Product Owner

Pune, Maharashtra

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Date live: Jul. 04, 2025

Business Area: In Business BSS

Area of Expertise: Product Development & Management

Reference Code: JR-0000058263

Contract: Permanent

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Embark on a transformative journey as a Product Owner where you'll spearhead the evolution of our business data, within business banking product and propositions are tasked with developing, pricing, maintaining, and retiring all business banking products and propositions for Barclays UK.

You Salesforce Product Ownerwill be responsible for the management and development of existing and new products and/or services; and where applicable, ownership of related customer and colleague journeys. You will develop the product strategy, drive change through Barclays execution teams, make key decisions in the product lifecycle and own associated outcomes for customers, colleagues and the bank, achieved through appropriate service level agreements, regulatory compliance, risk management and controls. Additionally, your role requires effective stakeholder management, leadership, and decision-making to support business strategy and risk management. 

To be successful as a Product Owner you should have the following experience:

Experience in end-to-end Salesforce delivery with a proven track record of managing and executing Salesforce solutions.

Experience in product/proposition delivery and development, including defining priorities and driving outcomes for propositions.

Experience in driving and managing change initiatives.

Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and stakeholders.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

Experience with using Jira.

Experience in monitoring KPIs, analysing data to inform decisions, and identifying trends to deliver valuable outcomes.

Producing Results - Ability to achieve or exceed planned outcomes, even in difficult situations. Effectively uses available resources (e.g., people and technology) and strives for excellence.

User Experience Design - Knowledge of user experience design tools and techniques. Utilises these tools and techniques in order to design and build products / applications / services that are positively perceived and accessible to all users.

Commerciality - Understands how the bank operatesin order to be successful, profitable and serve the needs of clients and customers. Demonstrates awareness of key business concepts, tools and processes and recognises how they apply to Barclays.

Product Design Life Cycle - Knowledge and application of the product design life cycle; the ability to design and produce deliverables using appropriate methodologies in a range of scenarios across the bank.

Analytical Thinking - Applies tools and techniques to gather, process and analyse information using various sources and different perspectives. Recognises the significance of exploring and dissecting information in order to tackle tasks, decisions or issues.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The location of the role is Pune.

Purpose of the role

To manage and develop existing and new products and/or services; and where applicable, ownership of related customer and colleague journeys, develops the product strategy, drive change through Barclays execution teams, make key decisions in the product lifecycle and own associated outcomes for customers, colleagues and the bank, achieved through appropriate service level agreements, regulatory compliance, risk management and controls.

Accountabilities

Development of customer level strategies & solutions that are tailored to customers’ needs.
Subject Matter Expert in the applicable Product/Proposition team and be able to confidently guide and advise stakeholders at all levels in the Bank on the application of existing and new products/propositions and related customer and colleague journeys.
Development of product propositions, and/or service strategy, define the priorities for delivering the outcomes needed to deliver the strategy and lead execution of the priorities.
Development of different commercial and business models through a strong understanding of the financial drivers of the P&L for the relevant segment/ proposition/ journey.
Evaluation of the technical feasibility, legal compliance, and potential risks associated with the development and launch of the new product.
Monitoring of market trends and analysis feedback from internal employees and target customers through prototypes, user testing sessions, and beta programs to identify areas for improvement to refine the product / process before launch.
Management of comprehensive launch plans and technical deployments for products that establish rollout timelines, marketing strategies, training initiatives and communication channels to promote the launch new products effectively.
Monitoring of key metrics such as adoption rates, usage patterns, customer satisfaction (including complaints), and revenue generation to assess the product's performance against set goals.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.