Product Owner

USDC • Charlotte, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Genesis10 is seeking a Senior Product Owner for an onsite contract opportunity with a Global Financial Institution. The role is based in Charlotte, NC, Pennington, NJ, or Plano, TX, and is for 12+ months. This position is responsible for defining and executing the product vision and roadmap for Municipal Bonds Primary Markets platforms. The Product Owner will collaborate with syndicate desks, bankers, sales, operations, and technology teams to identify business needs, prioritize high-impact solutions, and drive front-to-back workflow integration. The role will oversee product capabilities for new issue workflows, order book management, syndication, pricing, allocations, investor distribution, and settlement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Finance, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience supporting Municipal Bonds Primary Markets, including issuance, syndication, pricing, allocations, and settlement
• Deep understanding of the municipal bond issuance lifecycle, including competitive and negotiated transactions
• Strong knowledge of new issue workflows, order book management, investor distribution, syndication, pricing, allocation, and settlement processes
• Strong understanding of fixed-income products and market structure
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements applicable to municipal bond markets
• Proven experience defining product vision, strategy, and roadmaps aligned with business priorities
• Experience owning and prioritizing program and product backlogs
• Strong Agile delivery experience, including backlog prioritization, story writing, acceptance criteria, and feature acceptance
• Experience leading delivery across cross-functional Agile teams
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience working with front-office syndicate or trading desks
• Experience with Municipal Bonds issuance platforms such as Deal Central or comparable Primary Markets platforms
• Experience leading large-scale platform initiatives and user-experience improvements
• Familiarity with reporting and business intelligence tools
• Experience with Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, OpenShift)
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures and distributed systems
• Exposure to Angular or React is a plus

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the program and product backlog, defining user stories and acceptance criteria
• Lead delivery across one to three cross-functional Agile teams
• Balance new features, regulatory requirements, platform modernization, and application stability
• Ensure high-quality delivery and acceptance of scalable and resilient solutions
• Drive automation and straight-through processing
• Communicate product strategy and outcomes to senior stakeholders
• Support user training, demonstrations, change management, and platform adoption

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior