Product Owners

Synechron•Alpharetta, GA

About The Position

Synechron is seeking experienced Product Owners to support strategic payment modernization initiatives, with a focus on Payments and Open Banking. The role involves close collaboration with Product Managers, business stakeholders, Architecture, Engineering, Operations, Compliance, and Risk teams to deliver enterprise-scale payment solutions aligned with business objectives. The Product Owner defines and manages product requirements and backlogs, translates strategic goals and business needs into user stories with clear acceptance criteria, and supports Agile delivery. The role includes facilitating Agile ceremonies, coordinating releases, tracking progress and dependencies, managing risks, and communicating status to stakeholders. The position may support debit-card payment capabilities within a Payment Hub, enterprise Open Banking implementation and rollout, or day-to-day delivery of Open Banking and related payment initiatives. The position is based on initiatives involving payment ecosystems and money movement, including areas such as ACH, wires, account validation, Payment Hubs, and Open Banking. Preferred experience includes work with major banks, fintechs, or payment processors, enterprise Open Banking rollouts, payment transformation programs, cloud-based payment platforms, and API management solutions.

Requirements

Prior Product Owner experience within financial services, with Open Banking experience.
Strong payments background, such as ACH, wires, account validation, Payment Hubs, and money movement processes.
Ability to translate business requirements into actionable work for delivery teams.
Ability to collaborate closely with Product Managers, architects, and engineering teams.
Strong Agile backlog management and user story definition skills.
Strong debit and card payments domain expertise for debit-payment initiatives.
Experience standing up and leading new programs for debit-payment initiatives.
Strong stakeholder coordination and execution skills.
Deep Open Banking experience and industry knowledge for Open Banking initiatives.
Strong program leadership and cross-functional stakeholder management skills.
Experience coordinating enterprise-wide initiatives involving business, architecture, engineering, and operations teams.
Ability to define strategy, establish governance, and drive execution toward a 2027 completion target for Open Banking initiatives.
Ability to drive consensus and influence enterprise-wide change.

Nice To Haves

Experience with major banking institutions, fintechs, or payment processors.
Exposure to enterprise Open Banking rollouts and payment transformation programs.
Knowledge of cloud-based payment platforms and API management solutions.

Responsibilities

Own product backlog management and delivery execution for Open Banking and Payments initiatives.
Translate strategic goals and business stakeholder needs into actionable user stories and product requirements.
Define, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog in alignment with business priorities and program timelines.
Collaborate with Architecture and Engineering teams to deliver scalable and compliant payment solutions.
Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Gather and analyze business requirements, producing detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Coordinate across business, operations, compliance, risk, and technology teams to support successful product releases.
Support the implementation and enhancement of Open Banking capabilities, Payment Hub initiatives, and money movement solutions.
Track progress, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and communicate status to stakeholders.
Drive continuous improvement in product delivery processes and customer experience.
Support the implementation of debit-card payment capabilities within a Payment Hub, including insourcing selected card repayment functions.
Lead or support enterprise Open Banking implementation and rollout, including defining strategy, establishing governance, and driving execution toward a 2027 completion target.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits package.
Possibility to work abroad.
10 days of paid annual leave, plus sick leave and national holidays.
Maternity and paternity leave plans.
Insurance including medical, dental, vision, life, and long- and short-term disability; plans vary by region.
Retirement savings plans.
Higher education certification policy.
Commuter benefits; availability varies by region.
Extensive training opportunities focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
On-demand Udemy for Business access to more than 5,000 curated courses for Synechron employees.
Coaching opportunities with colleagues from Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
Flexible workplace arrangements.
Mentoring, internal mobility, and learning and development programs.