Sr. Associate, Product Owner
About The Position
As the Product Owner, Payment Systems, you are a storyteller that can gather information from different stakeholders and deliver a product from inception phase all the way to launch, through constant iterations and ruthless prioritization. You are the glue that ties your squad together, and you use your brilliant communication skills to break down the business requirements into a backlog of technical tasks that the team understands. You are organized and a wizard at multi-tasking and are comfortable working with different levels of leadership in a highly visible role. This role is eligible to work remotely in 22 select states or on a hybrid model for those in the NYC Metro Area. Applicants must be permanently able to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any temporary employment visa now or in the future.
Requirements
- Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Post-Graduate education in MBA or MS degree considered an asset
- 2-3 years’ experience as a Product Owner/Product Manager.
- Product Owner / Product Manager Certification (e.g., Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner) an asset
- Experience with Agile methodology and tools including Confluence, JIRA
- Experience in Payment or Fintech including Real-time Rail and batch-based payment systems is highly desirable.
- Experience in delivering API products; affinity towards tech products and understanding API based products will be an added advantage.
- Possess a fundamental understanding of end-to-end customer experience integration and dependencies.
- Experience with automation and optimization of operational workflows
Responsibilities
- Working closely with the Scrum Master, lead agile development.
- Draft key objectives and results, strategies and apply the data for the product to make business decisions.
- Collaborate with stakeholders during the visioning and concept development of a product
- Perform discovery on topics to gather information for requirements and begin further analysis efforts
- Assess value and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work focuses on maximum value and alignment with product strategy
- Provide backlog management and prioritization, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
- Ensure development team understands items in the backlog and gets clarity on items
- Be responsible for the delivery of new features and updates to existing features
- Build and manage the backlog of user stories to achieve the business roadmap
- Prioritize activities according to user needs while taking into consideration IT constraints, relationships with external partners
- Continuously make improvements and fixes to the product to enhance the customer experience
- Inform and influence stakeholders of the initiative's progress and solution status, effectively sharing the product vision and complex situation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
