity with VAT and tax requirements and processes within an e-commerce environment
- Experience collaborating with UI/UX colleagues on designs and prototypes using tools such as Figma and FigJam
- Certified Scrum Product Owner
Benefits
At MPB we support our staff and their careers in every way we can.
We provide 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, 4% employer contributory pension scheme, private healthcare from your start date and flexible hybrid working options.
You will also have access to our EAP, a range of employee discounts, a buzzing social calendar and a dog friendly workplace.
