Product Owner
About the company
K3 Advisory Group is a UK professional services firm with 1,200+ staff spanning corporate finance, tax, restructuring and insolvency, legal, financial planning and technology-enabled advisory services.
HMA Tax, part of the K3 Group, are specialist tax advisors, focused exclusively on identifying and securing embedded tax relief within commercial property.
HMA Globe is HMA Tax’s core operating platform. It is used to identify new clients and to take them through intake, onboarding and processing. Development is delivered by K3’s Kuala Lumpur development centre.
Your tasks
The Product Owner will own the Globe product and ensure the platform is developed in line with how HMA Tax actually operates and what it needs to grow, and that the development team receives clear, prioritised and well-defined direction.
The role is the bridge between the business and technology, but accountable for making sure product knowledge is documented and shared, not held by individuals.
Key accountabilities
- Business understanding and discovery (approx. 20%)
- Product ownership and prioritisation (approx. 25%)
- Delivery direction of the KL team (approx. 25%)
- Documentation and knowledge management (approx. 15%)
- Governance, reporting and compliance (approx. 15%)
Key relationships
- HMA Leadership team, Operational users and team leads, Compliance / MLRO, Line manager, KL development centre, Group Technology.
By day 30 Shadowed key HMA Tax teams. Mapped the end-to-end client journey as it runs through Globe. Established working rhythm and ceremonies with the KL team. Reviewed existing documentation and code review findings.
By day 60 Took ownership of the backlog. Agreed prioritisation approach with HMA Tax leadership. Produced a documentation gap analysis and plan.
By day 90 Agreed a 6–12-month product roadmap. KPIs baselined and targets agreed. Core workflow documentation in place.
Requirements
- Product owner or product manager on a live, business-critical system, ideally one used internally by operational teams.
- Directing remote or offshore development teams across time zones.
Technical
- A development background, or equivalent hands-on technical depth: able to read code, understand data models, APIs and integrations, and hold credible discussions with engineers.
Domain knowledge
- Knows, or is prepared to learn, the key elements of capital allowances (CA) and property-based taxation.
- Expert-level knowledge is not required, but the postholder must be capable of building a sound working understanding quickly.
Delivery
- Strong agile practice: backlog management, story writing, acceptance criteria, sprint ceremonies.
- Proficient with delivery tooling (e.g. Jira, Azure DevOps or equivalent).
Behaviours
- Able to build trust with business stakeholders.
- Able to say no and explain why.
- Comfortable working embedded in a client-side business while representing K3 Technology.
- Disciplined about documentation and knowledge sharing.
- Clear written and verbal communication, including with colleagues for whom English may be a second language.
Domain knowledge
- Experience in accountancy, tax or wider professional services.
- Knowledge of practice management, CRM, lead management or client onboarding systems.
- Understanding of AML/KYC onboarding requirements and UK GDPR as they apply to client data.
- Product certification (e.g. CSPO, PSPO, BCS Product Management). • A business analysis qualification.
Other
Working conditions
- Hybrid workstyle, with early-morning UK collaboration with the Kuala Lumpur team (KL is 7–8 hours ahead of the UK). Occasional flexibility required around releases.
- Occasional travel to other K3 offices and by agreement, to the KL development centre.