Insight Investment is looking for a Product Owner (Core Investment Systems) to join the Application Product Management team in London.

The Product Owner bridges the gap between technology and the business and in turn. Helps nurture a long-standing collaborative partnership. As part of the Core Investment Systems Product Team (CIS), our largest Product Team, and will focus on SPGM thinkFolio and associated market connections, systems and business processes across Front Office, Trading, Compliance and Middle Office.

We are looking for a Product Owner to join us as we build out our technology roadmap around a common investment platform which includes thinkFolio. It’s an exciting opportunity to join as we are towards the start of this journey following a recent long and complex upgrade cycle, and our continued growth will enable us to keep up with client internal and external partners for innovative and robust technical solutions.

Role Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog and be responsible for ensuring the backlog is refined, transparent and clear to all, and show what the team will work on next
• Order and group the product backlog to deliver the most value to the business and clients, whilst maintaining quality, keeping control of technical debt and managing cyclical upgrades
• Own the product roadmap and work with the Product Manager and Development Manager/Team to set objectives supporting a departmental “now, next and later” approach, with specific personal focus to now (this quarter), next (6 months) and later (12 months)
• Work with the business stakeholders, Business Owner and teams to ensure items are turned into actionable user stories, generally documenting requirements via prioritised EPICs the team will detail into Stories
• Work with the Product Manager and Business Owner to define the value associated with the product backlog items and ensure the team forecast and track measurable benefits
• Provide the link between the Business Lead/Team and the Development Team; acting as the subject matter expert to give context to the Development Team around the outcomes they are delivering
• Attend agile and scrum meetings to ensure that the development work is aligned with the product roadmap
• Work with the team and especially Business Analysts on options to meet requirements, to support their delivery
• Liaise and work with other Product Teams and Support Teams to ensure cross team initiatives are joined up and appropriately sequenced

Experience Required

• Direction – is well informed about the business and strategic context, develops ambitious plans and strategies that define best in class
• Commitment – shares success and openly acknowledges high performers, has humility, acknowledges shortcomings and can admit error
• Performance Management – keeps key stakeholders appraised of team performance
• Stakeholder Management – has demonstrable experience in managing stakeholders at all levels across the business, technology and at third party partners
• Team Development – looks ahead to identify capability gaps and builds inclusive teams that leverage diverse and broad perspectives
• Commercial Acumen – astute commercial acumen and can assess the relative value and effort of ideas to come up with the best order
• Industry Experience – has a strong Investment Management Front Office and Trading change background
• PMS/OMS Experience – has implemented, upgraded and supported commonly used Investment Management Front Office (PMS) and Trading (OMS) third party vendor solutions
• Change Management – has held previous change management lifecycle roles in this domain, such as Programme, Project or Change Manager
• Product Management – has ideally previously held a product owner role in this domain

About Insight Investment

Insight Investment is a leading asset manager focused on designing investment solutions to meet its clients’ needs. Founded in 2002, Insight’s collaborative approach has delivered both investment performance and growth in assets under management. Insight manages assets across its core liability-driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income, currency and absolute return capabilities.