Product Owner

BMI Product Owner

BMI is currently seeking a Product Owner to lead the evolution of our Content Management System (CMS), the core platform used by analysts to create and publish research, based out of our London or Manchester offices.

BMI's systematic, independent and data-driven market insights, analysis and forecasts enable customers to recognize and assess risks and opportunities across markets and industries. For almost 40 years, we have provided impartial views to support our customers’ strategic plans and investment decisions. 

At BMI, we’re proud of the work we do to help our clients manage risks and opportunities in global markets, which began in 1984 and continues to this day. By stepping into a role here, you will help shape the strategic decisions of the world’s leading organizations. As a member of our team, your role will go beyond conventional boundaries. You will collaborate with industry experts, thought leaders, and visionary executives, collectively working towards shaping the future of businesses that span a multitude of sectors. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we continuously strive to offer our colleagues a great place to work, with opportunities to learn, innovate, develop their careers, and serve the community.

Want to learn more about a career at BMI? Visit: https://careers.fitch.group/content/BMI/

About the Team

Our growing Product team turns BMI’s cross-domain Product Vision into a multi-year strategy and associated roadmap that delivers unique, significant value to our diverse user base across financial services, corporates, and government.

As we strive to become a strong product and customer-centric organisation, we are looking for someone who is passionate about this journey and demonstrating what good product looks like.

• We offer a unique opportunity to lead the development of a critical CMS platform used by more than one hundred BMI analysts worldwide.
• Ownership of AI-driven features that support research generation and editorial workflows.
• Close collaboration with analysts, technology teams, and stakeholders across Fitch Group
• A fast-paced, innovative environment where your ideas will have a direct impact on how research is produced and consumed.

How You’ll Make an Impact: 

• Develop and maintain the CMS roadmap in alignment with the overall product strategy and analyst needs.
• Lead the modernization of BMI’s Content, aligning content enhancements with improvements to our end-to-end workflow.
• Drive AI feature development, including tools for assisted writing, summarization and quality checks.
• Lead the product development lifecycle, discovery, design, and iterative delivery of CMS and AI capabilities.
• Conduct user research with analysts and editorial teams to inform prioritisation and feature design.
• Manage and prioritise the product backlog, defining clear success criteria for CMS and AI features.
• Translate complex workflows into intuitive, efficient user experiences.
• Run Agile ceremonies such are refinement and sprint reviews and lead cross-functional squads across multiple geographies.
• Collaborate with downstream squads who consume BMI research to ensure accurate and timely delivery to clients.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to ensure buy-in and adoption of new capabilities.

You May be a Good Fit if:

• Proven experience in product management, ideally with CMS or content workflow platforms
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and ability to lead distributed teams
• Ability to balance technical complexity with user-centric design.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Familiarity with AI technologies and their application in content creation or editorial processes

What Would Make You Stand Out: 

• Experience with AI-driven content tools (e.g., NLP, summarisation, generative AI).
• Background in B2B information services or publishing platforms.
• Knowledge of API-driven integrations and web-based applications.
• Agile certification and experience in matrix organisations

Why Choose Fitch: 

• Hybrid Work Environment: 3 days a week in office required. 
• A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity.
• Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals.
• Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing.
• Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively.
• Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe.
• Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community.

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.

Fitch is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law. 

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