The Senior Product Owner (Technical) will collaborate with other Product Owners, Technology, Lines of Business, Risk, Finance, reg reporting and other key partners to define and drive requirements to support downstream reporting teams. This role requires expertise in banking, Commercial payments, and Financial Crimes. The Senior Product Owner will drive deliverables of a squad of engineers using modern tech stack including Snowflake and DBT. Technical knowledge is a plus.
General Function: Will support the implementation of product roadmap deliverables, capabilities, and adoption, leading a robust prioritization process to maximize value, risk mitigation, and business benefits. Advocates for SAFe methodologies and ensures team backlog alignment with customer and stakeholder needs.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities: - Motivate teams to deliver on strategy and roadmap for continuous product improvement.
- Partner with business functions, IT, Risk, Finance, Operations, and other key partners to define and execute product strategies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams for agreement and guidance, including Lines of Business, Operations, Legal, Compliance, Information Security, Fraud, Architecture, and related functions.
- Provide transparency and ongoing communications with stakeholders.
- Make decisions to drive key outcomes in support of regulatory and compliance needs, new revenue growth, process optimization, and analytics.
· Be involved with all phases of development (analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment)
- Solve problems and make decisions with subject matter experts to drive the greatest outcome for the product and the Bank.
- Engage with research teams for customer usability testing and concept validation.
- Partner with third parties to cultivate relationships, understand product releases, remediate defects/outages, and ensure seamless experiences.
- Maintain and provide product information for training and documentation.
- Monitor industry trends and participate in industry forums and conferences.
- Support a SAFe mindset across product teams, maintaining a healthy product backlog and participating in team ceremonies.
• Evangelizes and communicates product capabilities and roadmap to internal groups as well as externally to clients.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Required
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years in product ownership or product management, including 3+ years in a senior or lead role.
- Strong experience with API and microservices-based integration initiatives.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, API gateways, and DevOps practices.
- Solid understanding of system architecture, data modeling, and integration patterns (synchronous, asynchronous, pub/sub).
- Proficiency with Agile tools.
- Experience with financial data conversions and related business processes.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across all organizational levels.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or Black Belt) preferred.
- Product management background and experience in Agile or SAFe environments a plus.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering simple, effective solutions.
- Intellectual curiosity and a passion for continuous learning and innovation.