Associate Product Owner (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid, based at the London, Farringdon office three days each week

Company

hirify.global provides independent financial information, ratings and market intelligence, including a large UK financial product database and product ratings across insurance, banking, investments and pensions.

What you will do

• Help maintain and prioritise product backlogs, write user stories and acceptance criteria, and support refinement, roadmap planning and sprint delivery.
• Analyse business processes, customer needs and system behaviours, translating complex problems into actionable requirements and delivery outcomes.
• Create requirements documentation, process flows and related delivery artefacts.
• Collaborate with UX, Engineering, developers, testers and Product colleagues throughout planning, testing, review and validation.
• Gather customer, market and competitor insights, advocate for user needs and evaluate product outcomes after release.
• Communicate progress, risks and dependencies while contributing to Agile practices, retrospectives and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 3–5 years' experience in Business Analysis, Product or a similar delivery-focused role within a software development environment.
• Experience writing high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies, including Scrum or Kanban, and experience with tools such as Jira.
• Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to break down complex business processes, systems and requirements into clear outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Practical experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude or similar for analysis, requirements gathering or delivery activities.
• Applicants must already hold a legal right to work in the UK without time restrictions and without the need for future sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Experience in fintech, financial services or another regulated industry.
• Exposure to product ownership, including backlog management, prioritisation or roadmap planning.
• Experience creating process flows, wireframes or other requirements artefacts.
• Experience with SaaS or data-driven digital products.
• Interest in market trends, competitor analysis and customer behaviour.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment in the Product department.
• Collaborative work across Product, Technology, UX, Engineering and the wider business.
• Fast-paced environment focused on learning, ownership, practical delivery and continuous improvement.
• Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available.
• Commitment to equal opportunities and an inclusive workplace.