Product Owner

Product Owner | West of Ireland | Hybrid | Permanent

Hiring on behalf of a financial services technology organisation, seeking an experienced Product Owner to steward a legacy platform while supporting the development of a next-generation replacement.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with business owners and clients to understand workflows, pain points, and requirements through structured problem discovery
• Challenge stakeholders to articulate the why behind requests rather than accepting prescribed solutions
• Partner with the Technical Product Owner to translate insights into well-structured user stories and acceptance criteria
• Balance competing client needs and make clear, reasoned trade-off recommendations
• Own the Kanban workflow for ongoing legacy platform maintenance alongside a small engineering team
• Prioritise bug fixes, minor feature requests, and operational improvements to maintain platform stability
• Manage third-party integrations and handle client support escalations related to data delivery
• Keep backlogs well-prioritised and delivery predictable across both legacy and new platform workstreams

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience in financial services, governance, or a related domain
• 1–2 years' product management or product ownership experience within a technical team environment
• Demonstrated ability to translate stakeholder requests into well-structured requirements
• Experience managing legacy systems and new platform development in parallel
• Comfortable with Kanban and Agile workflows in small, high-velocity teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to distil complex business logic clearly

Nice to have

• Experience with third-party platform integrations such as Broadridge, Proximity, or similar voting services
• Familiarity with user-centred design principles and product experience thinking

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