Hybrid Product Owner

at Fintel

• Job title: Product Owner
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: SDLC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Haddenham, United Kingdom

About the role

• Product Owner responsible for managing product design and backlog at a UK-based company. Collaborating with stakeholders and engineering teams in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• Serving as the primary liaison between stakeholders and the development team you will translate business insights and user feedback into actionable design features and ensuring successful product delivery within an Agile SDLC framework.
• Own the delivery of product increments
• Own the product backlog for your product or area, ensuring it is well‑structured, prioritised and ready for delivery.
• Drive the product design, collaborating closely with the Product Manager and/or Product Director to create customer-centric product features which meet user needs and business goals.
• Ensure that delivery is broken down into appropriately sized increments and releases, balancing speed, quality and risk.
• Act as the day‑to‑day decision‑maker for scope, trade‑offs and sequencing during delivery.
• Partner with developers, QA and business analysts to ensure a shared understanding of what is being built and why.
• Ensure acceptance criteria are clear, outcomes are understood and customer needs are correctly represented.
• Support planning, refinement and review activities, keeping delivery focused and unblocked.
• Champion good agile practices and continuous improvement within the team.
• Stay informed about customer needs and Jobs to be Done (JTBD), competitor offerings, and customer feedback to ensure the product remains competitive and relevant
• Represent customer needs in delivery discussions, ensuring solutions solve real problems rather than just delivering features.
• Validate that completed work meets agreed outcomes and quality standards before release.
• Act as the key link between product, engineering and delivery‑adjacent teams.
• Provide clear updates on delivery progress, risks and dependencies.
• Contribute to retrospectives and improvement initiatives to strengthen delivery effectiveness over time.

Requirements

• 3+ years’ experience working as a Product Owner (or in a closely related delivery role) in an agile environment.
• Strong backlog management skills, including writing clear user stories, acceptance criteria and managing priorities.
• Experience working closely with developers, QA and business analysts
• Experience delivering SaaS or digital products.
• A pragmatic, outcome‑focused mindset, with the ability to make day‑to‑day decisions that keep delivery moving.
• Strong communication skills, with the confidence to challenge, clarify and align across disciplines.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, Agile environment managing multiple tasks/projects simultaneously

Benefits

• Location: This is a hybrid role where you'll work in the office with colleagues 3 times each week. Our office is based in Haddenham.
• Right to Work: Applicants must already hold a legal right to work in the UK without time restrictions and without the need for future sponsorship. We are unable to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.