Job Specifications
At Engine by Starling, we are on a mission to find and work with leading banks all around the world who have the ambition to build rapid growth businesses, on our technology.
Engine is Starling's software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, the technology that was built to power Starling, and two years ago we split out as a separate business.
Starling has seen exceptional growth and success, and a large part of that is down to the fact that we have built our own modern technology from the ground up. This SaaS technology platform is now available to banks and financial institutions all around the world, enabling them to benefit from the innovative digital features, and efficient back-office processes that has helped achieve Starling's success.
We draw upon our experience as knowledgeable bankers, and best in class technologists to become the chosen option for these banks, and preferred partners for leading consultancies.
Hybrid Working
We have a Hybrid approach to working here at Engine - our preference is that you're located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that we're able to interact and collaborate in person.
About the role
In this role within Engine's Product & Technology function, you'll run one or more subdomains in the Lending area, ensuring successful product development throughout, as well as having oversight and involvement in the creation of new lending features. You'll also work closely with the wider lending product team, including contributing to the broader lending roadmap. You'll have touch points with our existing and future clients to ensure we support them effectively.
You'll enjoy problem solving, getting to the detail, and understanding how clients can make the best use of our product, whilst designing ways to improve it. Your work will span product strategy, client-facing requirements gathering & solution design, and product ownership in an Engineering context.
What you'll get to do
Take ownership of a best-in-class lending product by scoping out breakthrough features, and owning the end-to-end delivery of your sub-domain(s) in close alignment with the Product and Engineering domain leaders.
Contribute to the overall lending roadmap with inputs from your subdomain(s)
You'll work cross-functionally with engineers, designers, document writers, and QA to drive the design and delivery of improvements to the product that align with the vision of the business, taking into account existing and potential clients.
You'll confidently and independently prioritise incoming tasks and clearly communicate ‘the what' and ‘the why' of each decision to both internal and external stakeholders.
You'll manage deadlines and be responsible for proactively raising delivery risks that may impact our client projects.
You'll develop a close relationship with our Delivery and Customer Success teams, taking the lead on assessing feature requests and client requirements as a key input into overall feature and roadmap definition.
You'll work closely with our Business Development team by helping the team understand Engine's capabilities in your domain and joining early-stage Sales conversations as an SME.
You will be responsible for being the champion of the feature, telling different teams and clients about the product, and adapting your style of communication and materials to different stakeholders
You'll enjoy problem solving, getting to the detail, and understanding how clients can make the best use of our product, whilst designing ways to improve it. Your work will span product strategy, client-facing requirements gathering & solution design, and product ownership in an Engineering context.
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Product in Practice
Requirements
Your background
5+ years of direct Product manager/owner experience, ideally in FinTech or with a regulated lender
You have owned and delivered new features, projects or products from start to finish and have gathered clear learnings on what went well and what didn't. You've then ensured the successful in-life maintenance of the feature (or project) going forward.
Relevant experience in one or more of our lending subdomains: Origination, Credit Cards, Overdrafts, Collections and Mortgages & Term Lending.
Experience working across different regions and jurisdictions is a plus
You are comfortable leading multiple workstreams on the go as well as presenting existing and new capabilities internally and externally to clients.
You have experience working directly with APIs.
You have a keen eye for mobile UX and a good understanding of market trends in the lending world.
You have experience of rapidly understanding problems and presenting solutions in a structured and informative manner that facilitates decision making.
Your skills
You're able to manage competing priorities, whilst keeping sight of the big picture and driving towards an end goal.
You are intellectually and tec
About the Company
Hello, we’re Starling.
Banking was broken – so we decided to fix it. The vision? Fast technology, fair service and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time.
We built Britain’s first digital bank.
One hard-won banking licence later, we set about giving people a new way to spend, save and manage their money (and take better care of the planet, too).
We’re changing banking for good.
Back then, we were obsessed with unravelling the knotty world of finance and solving people’s problems rather than selling them ...
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