Product Owner

Senior Product Owner - Digital Transformation
Location: Dublin (Hybrid)
Contract: Initial 6-month contract
Sector: Financial Services

Role Overview
Our financial services client is undertaking a significant digital transformation programme, focused on digitising the end-to-end organisation and reshaping services to become truly customer-centric.
We are seeking a Senior Product Owner / Product Lead to operate at a strategic, enterprise level, working across multiple business areas to define, shape and drive digital products and capabilities. This is a high-profile role suited to a seasoned product professional with strong stakeholder influence and a proven track record in large-scale transformation within financial services.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive product vision, strategy and roadmap aligned to enterprise-wide digital transformation objectives
  
• Lead the definition of customer-centric digital products and journeys, informed by customer insight, data and regulatory requirements
  
• Act as the senior product interface between business leadership, technology teams and delivery partners
  
• Translate strategic transformation goals into clear product outcomes, epics and priorities
  
• Guide and mentor Product Owners / Analysts working across aligned delivery streams
  
• Champion modern product practices, agile ways of working and outcome-based delivery
  
• Balance customer experience, commercial value, operational efficiency and regulatory compliance
  
• Engage with senior stakeholders to manage expectations, dependencies and change impacts
  
• Support transformation governance, business cases and investment prioritisation
  

Required Experience & Skills

• Extensive experience operating as a Senior Product Owner / Product Manager / Product Lead
  
• Strong background in financial services (banking, payments, insurance or regulated environments)
  
• Proven delivery within large-scale digital transformation or enterprise digitalisation programmes
  
• Demonstrated success driving customer-centric design and digital experience improvement
  
• Experience working across complex organisational structures and influencing at senior leadership level
  
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and decision-making skills
  
• Strong understanding of Agile, product-led delivery models
  
• Comfortable working at both strategic and execution levels
  

Desirable

• Experience leading products across multiple channels (digital, self-service, operational platforms)
  
• Exposure to core system modernisation, platform transformation or legacy replacement
  
• Background working in organisations undergoing cultural and operating model change
  
  

About Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com