Senior Product Owner, Product Development

Fiserv•Berkeley Heights, NJ

21h•$90,000 - $151,200

About The Position

As a successful Senior Product Owner, Product Development, you play a crucial role in bridging the gap between business and technology to bring new products to market and enhance existing products within our Issuer Credit Processing product domain. You will refining features and business requirements into actionable components and ensuring successful project execution within both Agile and waterfall SDLC.

Requirements

6+ years of proven experience as a product owner, product manager, or similar role within an issuer processor, acquirer, or card network platform.
Experience with Optis issuer processing platform strongly preferred.
Experience collaborating with development teams working in both mainframe and Java-based environments, with an ability to understand and communicate technical constraints and tradeoffs.
Strong grasp of the full software development lifecycle, with expertise in translating business requirements into technical stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Skilled in backlog grooming, sprint planning, and agile ceremonies; proficient in JIRA, Confluence, and similar work management tools.
Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with a consistent track record of working effectively across product, engineering, QA, and client-facing teams.
Strong organizational and analytical abilities with attention to detail and a proactive mindset toward problem-solving and delivery management.
Must currently possess valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization to be considered for this role. Individuals with temporary visas including, but not limited to, F-1 (OPT, CPT, STEM), H-1B, H-2, or TN, or any candidate requiring sponsorship, now or in the future, will not be considered for this role.

Nice To Haves

Financial Services industry experience.
Engineering background.
Master’s in business administration, (MBA.)
Detailed knowledge and experience working with a broad range of financial risk management solutions in the banking industry.
Technical knowledge related to financial reporting, analysis and business intelligence.
Experience working in bank or financial institution, leading the finance or financial risk management areas including budgeting, planning, forecasting, profitability analysis and funds transfer pricing areas.

Responsibilities

Own and prioritize the backlog, ensuring alignment with product goals and client delivery timelines.
Collaborate with Product Managers to understand business requirements and translate them into detailed user journeys and stories.
Facilitate product signoff on features before they are marked as Done in JIRA, ensuring all acceptance criteria are met.
Provide subject matter expertise in Optis issuer processing functions, such as PCF, SSUPDATE, OCS, authorizations, non-monetary and monetary transaction flows.
Participate in schema reviews and contribute to API documentation efforts, ensuring usability for internal and external consumers.
Engage with system architects and event streaming developers to capture user requirements related to event-based workflows, stream processing, and data availability.
Anticipate and manage cross-team dependencies involving APIs and integration layers and work proactively to mitigate delivery risks or technical blockers.