Product Owner - Lending

OSB Group has embarked on significant technology Transformation programme and we have a new opportunity to join our Group Transformation team as a Product Owner, within the Lending Domain. The role reports into the Lead Product Owner and will lead and lead an engineering feature team to design and build the new lending originations platform to transform the experience for brokers, borrowers and colleagues.

Transformation will deliver significant automation opportunities and seamless end to end customer experience. Whilst delivering at pace using agile practices you will be responsible for technology backlogs from shaping to live implementation aligned to the overall product strategy. Leading a feature team from the front you will drive business growth by understanding customer and business needs and translating them into actionable product requirements. The role will work alongside other Product Owners and align with other labs focused on Savings, Payments, Data, and Cloud technologies.

The role has the flexibility to be based from Wolverhampton with regular travel or London and benefits from our hybrid-working policy of three days a week in the office and two days from home.

At OSB Group, we understand how much our people bring to our organisation, which is why we try our best to give back too! Our Purpose is to help our customers, colleagues and communities prosper and we are on a transformation journey to become ‘the bank of the future’.

Our commitment to professional development, flexible working, and employee well-being fosters a dynamic and supportive workplace.

As Product Owner, you will have a strong background and understanding of lending and mortgage originations in order to design and build our in house capability and knowledge. You will develop the product backlog whilst staying ahead of emerging trends, technologies and regulatory changes to ensure we remain competitive and compliant.

Your responsibilities will include…

• Own and drive the mortgages origination platform to transform experience and deliver expected business outcomes.

• Understanding customer, broker and market needs and translate them into actionable product requirements.
• Defining, prioritising and ensure clear communication of requirements to deliver product features using EPICS and user stories
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, risk, product, credit risk, underwriting

• Enhanced family-focused benefits
• Hybrid-working (3 in /2 wfh)
• Annual bonus opportunity up to 25%
• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays

Please use this link to see the fantastic benefits available at OSB: https://www.osb.co.uk/careers/overview

We are looking for talented individuals who have the skills set out below:

• Strong track record of working a Product Owner or Product Business Owner within financial services that has been through transformation
• Strong experience and knowledge of mortgage originations and lending processes
• Previous experience in the financial services industry within a technology setting with a strong understanding of the UK market and customer needs is essential
• Experience of Agile development methodologies is essential
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels of the organisation

If this sounds like you, apply now! Still on the fence? Hear from our team or explore our process: OSB Careers

Shortlisted candidates will go through a personalised recruitment process, that is relevant and conversational – inclusive any individual reasonable support required. We want to bring out the best in you!

Diversity & Inclusion
We champion diversity at all levels, with Board-level Diversity Champions tracking our progress. We are proud to be signed up to the Women in Finance Charter to actively support the growth and development of senior women in our sector and are dedicated to treating all our employees and job applicants equally, opposed to discrimination on any grounds.