Product Owner - Vilnius

About the role

EC Markets is an FCA-regulated FX and CFD brokerage whose engineering team builds and runs its investing and trading app: a React Native / Expo app on iOS, Android and web, backed by a Java Spring Boot API on AWS. It is looking for a Product Owner in Vilnius (on-site) who owns the backlog and turns business, client and regulatory needs into work the engineers can deliver. The role reports to the Head of Product and works closely with the Engineering Lead and QA Lead.

Key responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the product backlog against client value, regulatory obligations, risk and delivery capacity
• Turn business needs into epics and user stories with testable acceptance criteria
• Contribute to the product roadmap and keep it current and visible to the business
• Lead backlog refinement and sprint goals, accept completed work and give every epic a clear owner and exit criteria
• Work with the Engineering Lead and QA Lead on scope, trade-offs and release readiness
• Run business acceptance testing and sign off with the teams that raised the requirement
• Build regulatory requirements into the product with Compliance, including FCA Consumer Duty, client money and KYC / AML
• Use product analytics to measure outcomes and inform priorities, and communicate releases and changes to stakeholders

Required profile

• At least 4 years in product roles, including 2 or more as a Product Owner or Product Manager on a live consumer digital product, ideally mobile
• Experience in regulated financial services: trading, investing, wealth, payments or banking
• Degree in Business, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Fluent English

Required skills

• Scrum in practice, with Jira and Confluence
• Strong writing of user stories and acceptance criteria
• Technical understanding to discuss APIs, third-party integrations and trade-offs with engineers
• Data-informed decision-making using product analytics
• Stakeholder management with senior business and technical colleagues

Nice to have: retail investing or trading products (ISA, SIPP, CFDs, spread betting), working knowledge of FCA Consumer Duty, CSPO or PSPO certification, user research and UX collaboration, and experience with AI-powered product features.

What we offer

• Base salary of EUR 54,400 - 81,600 gross per year, plus eligibility for the Group bonus scheme
• Pension and social security contributions in line with statutory requirements
• Supplementary health insurance and 20 working days' annual leave plus public holidays
• Company-provided hardware and an annual learning and certification budget
• Occasional travel to other Group offices, paid by the company