Senior Product Owner
Date Posted: 08/07/2025
Location: London
Job Type: Full time
Apply NowSenior Product Owner - Strategic Technology Transformation (Retail B2B2C)
London City – Hybrid (minimum 50% office based)
At Just we encourage a flexible and agile working environment for the majority of our opportunities. Get in touch with us to discuss in more detail.
Who are Just?
We help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast-growing FTSE 250 company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award-winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose-led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do.
This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.
About the role:
We are leading a bold and transformative journey - and we’re looking for a Senior Product Owner to join our flagship technology system transformation programme within our Retail B2B2C business.
This is a rare opportunity to shape the core of a future-facing platform that will redefine how we serve our customers and partners. As a senior member of our transformation leadership team, you will drive the vision, strategy, and execution for a cross-functional product squad and play a pivotal role in delivering one of the most impactful changes in our business’s history.
This Senior Product Owner will make strategic impact to into the Retail business, by being able to influence the architecture and functionality of a new core platform with long-term business implications, take full ownership of a product domain with end to end accountability and work directly with the Retail Product Director, delivery teams and executive sponsors on roadmap priorities and outcomes on a day-to-day basis.
If you're a strategic product leader who thrives in complexity, enjoys solving big challenges, and wants to leave a legacy in a major technology overhaul—we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
Shape and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a key domain within the system transformation programme.
Define, manage, and continuously refine epics, features, and user stories, ensuring alignment with strategic business outcomes.
Define value and drive KPIs and success metrics in line with business and programme objectives
Prioritise and maintain a robust product backlog, balancing near-term delivery with long-term platform scalability.
Partner with the Delivery Manager, Programme Management Office, and senior leadership to manage budgets, define benefits, and track value delivery.
Facilitate workshops and sprint ceremonies to maintain a high-performing squad with clear, value-driven goals.
Maintain close collaboration with various internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to: proposition, operations, distribution, engineering and design, to deliver outstanding products
Foster a culture of continuous discovery, customer-centricity, and innovation.
Track market trends, regulatory changes, and competitor insights to proactively identify product opportunities or risks.
Serve as a mentor and thought leader to other Product Owners, contributing to the development of product excellence across the organisation.
Skills and Experience
Significant experience as a Senior Product Owner or Lead Product Manager in complex digital transformation programmes, ideally with a platform or system focus across multiple organisations (essential)
Strong backlog prioritisation and value delivery mindset
Deep understanding of core policy admin systems and strong knowledge of business processes, regulatory and compliance landscape in financial services
Familiarity with modern architecture concepts (APIs, microservices, cloud based platforms)
Proven success delivering technology-led product change at scale in Financial Services, Protection or Annuities and an understanding of FCA/regulations, Consumer Duty etc (high desirable but not essential)
Strong experience or understanding of Agile delivery frameworks and methodologies (SCRUM), including experience working in cross-functional squads.
Adept at balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, and confident influencing at executive level.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills and the ability to build alignment across diverse internal and external teams.
Strong ability to plan, manage & prioritise own workload, e.g. personal planning, organisations
Strong problem solving skills to unblock transformation challenges
Experience with data-informed decision-making and product performance measurement.
Highly accurate and quality focused with strong analytical skills
Company Benefits
A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
Along with 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday
Private Medical Cover and Income Protection, just in case
A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme – paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets
Opportunity to progress within your career both in-role and within the company
FREE access to the Headspace App, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline and Trained Physical & Mental Health First Aiders (On-Site)
A variety of Employee Funded Benefits available to you via our Online Benefits Portal
Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones
Why Just?
At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.
We’re committed to building a more sustainable business, and we’re working hard to make progress against our Net Zero targets. We're reducing our reliance on fossil fuels in our offices, switching to more sustainable sources of energy and we're investing more of our money in green and social assets.
Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just. We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.
Be Bold. Be Brilliant. Be Just.
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