Senior Product Owner
iress · Johannesburg · South Africa · On-site
Posted Sep 2, 2026
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See yourself being part of a large, transformational change? This could be the role for you!
At Iress, we make things happen
Iress is one of Australia’s largest technology companies and employs more than 1,100 people across Australia, The United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, New Zealand and Asia. We believe technology should help people perform better every day. Since our beginning in 1993, people across financial services have trusted us to take their performance to the next level. More than 10,000 businesses and 500,000 people use our software, from the world’s most iconic financial services brands to advice firms of all sizes, banks, insurers, investment managers, traders and brokers.
Build your career at Iress!
As Senior Product Owner, you will translate client, market and commercial needs into clear product priorities and deliverable outcomes across Trading and Market Data in South Africa. You will own and prioritise product backlogs, clarify requirements and make timely decisions that enable product and engineering teams to deliver effectively. Working across clients and internal teams, you will ensure that product development creates measurable customer and business value. Your success will be reflected in clear priorities, predictable delivery, strong product adoption and improved client and commercial outcomes.
Some of the amazing things you’ll be involved in
You own and prioritise product backlogs across Trading and Market Data, ensuring that work aligns with agreed client, product and commercial outcomes.
You translate product strategy and validated client needs into clear epics, features, requirements and acceptance criteria for product and delivery teams.
You make timely product decisions that balance client value, commercial impact, risk, technical feasibility, dependencies and delivery capacity.
You lead structured discovery with clients and internal stakeholders to validate problems, workflows, requirements and proposed solutions.
You collaborate with product, engineering, operations and delivery teams to establish clear priorities, manage dependencies and deliver valuable product outcomes.
You define release goals and success measures, ensuring that delivered capabilities meet agreed quality, risk and client requirements.
You coordinate product and release readiness, including documentation, knowledge transfer, stakeholder communication and operational preparation.
You monitor delivery progress, adoption, client feedback and benefits realised, using evidence to refine priorities and improve the product.
You contribute client, market and commercial insight to product strategies, roadmaps, propositions and investment decisions.
You identify opportunities to simplify product processes, improve delivery effectiveness and reduce dependency on individual specialists.
What you will bring
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
At least five years’ experience in product ownership, product…