Product Owner - Payments
About The Position
The Product Owner is an individual contributor responsible for maximizing product value. The role defines and communicates the product vision and roadmap, prioritizes the product backlog, and articulates requirements to stakeholders and the development team. The Product Owner collaborates with stakeholders to understand their needs and works with the Product Manager in a scaled Agile model to maintain alignment with the business or technology domain’s strategic direction. This is a hands-on technical Product Owner role focused on payments, including host-to-host (H2H) payments and files. The person will work directly with files and file formats in system testing, understand technical designs, and translate complex designs into requirements. The position is hybrid and based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Some earlier meetings may be necessary to coordinate with team leads in the UK and offshore.
Requirements
- At least five years of Product Owner experience; five to ten years is preferred.
- At least five years of payments experience.
- Experience with host-to-host (H2H) payments and files.
- Familiarity with file formats and fields, including how to update files.
- Hands-on testing experience with files and file formats, including XML 113.
- Strong technical knowledge and ability to read and understand technical designs.
- Ability to understand complex technical designs and translate them into requirements.
- Working knowledge of the product and a basic understanding of the relevant business or technology domain.
- Able to work earlier schedules for some meetings, potentially as early as 6 a.m.
Nice To Haves
- Technical Product Owner experience.
- Financial center experience.
- Familiarity with PAIN.
- Experience with APIs; building a payload is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Maximize value for the product.
- Create and communicate the product vision and roadmap in alignment with business or technology strategy.
- Define and prioritize stories in the product backlog and communicate them to stakeholders and the development team.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs and problems.
- Work with the Product Manager in a scaled Agile model to ensure alignment.
- Create and prioritize work for one team, with some collaboration across cross-functional teams.
- Refine stories with the team to ensure enough ready work for the next one to two sprints.
- Review and accept stories, making on-the-spot decisions about scope and requirements.
- Conduct hands-on testing in the system, including testing files and file formats.
- Translate complex technical designs into requirements.
- Partner with the team to obtain optimum value through technology and understanding of the business.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility.
- Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage, subject to eligibility.
- 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions, subject to eligibility.
- Voluntary life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents, subject to eligibility.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility.
- Health Spending Account (HSA), subject to eligibility.
- Transportation benefits, subject to eligibility.
- Employee Assistance Program, subject to eligibility.
- Time off or leave, which may include PTO, vacation, or sick leave, subject to eligibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
