Associate Product Owner

Rathbones provides individual investment and wealth management services for private clients, charities, trustees and professional partners. We have been trusted for generations to manage and preserve our clients’ wealth.

Our tradition of investing and acting responsibly has been with us from the beginning and continues to lead us forward. Our ambition is to be recognised as the UK’s most responsible wealth manager.

We see it as our responsibility to invest for everyone’s tomorrow. That means doing the right thing for our clients and for others too. Keeping the future in mind when we make decisions today. Looking beyond the short term for the most sustainable outcome. This is how we build enduring value for our clients, make a wider contribution to society and create a lasting legacy. Thinking, acting and investing responsibly.

Job Title: Associate Product Owner

Department: Product & Transformation

Location: Liverpool, Glasgow

Contract Type: Permanent

The Role

 The Associate Product Owner will work alongside the Senior Product Owners/Product Owners within their value stream to support the business-as-usual product management of their assigned value stream, as well as supporting the full development lifecycle for future product enhancements working alongside the Senior Product Owner/Product Owner, supporting teams and our key suppliers

Outcomes of the Role

·         Supporting the Senior Product Owners/Product Owners with the coordination of an agile team including combined business, technical, data, design and research capabilities in a continual make-test-learn product cycle 

·         Drive the focus of, and analyse the results of customer experience research aligned to Product Strategy and desired product outcomes

·         Support in the prioritisation and grooming of product backlogs on an ongoing basis

·         Support the full product development life cycle, including post launch product management and ideation through to launch of new features and functionality

·         Input to key performance indicators to measure results 

·         Be data driven and be obsessed with the customer experience, producing reporting and documentation as appropriate

·         Cooperate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders

·         Contribute to product development, testing and deployment in an Agile manner using Scrum methodology and artefacts 

·         Support prioritisation of the backlog for their value stream, balancing business requirements and customer needs and ensure that they are well defined and manage the release schedules

·         Translate business requirements into technical stories and vice versa

·         Take ownership of Service related issues aligned to their value stream, co-ordinating and collaborating with their peers in different value streams where there are shared dependencies

Knowledge & Experience

·         Product management knowledge, with an understanding of product lifecycle management, from ideation to launch and ongoing development

·         Market and customer insights with a proficiency in conducting research, analysing client and user needs, and translating insights into actionable product features and improvements

·         Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to be able to communicate and work with all levels within the organisation

·         Passionate about digital technology with a desire to keep on top of new technologies and share these best practices with the overall team

·         Able to bridge the technical and business worlds, ensuring we are building the right things

·         A team player, able to influence product conversations with all involved parties

·         Experience working in an agile product delivery environment

·         Relevant agile certification desirable

Life at Rathbones

We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector, to achieve this we are working hard to build a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace that motivates, develops and embraces the strengths of all our colleagues. Being part of Rathbones means you will join a team of passionate professionals in a successful culture that cares for its people. At Rathbones, we provide meaningful work, opportunities, and a voice to all.

We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We welcome individuals who share our values – those that are passionate about client service, operate with the highest levels of integrity and have a strong results focus.

We’re a Level 1 Disability Confident employer under the UK Government scheme. This means we’ve signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities. Find out more about the Government Scheme online. If you require adjustments to apply for a role at Rathbones, please contact us via recruit@rathbones.com to let us know what adjustments you may need.