The Pepperstone story started in 2010. We know what it’s like to trade the world’s markets. Our team describes us as a place for the curious and the driven, and we like to do things a little differently; as a transformative global fintech, we’re digital, nimble, connected, and united in our vision to create a better way to trade.
We thrive on progress – for our clients and for ourselves. Our organizational culture is ever-evolving, vibrant, diverse, global, and results focused. You’ll find our 350+ team currently across 9 locations and time zones.
The Role:
Our technology team thrives on inclusivity and collaboration, believing that diverse perspectives lead to great solutions. We foster a culture that champions individual growth, professional development, and work-life harmony. We're invested in your success and dedicated to supporting you every step of the way. We encourage our team to bring challenge thinking and fresh ideas to the table and our Agile approach empowers us to focus on outcomes. When we hire someone its because they are bring the skills, attitude and experience we're looking for....so we let you do what you are best at! Join us and be part of a community that's passionate about harnessing technology's potential to drive market leading solutions for our clients. Elevate your career in an environment where your ideas matter, your growth is nurtured, and your potential is limitless.
We are in an exciting phase of growth with investment on cutting edge technologies. This Product Owner role will be one of the newest roles to support the build of a highly functional portal.
As the newest addition to our team, you'll handle a range of tasks: from planning and backlog management to delivery and governance. Collaborating closely with the Product Manager, you'll oversee day-to-day product development to ensure our new portal aligns with the planned vision.
Your key role involves translating portal functions into a comprehensive backlog and collaborating with engineering teams for feature definition, tracking, and iterative delivery. Employing Scrum methods like sprint planning and backlog grooming, along with traditional project management practices, you'll manage dependencies, risks, and stakeholder reporting.
Join us in this exciting journey where your contribution shapes a seamless user experience!
As our Product Owner your key responsibilities include, but not limited to :
- Managing backlog priorities according to the roadmap while ensuring clear understanding of requirements within the team.
- Drive planning based on feature priority, strategy, and team capacity.
- Planning sprints with team input and updating roadmap based on sprint progress, collaborating on adjustments with stakeholders.
- Owning and defining delivery roadmap while using Agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver initiatives and epics.
- Identifying and handling delivery dependencies, blockers, and risks.
- Managing release process, stakeholder communications, and change management and conducting regular retrospectives for continuous improvement
- Managing delivery risks in line with company processes.
- Tracking team velocity and engagement metrics.
- Providing relevant reporting on the status of delivery and follow the governance structure.
- Planning and organising demos, facilitate collection and processing of feedback.
About You:
- Previous experience as a Product Owner building a eCommerce or My Account Portal in financial services
- Experience working on B2B\B2C web experiences including back office functionality to manage transactions
- Experience working with registration and onboarding processes for financial services businesses
- Experience working with business models such as affiliates, loyalty programs and introducing business channels
- Experience working on web development builds, portals and user experience projects
- Experience working in a large agile environment
- An understanding of financial markets related concepts and terminology commonly found in trading, including basic capital markets terms and calculations
- A natural collaborator, working across diverse teams and stakeholders to define and deliver on a Partners strategy that supports the desired commercial priorities.
Why you will enjoy working with us:
- Competitive salary structure including company bonus scheme
- Genuinely collaborative and friendly culture
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Remote working option - work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks per year, in addition to hybrid working as standard
- Ongoing personal development & learning opportunities
- 15 weeks paid primary carers parental leave & 4 weeks paid secondary carers leave
- 3 paid volunteering days per year & Workplace Giving Program
- Frequent events and celebrations including a standard weekly social
- Beautifully renovated large office at Collins Square - 727 Collins Street, Melbourne
- Best in class end of trip facilities including bicycle parking, change rooms & showers
- A full stocked kitchen, onsite coffee machines with locally sourced coffee beans (this is Melbourne after all) and curated specialty teas
More about Pepperstone
We’re a regulated online Forex and CFD trading platform. With the scale of a global fintech and the agility of a start-up, we arm our clients with everything they need to take on the global markets with confidence. You will be part of a wider passionate and friendly team, and whilst things may not always go to plan, we learn quickly and move forward with impact. To learn even more visit Pepperstonecareers.com and www.linkedin.com/company/pepperstone/
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Pepperstone is an equal opportunity employer. We are passionate about building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from any background.
“We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we respond to every applicant”.
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Note to external agencies: While we appreciate the efforts of external recruitment agencies, we prefer to engage directly with applicants for this opportunity.
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