Lead Product Analyst

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  • Edinburgh
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 14 days ago
Job DescriptionAt Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:
  • interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
  • Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
  • Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.
About the DepartmentWe’re committed to a product operating model where teams are empowered, autonomous, and accountable, giving you the freedom to innovate and own solutions from concept to delivery.Join a forward-thinking team at the heart of Aberdeen’s Adviser business, where we lead the end-to-end design, discovery, and delivery of cutting-edge digital products and services for Financial Advice firms.If you’re passionate about delivering real impact, our focus on customer and business outcomes will give you the opportunity to make a tangible difference.You’ll be part of a team that values collaboration, autonomy, and a growth mindset, helping us stay at the forefront of the market as we design digital experiences that supercharge advice firms to delight their clients.About the RoleAs a Lead Product Analyst, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how we discover, define, and deliver value across our digital products for Financial Advice firms. You’ll bring deep experience in product thinking, systems analysis, and user-centred design to lead discovery efforts, define high-quality requirements, and influence product direction.You’ll collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, and stakeholders to ensure our digital products deliver meaningful outcomes. You’ll also mentor analysts, embed best practices, and drive a culture of continuous discovery and evidence-based decision-making. Your leadership will help ensure our product analysis is aligned with strategic goals and delivers real impact for advisers and their clients.Key Responsibilities
  • Define and uphold best practices for product analysis, including requirements gathering, discovery, and backlog management.
  • Shape product strategy by framing complex problems and aligning analysis with long-term business goals.
  • Lead opportunity framing and solution evaluation, using insights and data to influence product direction.
  • Champion data-informed decision-making through experimentation, A/B testing, and insight generation.
  • Mentor and coach Product and Senior Analysts, supporting their growth and development.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers to align backlog with product strategy and delivery cadence.
  • Act as a strategic partner to Product, Engineering, and Design leadership, aligning analysis with cross-domain initiatives.
  • Champion user-centric thinking, embedding customer impact into product decisions.
  • Drive readiness for release, including stakeholder communication, compliance alignment, and enablement activities.
  • Shape narratives and insights at the leadership level, contributing to strategic planning and product storytelling.
  • Champion a culture of continuous learning, curiosity, and evidence-based thinking across the product organization.
About the Candidate
  • Proven experience in product analysis within agile, product-led environments.
  • Strong systems thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Skilled in defining features, slicing epics, and crafting high-quality user stories.
  • Comfortable leading ideation workshops and mapping journeys.
  • Experience mentoring analysts and shaping analysis practices.
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
  • Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, FigJam, and data analysis platforms.
  • Deep understanding of adviser and investor needs.
  • Proactive, resilient, and able to drive momentum.
  • Committed to continuous learning and fostering a growth mindset.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.Our benefitsThere's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefitsOur businessEnabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do .An inclusive way of workingWhatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business., where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.

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