Product Owner - Credit Cards Platform

Spencer Rose are seeking an experienced Product Owner to support the migration of Credit Cards, Sales and Acquisition journeys from on-premises infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Urgent start, initial 3 month contract.

Start: ASAP
Location: Chester - 2 days a week onsite
Rate: £#removed# per day Inside IR35
Duration: 6 months initial contract

The role will focus on collaborating with business management teams to gather, refine and prioritise requirements, translating them into actionable work items for a newly established feature team. The Product Owner will ensure the team operates autonomously, delivers business value and minimises dependencies on the customer through effective planning, stakeholder engagement and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather, analyse and prioritise business and technical requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria and a prioritised product backlog.
• Communicate requirements to the feature team, ensuring clarity of scope, objectives and expected outcomes.
• Enable the team to work independently by proactively resolving blockers and managing dependencies.
• Align delivery priorities with business objectives, migration milestones and customer expectations.
• Work closely with technical teams to support the successful migration of Credit Cards, Sales and Acquisition journeys to GCP.
• Manage stakeholder communications, risks and issues, ensuring transparency and timely decision-making.
• Drive continuous improvement, delivery quality and incremental business value throughout the contract.

Key Skills and Experience

• Proven experience as a Product Owner within banking or financial services, preferably in the credit cards domain.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery, backlog management, user story development and prioritisation.
• Experience working with cloud migration programmes, ideally involving GCP.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and decision-making skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, work independently and drive outcomes with minimal customer dependency.