Lead Product Owner (AI, Fintech)

TL;DR

Lead Product Owner (AI, Fintech): Building and optimizing customer and colleague journeys in customer-facing and operational areas through advanced technology and AI-powered solutions with an accent on product vision, strategy, and end-to-end change compliance. Focus on leading cross-functional teams, shaping complex platform backlogs, and ensuring meaningful outcomes for the wider Group.

Location: Hybrid (Manchester or Halifax, UK), requiring at least two days per week in the office.

Salary: £104,992 - £123,520

Company

hirify.global is rebooting an icon and building the future of finance through investments in people, data, and technology.

What you will do

• Lead and empower a large, cross-functional team in partnership with the Lab Engineering Lead, setting standards and inspiring delivery.
• Define and own the Product Roadmap, vision, and strategy, shaping and prioritising epics, features, and stories.
• Ensure end-to-end change compliance for the overall Product, including governance and business readiness.
• Support the development of objectives and key results and provide clear product performance and value realisation insights.
• Shape key business artefacts such as business cases, skills and capacity plans, and technology roadmaps.
• Deputise for Business Platform Lead or other Lab Product Owners on cross-cutting platform topics.

Requirements

• Strong experience in driving strategic data product delivery, platform modernisation, and transformation-led change.
• Accountability for a complex platform backlog, leading multi-disciplinary engineering, data, and analytics teams.
• Effectively manage internal and external stakeholders, quickly establishing credibility and trust.
• Confidence acting as the voice of the customer, ensuring their needs shape product direction.
• Use sound judgment and experience to guide teams through complex and sometimes ambiguous transformation work.
• Solid grasp of AI concepts, ideally with experience in delivering AI-enabled products or services.

Culture & Benefits

• Committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating an environment where everyone can thrive, learn, and develop.
• Provides reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance and working patterns.
• Offers a generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
• Includes an annual performance-related bonus and share schemes.
• Provides 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top, and generous parental leave policies.