Associate Product Owner

World Bank Group•Washington, DC

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150+ locations. The ITS Risk Management and Analytics (ITSRA) unit enables key WBG Risk functions managed by the Risk vice-presidencies and their corporate partners such as measure and monitor credit risk, market risk, operational risk, and liquidity risk to safeguard WBG institutions’ AAA rating and reputation. The unit also engages with Treasury, WFA, and DFI to ensure proper capture, valuation, and support analytics around financial instruments and counterparties, and the risks they carry. ITSRA is seeking an experienced, motivated and ambitious Product Owner with extensive experience in Capital Markets domains with primary focus in the areas of Issuances, Valuation, Settlement, Accounting, Liquidity management as well as knowledge of external ratings of securities and financial counterparts.

Requirements

Master’s degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor’s degree with at least 7 years of relevant experience in the Treasury or Capital Markets domain, Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Solid understanding of Loan products
Practical experience in Risk management, particularly Liquidity Risk and Asset–Liability Management (ALM)
Working knowledge of Treasury and Capital Markets, including fixed income instruments and derivatives
Understanding of Trade workflow and front and back office business processes
Substantial experience in the Risk Management domain within a globally distributed enterprise
Demonstrated experience working as a Business Analyst, ideally in complex financial or technical environments
Advanced proficiency in: Stakeholder engagement
Advanced proficiency in: Product backlog management
Advanced proficiency in: Data driven decision making
Advanced proficiency in: Product roadmaps
Advanced proficiency in: Product requirements analysis
Advanced proficiency in: Product development lifecycle
Skilled proficiency in: Market research
Skilled proficiency in: Value proposition development
Skilled proficiency in: Sprint planning
Advanced proficiency in: Business acumen
Skilled proficiency in: Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban)
Skilled proficiency in: Influencing others
Skilled proficiency in: Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Skilled proficiency in: Strategic communication
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proven ability to: Present agreed concepts clearly to senior audiences
Proven ability to: Ensure business architecture definitions are well articulated, documented, and formally signed off
Proven ability to: Clearly identify, communicate, and mitigate assumptions and dependencies
Strong teamwork, negotiation, and consensus building skills
Ability to work effectively in a multinational, multicultural environment
Demonstrated commitment to inclusion and respect for diversity
Experience developing or mentoring staff to support career development and succession planning
Highest standards of personal and professional integrity
Ability to build and sustain strong collegial working relationships
Comfortable engaging others assertively, responsibly, and supportively
Strong conceptual, analytical, and judgment skills
Excellent personal organization skills, with a demonstrated ability to drive work to closure
Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and SQL (required)

Nice To Haves

VBA, PL/SQL
Reporting and visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI
Experience with capital markets trading systems (e.g., Murex, Summit)
Knowledge of or experience in Project Management
CFA candidate or CFA designation, or degree/certification in Risk Management
SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager certification

Responsibilities

Act as Business Analyst for Capital Markets line of business within Treasury. Specifically, this includes Liquidity Management, Issuances, buybacks, derivatives, valuations of issuances/buybacks/derivatives, trade life cycle, accounting, debt allocation as well as applications associated with these capabilities.
Build stakeholder consensus and ensure everyone is on the same page, in agreement, and can visualize the solution being proposed
Develop business cases, requirements, use cases, test plans, test strategies, test cases, and operational procedures and plans.
Coordinate with fiduciary reviewers like Enterprise Architects, OIS by providing them the information using their artifacts and support related security testing.
Participate in the procurement of COTS solution where necessary including preparation of Request for Proposals (RFP), cost estimates, benefits realization summary, inputs for procurement committee, and IT Governance.
Ability to effectively prioritize requirements and maintain scope on a tight leash
Document business processes and workflows
Collaborate with Project Managers, Tech Leads, Solution Architects, Developers etc to determine if solutions currently exist (internally or externally) or whether new solutions are feasible to meet business requirements and meet project milestones and timelines.
Leverage rapid prototyping approaches to present as-is/to-be processes/workflows and rough designs of the proposed solution
Provide overall support to ensure the successful design, testing, and implementation of applications that support the business unit, Also, provide support in developing training materials and conducting training
Maintain a comprehensive chronological trail of requirements and agreements and actively contribute to the project change control process. Document and manage issues and actions
Participate in the evaluation of new products or initiatives to determine the technology support required
Evaluate applications and IT environments, and analyze gaps between current and desired states
Propose recommendations based on industry best practices
Coordinate with vendors and oversee their deliverables. (This includes reviewing proposed solutions and delivered code.)
Train business users on applications.
Uphold established processes and quality standards with respect to Business Analysis.
In a post-production environment troubleshoot systems and provide solutions to the business as well as the technical teams.