eDiscovery Product Owner

Contract – 3 months – £550/d (inside IR35) – Sheffield (3 days per week onsite)

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a global financial services organisation undergoing a significant transformation of its compliance, legal and information governance capabilities. As eDiscovery Product Owner, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of enterprise eDiscovery, data retention, legal hold and compliance solutions across a complex international environment.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, Technology and Information Security, you’ll own the product vision, influence strategic decision-making and help deliver innovative solutions that meet evolving regulatory and business requirements. This is a highly visible role with genuine global impact, offering the chance to work with leading technologies including Microsoft Purview and enterprise archiving platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for enterprise eDiscovery, Legal Hold, Data Retention and Data Deletion capabilities.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, Technology and Information Security to gather, validate and prioritise business requirements.
• Define solutions for regulatory investigations, case management, search, review and export processes.
• Shape enterprise data retention and deletion strategies, ensuring alignment with regulatory obligations and legal hold requirements.
• Drive the implementation of compliance boundaries, jurisdictional data controls and governance policies.
• Work alongside architects and delivery teams to translate business requirements into functional and technical solutions.
• Lead product adoption, change management and stakeholder engagement across global business functions.
• Collaborate with strategic technology vendors to influence product roadmaps and adopt new platform capabilities.
• Support the development of future operating models and continuous improvement initiatives across the product landscape.
• Identify risks, communicate progress to senior leadership and ensure successful delivery of strategic transformation objectives.

Experience Required

• Significant Product Owner or Product Management experience within a large, complex enterprise environment, ideally within Financial Services.
• Strong knowledge of eDiscovery, Legal Hold, Data Retention, Data Deletion and Information Governance.
• Experience working closely with Legal, Compliance, Technology and Information Security teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior business leaders.
• Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements relating to enterprise data management.
• Experience translating complex business requirements into product roadmaps and technical solutions.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and product management practices.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to balance business value, risk and regulatory obligations.
• Previous experience with Microsoft 365 Purview, Microsoft Purview eDiscovery, Veritas Enterprise Vault, Arctera or similar enterprise compliance technologies would be highly advantageous.
• Outstanding communication, presentation and documentation skills.