Senior Product Owner (Technical) London

About Finster AI

Werea Series A stage firm redefining the future of finance with our AI-native research and task automation platform backed by leading global venture investors. Founded by a team of experts from Google DeepMind Meta AI and J.P. Morgan Finster AI providescutting-edgesolutions to help finance professionals unlock unique insights with greater efficiency and accuracy.

We areseekinga talented andtechnically-mindedProduct Owner to join our growing team and help shape the development of our platform and core infrastructure as we continue to push the boundaries of AI in Finance.

RoleOverview

Werelooking for aSenior Product Ownerto lead the translation of product strategy into clear actionable priorities for our backend and platform engineering teams.

You willbe responsible forensuring that engineering teams are focused on the highest-impact work that technical decisions are thoughtfully challenged and that delivery timelinesremainclear and realistic.

Working closely with backend engineers infrastructure teams and product leadership you will own the engineering backlog and ensure that complex technical initiatives are broken down into well-scoped deliverable workstreams. You will act as the bridge between product strategy and engineering execution ensuring that the platform evolves in a scalable reliable and commercially aligned way.

Responsibilities

• Translate product and company strategy into a clear actionable roadmap for backend and platform engineering teams

• Own and prioritise the engineering backlog balancing product needs technical dependencies infrastructure improvements and scalability requirements

• Work closely with backend and platform engineers to refine technical requirements challenge assumptions and ensure the best architectural decisions are made

• Break down complex technical initiatives into cleartickets and milestones that engineering teams can execute against

• Facilitate planning backlogrefinementand retrospectives for engineering teams

• Ensure engineering priorities are clearly defined timelines are realistic and deliveryremainsaligned with broader product goals

• Act as a key interface between product engineering and leadership helping translate technical progress and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders

• Monitor delivery progressidentifyblockers early and work with engineering leadership to keep projects on track

• Continuously evaluate platform performance scalability and technical debt to inform prioritisation decisions

Who You Are

• 5 years of experience as aTechnical Product Owner Technical Product Manager or Engineering-focused Product role

• Strong experience working directly withbackend infrastructure or platform engineering teams

• Comfortable discussing system architecture APIs data flows and technical trade-offs with engineers

• Proven ability to prioritise complex technical workstreams while balancing product infrastructure and business needs

• Excellent organisational and communication skills able to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience working in fast-paced startup or scale-up environments

• Familiarity with modern product delivery and engineering tooling (Linear GitHub Datadog etc.)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working onAI data platforms or highly technical SaaS infrastructure

• Familiarity withdistributed systems data pipelines or API-driven platforms

• Interest or background infintech financial services or quantitative products

Opportunities

• Opportunity to shape the technical foundations of a high-growth AI company

• Direct influence on platform strategy and engineering priorities

• Collaborative fast-moving team with deepexpertiseacross AI engineering and finance

Why Finster

• Impact:As an early-stage companyyoullbe part of the team shaping the foundation of one of the most exciting AI platforms in financial services.

• Exposure:Youllwork directly with seniortechnicalleadershipon criticalprojects

• Growth:Be part of a company scaling rapidly after Series A with opportunities to grow the scope and responsibility of your role.

• Exceptional team:We are a world class team that combinesexpertisefrom AI labs (Google DeepMind Meta AI) with leadingFinancialinstitutions (Morgan Stanley J.P. Morgan Rothschild & Co Aviva Investors Visible Alpha Revolut).

• Culture:We deeply value collaboration intellectual curiositydisagreementand high performance.

Benefits at Finster AI

Werea growing cross-functional team that values supporting each others development. As part of the team you can expect:

• 25 days PTO excluding bank holidays

• Flexible working - Our flexible work model aims to meet the needs of our diverse employee community by making work more flexible connected and inclusive. Depending on the role and needs of the team Finster AI employees have the flexibility to work from home 2 days per week.

• Generous healthcare and dental package

Next steps

At Finster AI we are committed to building an inclusive environment that attracts andretainsthe best talent from around the welcome applicants fromdifferent culturaland educational backgrounds and value curiositycourageand determination to implementnew ideas. If you are a self-starter that wants to have an impact on how Finster grows and develops we want to hear from you. Eagerness to learn attitude and enthusiasm are more important than ticking all the boxes. Even if not all desired requirements are met butyourevery excitedabout the role get in touch.

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