Senior Product Owner

Whatever stage of life you're in, our benefits are designed to provide the support, flexibility, and peace of mind you need to thrive both at work and beyond.

In addition to our discretionary annual bonus scheme, which reflects both individual and company performance, you'll benefit from a market-leading benefits package tailored to support your wellbeing, financial security, and family life.

• 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Private Medical Insurance - company-funded cover for you and your immediate family
• Generous Pension Scheme - a non-contributory employer contribution of 10%, increasing with length of service up to 15%, plus the opportunity to increase this through salary sacrifice
• Enhanced Parental Leave - up to 26 weeks' full pay to support growing families.
• Protection Benefits - company-funded critical illness cover, income protection, and life assurance
• EV salary sacrifice scheme through Tusker

Reasonable Adjustments
We're an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing us at careers@sjp.co.uk
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The Change, Digital & Delivery division is responsible for driving business growth at SJP by delivering strategic change, optimising core processes, and enhancing experiences for clients, Partners, and employees. The division oversees the successful delivery of key programmes and projects, ensures our technology platforms are secure and high-performing, and manages critical third-party suppliers. Acting as a key enabler of transformation, it plays a central role in building the systems and capabilities that power the future of the business.

The Digital Product Team brings together specialist Product Owner teams aligned to key business capabilities. The function owns the digital tools and platforms that support the end‑to‑end financial advice process, working closely with a range of third‑party suppliers. Its focus is on delivering fit‑for‑purpose, intuitive products through strong user insight and active management of product and technology supplier roadmaps.

The Senior Product Owner will take ownership of several complex products and/or provide deep expertise in a specific product area to deliver maximum business value. You will act as the bridge between stakeholders and development teams, ensuring the successful delivery of high-value products. You will be responsible for defining product requirements, prioritising backlogs, and ensuring that the team delivers products aligned with business goals and customer needs.

• Defining and articulating product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with the value stream's OKRs.
• Creating, owning and maintaining the product backlog, delivering features aligned with business goals
• Managing multiple products within a portfolio, ensuring coherence and synergy across the product suite
• Providing vision, direction and assistance to the development teams.
• Ensuring the quality and user experience of the product, holding development and support teams to account for the delivery of that quality and experience.
• Conducting detailed market research and competitor analysis to inform product strategy and maintain a competitive edge

Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we're building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable; where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.

Location: Cirencester Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

We're looking for an experienced Senior Product Owner who can build and maintain strong relationships and can work with business stakeholders to understand, inform and influence business and technology strategies.

If you're excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking 'apply' below and our team will be in touch.
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