Agile Product Owner - Consumer Systems

Regions Bank•Hoover, AL

10h•Onsite

About The Position

At Regions, the Agile Product Owner represents business stakeholders to elicit, understand, analyze, document, refine and communicate business needs, so that business and/or technical delivery teams can build effective solutions. This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay. This position is intended to be onsite, now or in the near future. Associates will have regular work hours, including full days in the office three or more days a week. The manager will set the work schedule for this position, including in-office expectations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or a related field and three (3) years of relevant experience in process improvement, project delivery, business/requirements analysis or business operations/product line

Nice To Haves

SAFe Practitioner (SP), SAFe Agilist, or SAFe Product Owner/Manager certification
Skills and Competencies Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
Experience in Process Engineering methodologies and Change Management practices
Familiarity or working knowledge with multiple technical software delivery methodologies (i.e., Agile, Waterfall)
Proven ability to utilize data and analytics to formulate recommendations, solve business problems, and drive business improvements
Strong customer service orientation

Responsibilities

Partners with sponsors, stakeholders, and Information Technology to facilitate, define and document relevant business processes, gaining an understanding of the needs, measures, and risks and controls for the improvement area
Works with management and other stakeholders to understand and validate business strategy and vision and customer needs
Works independently on small complexity efforts, or in support of a Senior or Lead on larger efforts
Assists with project level plans related to schedule, scope and resources
Provides just-in-time story elaboration to designers, business analysts, developers, testers and others to develop, execute and release in alignment with program and/or product roadmap
Reviews, and when appropriate, accepts and prioritizes feedback and new requirements from stakeholders
Reviews and accepts or declines output of development to ensure specified acceptance criteria have been completed
Works with the business process owners to manage and track benefits, adoption and risks to operations
Escalates issues, develops and recommends appropriate solutions
Develop and Review Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for system enhancement requests and evaluates results
Actively participates in system release management activities, such as user acceptance testing, SME for reviewing procedures and training, pilot/production support.
Subject matter expert for system capabilities and how they meet the business needs
Participates in prioritizing system changes to support business group and enterprise strategic objectives
Manage risk by ensuring business objectives, activities, system controls and functionality meets or exceeds Regions risk management expectations or protocols
Facilitates communication with key stakeholders across business and technology
May assist in vendor relationship management including responding and sending requests, managing risks, and ensuring compliance adherence
Advanced concepts, practices, and procedures for analyzing business processes
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to lead and influence cross functional teams
Background and understanding of banking