Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore, and Dubai.

Burford Capital is the largest and most experienced provider of commercial finance to the legal sector in the world, with a core expertise in identifying and optimizing the value of legal assets for companies and law firms. Since its founding in 2009, Burford has worked with hundreds of law firms and corporations, including 94 of the AmLaw 100 and 92 of the Global 100 largest law firms. Our team has grown from five people at the end of 2009 to over 170 people today, including over 55 lawyers.

Burford possesses the resources and expertise of a large company while retaining the flexibility and creativity of a startup. Team members are smart, creative, collaborative, curious, and confident. Everyone rolls up their sleeves to perform and engage collectively for the overall success of the business. Burford values rigorous thinking, clear communication, and efficient execution. Burford is an “always on” environment in which everyone needs to be accessible by email when outside the office, including during evenings and weekends.

Burford pays base salaries consistent with the financial services industry and favors incentive compensation to reward performance. Burford Capital is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, whether or not they have a disability.

Responsibilities

The Strategy and Quantitative Analytics team at Burford Capital is seeking an Associate Product Owner to lead the ongoing development and operation of workstreams within Burford’s investment modelling platform. Acting as a link between the Strategy and Quantitative Analytics team, the Technology Team, and the platform’s users, the Associate Product Owner will own the product requirements, the specifications, and the development plan. Working closely with developers and business analysts, the Associate Product Owner will be responsible for delivering some of the most crucial pieces of Burford’s modelling infrastructure.

Responsibilities include:

Professional Development

The Associate Product Owner will benefit from the following opportunities:

Qualifications & Experience

• Candidates should have an outstanding academic record.
• 2-4 years of experience as a Product Owner, or in a comparable role responsible for delivering software products.
• Candidates should have recently completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a STEM field.
• Development experience with Python through projects or as a software developer is strongly preferable.
• Experience working alongside development teams, ideally within an Agile delivery environment.

Core Competencies & Skills

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