Product Owner

ABOUT US 

Looking to join an emerging leader in the UK FinTech industry? It’s such an exciting time to be joining Vitesse! 

Created by a team of proven FinTech entrepreneurs in 2016, Vitesse PSP has recently closed a $92m Series-C funding round.  Now having established revenue streams and a differentiated position in key segments we have embarked on a journey to double our revenue in each of the next three to four years.  We employ around 180 colleagues across the EU with hubs in London and Rotterdam, with plans to expand into the US this year. In 2024, we plan to scale our product and platform engineering team further to take advantage of the market opportunity across Europe and position us to enter the US. 

Our existing solution allows us to operate one of the largest domestic banking and payment networks in the world, from our UK regulated business, giving our customers direct access to more than 100 countries’ banking networks, supporting over 60 currencies. Through a single integration, merchants gain access to in-country payment routing, resulting in significantly lower payment costs and much faster delivery. To date, we have processed over £3bn across more than 3 million transactions and are looking to more than double volumes each year. We have paired this network with treasury capabilities to create a compelling offering targeted at the insurance vertical. 

We now need to rapidly scale-out our engineering capability to build a global version of this platform that supports multiple regulatory hubs and points of origination. 

The Product Owner’s mission is to lead a high-performing squad, working closely with a Business Analyst and an Engineering Lead, to deliver market-leading claims data, reporting, notifications, and reconciliation capabilities. Your role is to ensure clients have the right information, in the right place, at the right time, empowering them to make better decisions and drive operational efficiency. 

We’re looking for a commercially aware, client-facing Product Owner with the curiosity and drive to become a subject-matter expert in claims data and insights. By understanding client needs, regulatory requirements, and operational workflows, you will craft a clear vision for a smarter, more transparent claims information ecosystem and lead your engineers to bring that vision to life. 

You will define and prioritize the product roadmap, turning complex data and operational requirements into actionable features. By collaborating with Internal stakeholders and directly with strategic Vitesse customers, you will ensure that data insights, reporting, notifications, and reconciliation features combine into an effective and actionable information flow, helping clients operate efficiently and confidently. 

RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Own the product vision and backlog for claims data & insights, reporting, notifications, and reconciliation capabilities 

• Define, prioritize, and refine epics, features, and stories to deliver an information flow for clients that distinguishes signal from noise, and allows them deliver operational efficiencies in their business 

• Partner closely with your BA and Engineering Lead to translate requirements into well-scoped deliverables and guide the engineering team through successful execution 

• Build deep SME knowledge in claims data and date insights, reporting standards, operational workflows, and regulatory requirements 

• Engage directly with clients, internal stakeholders, and ecosystem partners to validate concepts, gather feedback, and ensure solutions meet real-world needs 

• Navigate complex change management across internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment and smooth delivery of features 

• Break down long-term goals into incremental releases that deliver value early, accelerate feedback, and enable continuous improvement 

• Assess business, operational, and regulatory impacts of changes and plan pilots and rollouts with internal teams and clients 

• Communicate updates clearly to clients and internal teams, ensuring successful adoption of new features 

• Track post-launch performance using KPIs, measure impact, and iterate to optimize product value 

• Collaborate with other Product Owners to ensure alignment, consistency, and maximum impact across the broader product portfolio 

Requirements

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED  

• 5+ years’ experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role, with strong experience in data, data visualization, reporting, notifications, or reconciliation systems—ideally in Insurance or Financial Services 

• Commercially aware, with the ability to understand the business impact of product decisions and drive outcomes that support strategic objectives 

• Strong client-facing skills, able to engage stakeholders, gather feedback, and translate needs into actionable product requirements 

• Highly analytical, structured, and data-driven, with experience turning complex data sets into meaningful insights 

• Solid understanding of claims processes, operational workflows, and regulatory requirements within the insurance industry is highly desirable 

• Working knowledge of Agile development practices 

• Collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively across squads, stakeholders, and global teams 

• Proactive and hands-on, with a mindset for improving processes, features, and ways of working 

• Self-driven and accountable, able to prioritize effectively and deliver tangible results in complex, fast-moving environments 

Benefits

What We Offer:  

• 25 days Holiday per year (increasing by 1 day per years’ service, up to 30 days) + Bank Holidays  

• Product & Tech quarterly in person workshops.

• Contributory pension scheme. 

• Enhanced Parental leave.  

• Cycle to Work Scheme. 

• Private Medical Insurance with AXA. 

• Unlimited access to Oliva, our Mental Health Therapy partners. 

• Discounted Gym membership through Gym pass. 

• Financial Coaching with Octopus Wealth. 

• 2 days of volunteering leave per year. 

• 1-month unpaid Sabbatical after 5 years’ service. 

• Life Assurance – MetLife (UK employees only). 

• We value learning and will help you with your personal development where we can — from constant exposure to new challenges to regular internal and external training. 

We understand that everyone has their own work rhythm and believe in a flexible working schedule - at Vitesse you’re expected to work 35 hours a week.  When you need a break, you have 25 days of paid holiday that you can use throughout the year.  

Vitesse at our best – our values  

The Vitesse values are a true reflection of what it takes to thrive in our business, so it’s important to us that any employee who joins our business is aligned with these 3 attributes  

Confident Humility  

We don’t do ego and we know that unless we all win, none of us win. We admit when we’re wrong, ask for help and always think about the wider business before ourselves. 

Driven to Succeed  

We see the opportunity ahead of us and we won’t stop until we fulfil the potential we know we have. We hold ourselves to high standards and deliver high quality outcomes for Vitesse and our customers.   

Tenacious Responsibility  

We take ownership for our actions and decisions, and face into the challenges that come our way. We are committed to seeing things through to completion, even in the face of adversity. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer  

We commit to creating an inclusive environment that enables everyone to perform at their best, where we recognise the rights of all individuals to mutual respect and where there is an unbiased acceptance of others. Our policies and practices aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly and with dignity and respect. If you require any interview adjustments please contact Clara Moretti-Parker on [email protected].