Product Owner

Team:Product

Location:Paddington London

Employment status:Full-time Permanent

Reporting to:Product Manager

Working week: Monday-Friday

About Hyperlayer

Hyperlayer is a B2B product company building a platform to revolutionise the world of payments. Hyperlayer transforms digital wallets into smart wallets that change the way people and businesses spend money. Wallets powered by Hyperlayer let consumers withdraw money from multiple accounts with a single tap for a specific purpose.

Our platform enables capabilities such as connecting specific accounts with targeted brand spending it gives merchants and customers access to cutting-edge rewards and since spending is social Hyperlayer supports group saving sharing and spending. All in one platform.

Hyperlayer is working with large retailers and financial institutions. Our product introduces innovation to these industries to create solutions: helping consumers families and groups improve their financial wellbeing by making their money go further.

About the role:

We are seeking a Product Owner to act as the bridge between Product Management and Engineering ensuring product strategy is executed effectively. The Product Owner will manage backlogs write user stories define acceptance criteria and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features that align with Hyperlayers product vision.

This is a hands-on role ideal for someone who thrives in execution delivery and detail with strong analytical skills and a passion for financial services technology.

Key Responsibilities:

Backlog Ownership & Execution

• Write clear detailed user stories and acceptance criteria covering happy paths edge cases and error scenarios.
• Prioritize and organize backlog items to support efficient sprint planning and delivery.
• Facilitate refinement sessions to ensure engineers fully understand requirements and expectations.

Cross-Functional collaboration

• Partner with design to refine user journeys and flows ensuring behaviour is fully defined ahead of build.
• Engage with Compliance Marketing and Customer Support to validate that features meet business needs and obligations.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Product and Engineering for the mobile app ensuring smooth communication and delivery alignment.

Quality & Delivery Assurance

• Review engineering deliverables to confirm alignment with acceptance criteria and product intent.
• Maintain consistency and quality across app features with a keen eye for detail in copy states and error handling.
• Identify ambiguities early and resolve gaps before build starts.

You should apply if you have:

• 5 years experience in Product Operations Product Analytics or related roles in fast-paced tech/fintech companies.
• Proven experience writing detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for software development teams.
• Strong collaboration skills with designers product managers and engineers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities to convey complex requirements clearly.
• High attention to detail with ability to anticipate unhappy paths and edge cases.
• Structured thinking and strong prioritization skills.
• Familiarity with Agile workflows and tools (e.g. Jira Confluence).
• Experience working on mobile applications or digital products.

Preferred qualifications:

• Background in fintech financial services or SaaS product environments.
• Experience with OKRs agile operating models cross-functional teams and product governance.
• Exposure to generative AI tools and modern product analytics platforms (Mixpanel Amplitude Pendo).
• Track record of partnering with senior leadership to drive operating rhythm and decision-making.
• Understanding of mobile platforms UX/UI principles and user-centric design.
• Technical aptitude to communicate effectively with engineers.
• Agile Scrum or Business Analysis certification.

How to apply

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We will not be offering UK work visa sponsorship for these roles. Candidates will need an existing non-sponsored right to work in the UK.

Working at Hyperlayer

At Hyperlayer we are proud of our in-office culture. It makes a real difference to the working atmosphere and maximises collaboration in and across teams. This is critical to how we work and learn. Also we think it makes for a great workplace!

We value our team and are proud to offer some great benefits:

• A performance-based employee bonus scheme.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays a day off on your birthday and an additional day per year of tenure to a maximum of 30.
• Critical illness and life insurance cover.
• AXA PPP Health Insurance including gym offers.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Referral bonus scheme.
• Workplace nursery scheme

Equity diversity and inclusion

Hyperlayers mission is to make a positive impact on peoples lives making it easier for everyone to manage their money.

Hyperlayers commitment to equity diversity and inclusion is a key part of this; it helps us better serve our customers employees and business partners from every background.

We are constantly learning and striving to do better and we expect all staff to actively take part in this process.

Data Privacy

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We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use this data and to meeting our data protection obligations. To read more clickhere.

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