Product Owner

LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom# Product Owner at N Consulting LtdLocationLondon, England, United KingdomSalary£85 - £90 /yearJob TypeFull-timeDate PostedFebruary 18th, 2026Apply Now Role: Product Owner - Payments Experience: 10years Location: London Work mode: Hybrid Key Responsibilities Product Ownership & Strategy Own the end to end Payment's product vision, roadmap and backlog for B2B clients (banks, DFIs, governments, NGOs, fintechs). Translate Head of Payments' strategic intent into executable product priorities across corridors, rails and platforms. Balance speed, reach and cost with the operational and regulatory realities of CLIENT's markets. Ensure alignment with overall solution strategy laid out by CLIENT. Payments Domain Leadership Drive improvements across cross border payment initiation, routing, settlement, tracking, reconciliation and exception handling. Manage payments tightly coupled with FX execution, pre funding, cut offs and liquidity constraints. Design for multi rail delivery (correspondent banks, local clearing, mobile money, wallets) across Africa, LATAM, APAC, Caribbean and Middle East. Regulatory & Risk Alignment Embed AML, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and market specific controls directly into product design. Work closely with Compliance, Risk and Ops to ensure solutions are compliant with UK PRA/FCA expectations and local market regulations. Design preventative controls to reduce payment failures, returns and manual repairs. Delivery & Team Leadership Lead a cross functional squad (engineering, ops, QA, analysts) as Product Owner in an agile delivery model. Own sprint planning, prioritisation, acceptance criteria and release readiness. Ensure operational readiness, SLAs and support playbooks are in place before go live. Align with the overall delivery roadmap of CLIENT. Stakeholder & Partner Management Act as the primary product counterpart to internal stakeholders: Payments, Banking, Treasury, Compliance, Operations, Technology and Sales. Engage with external partners including correspondent banks, clearing partners and payment providers to support corridor expansion and resilience. Skills & Experience Essential Strong Product Owner / Product Manager experience in B2B payments or transaction banking . Deep understanding of cross border payments , correspondent banking, and payments into emerging or frontier markets. Hands on experience working with regulated financial institutions and complex compliance environments. Ability to operate across business, technology and operations without losing delivery focus. Experience of having implemented a payments product in a banking or payment processor environment. Highly Desirable Experience with FX linked payments, liquidity management or nostro/vostro considerations. Exposure to API led payment platforms and gateway models. Experience delivering payments transformation or modernization programs. What Success Looks Like Faster, more predictable cross border payments across priority CLIENT corridors. Reduced payment failures, exceptions and operational friction. Clear alignment between payments strategy, product delivery and regulatory obligations. A payments platform that scales CLIENT's B2B business without increasing risk or cost disproportionately.