Contract Product Owner

hedgehog lab
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
13 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Remote
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Front End Software Development

Job description

  • Translating business and regulatory requirements into clear, deliverable technical solutions trusted by stakeholders.
  • Owning and delivering against a prioritised product roadmap, balancing customer value, commercial outcomes, and regulatory obligations.
  • Leading an Agile squad of frontend engineers to deliver high-quality, customer-focused digital experiences.
  • Managing and prioritising the product backlog, ensuring well-defined user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
  • Acting as the primary liaison between business, engineering, risk, and compliance teams.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Financial services?, * Solid experience working as a Product Owner within Agile delivery teams, ideally on digital or customer-facing products.

  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to navigate complex business, technical, and regulatory environments.
  • Proven capability in backlog ownership, prioritisation, and shaping work to maximise value and delivery flow.
  • Experience leading or working closely with engineering teams, with a good understanding of frontend-led digital delivery.
  • Experience within banking or financial services is desirable, particularly in regulated product environments

About the company

hedgehog lab is a digital product consultancy with 20 years of experience. Based in Northern England, we help global brands craft better digital experiences through technical excellence and human-first collaboration. Our client Our client is a UK-based financial services organisation that delivers digital banking products to millions of customers. They focus on building simple, secure, and reliable experiences at scale within a highly regulated environment.

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