Product Owner - Investing and Trading App

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. The Product Owner owns the backlog, turns business, client and regulatory needs into well-defined work for engineers, and reports to the Head of Product. The position is full-time, on-site in Bucharest.

Key responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the backlog against client value, regulatory obligations, risk and delivery capacity, and 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, work with the Engineering Lead and QA Lead on scope and release readiness, and run business acceptance testing.
• Build regulatory requirements such as FCA Consumer Duty, client money and KYC / AML into the product with Compliance.
• Use product analytics to measure outcomes and communicate releases and changes to stakeholders.

Required profile

• At least 4 years in product roles, including 2+ 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.
• Nice to have: retail investing/trading products, FCA Consumer Duty, CSPO/PSPO certification, user research and UX collaboration, AI-powered features.

What we offer

• Salary of 220,200 to 330,000 RON gross per year, depending on experience.
• Eligibility for the Group bonus scheme, employer pension and social security contributions, and supplementary health insurance.
• 20 working days annual leave plus public holidays, company-provided hardware and a learning budget.
• Paid occasional travel to other Group offices.